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Picture Credit: Electric Mud Electric Mud - The Inner World Outside Release Date: February 01, 2022 Label: Timezone Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 48:40 Genre: Progressive Post Rock  / Cinematic Prog Art Origin: Hannover , Germany Less than two years ago, Electric Mud from Hannover, the capital of German federal state Lower Saxony, released their monumental album " Quiet Days on Earth ". Justifiably, the 70-minute release received tremendous echoes from the music press and from the Prog community. Driven by this success, the former duo consisting of Hagen  and Nico  has grown to become a sextet since then. The project has hence become band, or even an ensemble. With reference to the word ensemble, an introduction to the recent development of Electric Mud can be given. As a sextet, the band from Hannover is now able to create a way broader sonic image. While the pieces on "Quiet Days on Earth" have already conveyed a meditative and soothing Neo-Classic and Ambi...

Picture Credit: da Podbies   da Podbies - Leuchtfeuer Release Date: August 16, 2020 Length: 03:30 Genre: Indie Folk Origin: Hannover , Germany Chrisian Schüer  (drums), Cindy Patalas  (vocals, piano), and Patrick Wolters  (vocals, guitar) are da Podbies. The trio from Lower Saxon capital Hannover provides us with a soothing and harmonic sound that can be located somewhere in the realms of Indie Folk and soundtracks. "Leuchtfeuer" (German: "beacon") is an anthemic narrative telling us about a fearless captain confidently navigating their ship through a ragig storm. Artistially, da Podbies musick phenomena of weather, sea, and the approaching beacon. The harmonic soundscape makes the audience feel the wisdom and the confident strength of the heroic protagonist. "Leuchtfeuer" is an anthem about not giving up - a powerful hymn or those who fight for what they believe in, and who do not hesitate when doing so. Graphically, da Podbies embed this narrative to an ...

Picture Credit: Electric Mud Artwork: Gerald Oppermann   Electric Mud - Quiet Days on Earth Release: May 28, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 79:10 Genre: Post Rock , Prog Rock Origin: Hannover , Germany Lower Saxony's Electric Mud might be known to many fans of Progressive Rock. And they still will be after their newest album "Quiet Days on Earth". And yet, something is different. Nico Walser  (guitars, keyboards, fretless bass, noises, drum programming, co-composing, audio engineering) and Hagen Bretschneider  (music conception, bass, video editing) are entering new territory on their newest album. Still proggy, "Quiet Days on Earth" contains influence from Neo Classic, Post Rock and some Ambient or Berlin School sounds. Smooth soundscapes and opulent arrangements define the auditive experience on this album. Intelligent Prog Rock merges with atmospheric Post Rock. Meanwhile the basic mood is carried by a multilayer dreamy air of Electronic...

Finte aus Hildesheim und Hannover melden sich zurück in der Manege des anspruchsvollen Metal und Hardcore . Zwei Jahre nach dem letzten Release " Ignoranz und Illusion " ist seit gestern die neueste Single 'Zersetzung' auf allen Kanälen zu hören. Mein erster Gedanke zum neuen Output ist pure Begeisterung, denn das niedersächsische Quartett hat sich seit der letzten EP wahnsinnig entwickelt. Knüppelharter und bis ins kleinste Detail ausgefeilter Post Hardcore und Progressive Metal haut in sich geschickt auftürmenden Bahnen aus den Lautsprechern. Anspruchsvolle Rhythmik und die kreischenden Leads sorgen zudem für einen gewaltigen Math Rock Einfluss. Auf diesem wunderschönen Ungetüm aus lauter, intelligenter und abwechslungsreicher Musik wird über die Zersetzung des eigenen Körpers durch eine invasive Krankheit gesungen und geshoutet. In der letzten Bridge haben die Gesangs fast was von Crossover oder Rap . 'Zersetzung' ist ein künstlerisch anspruchsvolle...