{"id":10330,"date":"2018-12-05T06:33:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2018-12-05T06:33:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T06:33:25","slug":"krautrock-musician-gunter-schickert-will-release-the-album-nachtfalter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/12\/05\/krautrock-musician-gunter-schickert-will-release-the-album-nachtfalter\/","title":{"rendered":"Krautrock musician G\u00fcnter Schickert will release the album “Nachtfalter”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Released on the legendary label \u2018Brain\u2019, G\u00fcnter Schickert\u2019s debut Samtvogel (1975) was one of the most significant guitar albums of the Krautrock era. Points of comparison from today\u2019s perspective are Syd Barrett or Pink Floyd\u2019s more adventurous early recordings. Schickert\u2019s follow-up \u00dcberf\u00e4llig of 1980 was released on the equally legendary \u2018Sky\u2019 label. Once again a milestone recording, it showcased Schickert\u2019s hypnotic echo guitar which developed into one of the hallmarks of the Krautrock sound.<\/div>\n
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Schickert\u2019s new album Nachtfalter, translating as \u2018moth\u2019 in English, carries on from these beginnings, making it hard to believe that he has in the meantime reached pension age. Recorded during the scorching hot summer of 2018, Nachtfalter shows the pioneer of the echo guitar sound his very best. Here Schickert was assisted by Andreas Spechtl (\u2018Ja, Panik\u2019) who recorded the album and played the drums. They form a truly winning team: Spechtl selected the best moments of Schickert\u2019s guitar tracks, mixed them while also supplying some own loops.<\/div>\n
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Even though the album was conceived as an instrumental, it inadvertently developed into a concept piece—named after the moth, which had entered the room at some point during the recording sessions. As a silent witness, it clung to the ceiling all night; in the morning, Schickert found the insect dead on the floor. He took a photo of the moth for the cover artwork of his album, paying tribute to the dead animal.<\/div>\n
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Nachtfalter opens with the atmospheric track \u201cNocturnus\u201d, Schickert\u2019s conch shell horns creating an eerie mood. Next, the Krautrock juggernaut \u201cCeiling\u201d runs to nearly seven minutes of playing time and it\u2019s not just the music levitating here. A further highlight is the urgent \u201cWohin\u201d with its insistent, furious drumming by Spechtl whose patterns meet the howling echo guitar by Schickert. The only track on the album predating the recording sessions is an impressive \u201cReflections\u201d: concluding the album it unites all the elements of Nachtfalter\u2019s hypnotic soundscapes. The music could serve as soundtrack to a horror movie, with guitar sounds being complemented by strange noise resembling a train whistle, plus the squealing and humming of a tormented analogue synthesizer.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI was born in Berlin and am a true city child\u201d, explains Schickert, \u201cWhen I was young, I often travelled on the bus or the underground train. The awesome rhythm of the engines has indelibly imprinted itself on me. My music has been the expression of this experience.\u201d Listening to Nachtfalter, one can only conclude that on his captivating album, G\u00fcnter Schickert has created a perfect synthesis of the hectic, motoric rhythm of the big city and the gentle beat of the wings of a moth.<\/div>\n
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Tracklisting:<\/div>\n
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1. Nocturnus<\/div>\n
2. Ceiling<\/div>\n
3. Fl\u00fcgelschlag<\/div>\n
4. Floor<\/div>\n
5. Wohin<\/div>\n
6. Light<\/div>\n
7. Reflection Of The Future<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Source:\u00a0Bureau B<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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