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Artist: Das Ich Album: Egodram |
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In 1989, Stefan Ackermann (born in Berlin), met a young man named Bruno Kramm
(born in Munich), in the city of Bayreuth in Bavaria, where they were both
living at the time, and started to discuss their various musical interests.
After long talks they decided to work together and created what Bruno liked
to call "Industrial Symphonics", a hybrid of various styles of industrial and
classical music.
After two years of writing and recording, they were finally ready to release their first album "Satanische Verse," (Satanic Verses), under Bruno's own label "Danse Macabre." Das Ich (witch translates to "The Ego") received huge accolades for this album and had tons of success with it in Europe. In 1993, Daniel Galda joined the band to play synths for their live shows, and has been with them ever since. Das Ich have released many albums over the years, and in 1997, they decided to get off their own label and sign with "Edel Records" so they could focus entirely on the writing of there music, and less on the production end of it. The album I chose to review isn't their latest, but I think it's their best. "Egodram" was released in 1998. Stefan wrote and sang all the songs while Bruno wrote and preformed all the music. This is a great album, which includes their biggest club hit in North America, "Destillat." That's a kick ass song that I could dance to all night long. This album is far from a one hit wonder, 3 quarters of this album could easily be released as singles and receive tons of table time in industrial clubs around the world. Songs like "He Mensch" and "Kindgott" capture the essence of the industrial music style of the late 80's and early 90's, creating moods unfelt since the days of "Front 242" and "Nitzer Ebb". Songs like the title track "Egodram" and "Dom" have a very classical, gothic feel and use a lot of obscure sounds and noises that make for very interesting mood swings. In these songs you don't need to understand the words to know what the band was feeling; the music says it all. There was a lot of experimenting on this album, which becomes more evident the more you listen to it. This album will take you on a journey of moods and allow you to experience a plethora of emotional reactions, do to the intricate and unique weave of the music. In short, this album will hit you hard in a lot of different ways. Its great! It's everything from "old school industrial" to "new wave cyber-goth" to an "electronic symphonic orchestra". I recommend getting all their cd's, but if you can only afford one, I'd say this is the one to get. You'll never get sick of listening to this one. I give this album a 9 \ 10 rating. It's nearly perfect! If you ever get a chance to see them live, expect a "skinny puppy \ ministry" type show with a full band (including live drums), and a lot of theatrical expression. -reviewed by Thrill[Kill] October, 2001 |
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