Tuesday, June 16, 2009

reinweissem Marmor: blau




























From the German band whose name means "pure white marble," here is a ripe mixture of harmonica and vibraphone, the yodeling of Klaus Sonnenschein, the vocal stylings of Monika Eln, and the percussion of Enrique Wein. Said by some critics to be so melodious that you'll forget to take the steaks off the grill, "Kirchenblume" is a picture of stillness. Other tunes, however, have more "Donner." Take the mixture of whale sounds and mountain horns in "Meerberg" as exempletive.

Or, you can take what my daughter says as exempletive, "This album sounds like a bunch of half-drunk people eating god-awful cheese and farting."

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