En Route (album)
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En Route is the fourth full-length album released by German electronic music duo of Dieter Moebius
and Conny Plank
. It was actually the fifth and final album recorded before Plank's death in 1987. En Route was recorded in 1986 at Conny's Studio outside of Cologne
. As Plank's health deteriorated the recordings were left incomplete. The album was completed and mixed by Moebius & Gebhard. The 11th through 13th tracks on the CD are remixes by Manu Guiot done in 1995. It was released by the Dubuque, Iowa
-based Curious Music label in 1995.
The Sonic Curiosity review of En Route describes the album, in part: "...rhythmic and wraught with weird sounds and insectoid chitterings. [...] Less frantic than their earlier work, "En Route" qualifies the quirky melodies with a seriousness, endowing the weirdness with a sedate charm. The introduction of horns to the glistening mix of mechanical and ethereal sounds reinforces this approach." Writers and Krautrock
historians Steven and Alan Freeman are less than enthusiastic about En Route, claiming that this album, like Zero Set
before it, is "... too close to techno for comfort" despite the fact that very little of this album would be welcome on the dance floor.
En Route has been digitally remastered and will be reissued by Captain Trip Records on November 27, 2007.
Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler . They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster...
and Conny Plank
Conny Plank
Konrad "Conny" Plank was a German record producer and musician. He was born in Hütschenhausen. His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most important and innovative recordings of postwar European popular music, covering a wide range of genres including...
. It was actually the fifth and final album recorded before Plank's death in 1987. En Route was recorded in 1986 at Conny's Studio outside of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. As Plank's health deteriorated the recordings were left incomplete. The album was completed and mixed by Moebius & Gebhard. The 11th through 13th tracks on the CD are remixes by Manu Guiot done in 1995. It was released by the Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2010 its population was 57,637, making it the ninth-largest city in the state and the county's population was 93,653....
-based Curious Music label in 1995.
The Sonic Curiosity review of En Route describes the album, in part: "...rhythmic and wraught with weird sounds and insectoid chitterings. [...] Less frantic than their earlier work, "En Route" qualifies the quirky melodies with a seriousness, endowing the weirdness with a sedate charm. The introduction of horns to the glistening mix of mechanical and ethereal sounds reinforces this approach." Writers and Krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
historians Steven and Alan Freeman are less than enthusiastic about En Route, claiming that this album, like Zero Set
Zero Set
Zero Set is the only album by the German electronic music trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mani Neumeier. It followed two collaborations by Moebius & Plank as a duo. Zero Set was recorded in September, 1982 at Conny's Studio outside Cologne, and released by Sky Records in 1983.The music...
before it, is "... too close to techno for comfort" despite the fact that very little of this album would be welcome on the dance floor.
En Route has been digitally remastered and will be reissued by Captain Trip Records on November 27, 2007.
Track listing
- "Automatic" - 5:17
- "Don't Point The Bone" - 5:03
- "Drum!" - 4:47
- "EChaos" - 3:25
- "Muffler A" - 4:45
- "Pick The Rubber" - 4:33
- "The Truth?" - 3:28
- "Prehistoric" - 2:37
- "Die Wirren" - 3:26
- "Muffler B" - 2:25
- "Don't Point The Bone" (remix) - 5:09
- "Automatic" (remix) - 4:21
- "Prehistoric" (remix) - 5:38
External links
- Anonymous Random Writings on Music and Other Things: German Rock Retrieved September 7, 2007.