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adieu pure electronic music, bonjour rock. "youve already experienced everything, except the final step...come on, let?s cross the border today."
the directness of their first all-in-german album of konsorten tm with all of its attractive new wave kitsch and its cautious but unmistakable hardness is simply fantastic.
after 10 years of rough electronic clubmusic the vienna quartet konsorten tm led by songwriter peter zirbs not only crosses the musical frontiers between electronic clubmusic and energetic rock with their latest album "wir und die anderen" ("we and the others"), but we also experience zirbs? extremely personal and direct approach in which he philosophises on the finality of all things, propagates the benefits of a healthy self-image, ponders his love which melts away in the truest sense of the word, or if he will lose his girlfriend to a techno sound system.
in contrast to the electronic production excesses on their previous releases "disko 23" (automatique/emi 2001), the radio hit "lang auf" (fabrique 2002), "trippin" (stereo alpine 2004) and the compilation-album "paradies der tiere" (stereo alpine 2005) this current longplayer is the result of intense jam sessions which were then performed directly and completely in the studio.
this is thanks to a natural rawness of guitars, drums and electronics along with the fact that "wir und die anderen" was, thanks to exceptional teamwork by peter zirbs, harald salaun, charly grafender and angel rice, put together in just a few weeks. it all proves that practically anything can be carved out of stone, including a communal sense of fun which one can listen to.
yet, everything still revolves around questions: "who will take you home? who will lift you when you fall? who will put down everything when you call him?" the whole album winds up on a high note with konsorten tms cover version of the cars` 1980s hit "drive". enjoy.
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