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The Needle Was Travelling
Tarwater
The Needle Was Travelling
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
 
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Tarwater is Bernd Jestram (guitar, bass) and Ronald Lippok (drums, vocals). On their fifth full-length, the German duo combines programming with more traditional pop elements to enchanting effect, like a space-age Sea and ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Tarwater
Title: The Needle Was Travelling
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Morr Music / M.M.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 3/22/2005
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Styles: Electronica, Indie & Lo-Fi, Europe, Continental Europe, Experimental Music, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 880918005423

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Tarwater is Bernd Jestram (guitar, bass) and Ronald Lippok (drums, vocals). On their fifth full-length, the German duo combines programming with more traditional pop elements to enchanting effect, like a space-age Sea and Cake or a stripped-down Beta Band. The Needle is Traveling, their Morr Music debut, includes only four instrumentals, "Stone," "Entry," "All That," and the violin and cello-bedecked "Yeah!," unlike past recordings where vocals were less prominent. And although Lippok (To Rococo Rot), who sings in English, can be rather monochromatic, the adventurousness of the music helps to minimize that shortcoming. Highlights include "The People," with its snaky guitar line, hypnotic rhythm, and children's chorus (somewhat akin to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," but less strident), and a dreamy cover of Israeli band Minimal Compact's "Babylonian Tower," embellished with trombone, ghostly backing vocals, and otherworldly sound effects. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
 

CD Reviews

Subliminally catchy
Stargrazer | deep in the heart of Michigan | 10/31/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Having greatly enjoyed To Rococo Rot's "Veiculo" and "Music Is a Hungry Ghost," I bought "The Needle Was Traveling" with some confidence. It did not immediately engage me, but Lippok's vocals dug into my unconscious and made me reach for the record over and over. "Stone," "Across The Dial," and "The People" are subliminally catchy -- this is an album of understatements that is very rewarding over the long term."