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GIGOLO 233CD
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This is the fifth full-length release for Beat Solèr (Seelenluft), and his first for Gigolo Records. Birds and Plants and Rocks and Things is his most ambitious album to date, exceeding the internationally recorded and produced Out Of The Woods, the 2002 album which includes the mega hit "Manila." Solèr moved from Zürich to Berlin and from Klein Records to Gigolo Records; the two independent legendary record labels that previously released his cover of American soft- rock classic, "Horse With No Name," included here. Solèr has always had something special -- whether it be conducting his hard disc orchestra as Silvercity-Bob, writing music for synchronized swimming groups, creating a style of homogenized eclecticism or crossing over to the electro-pop club scene. Solèr sings a bit on this record, as does the enchanting Julie Lee, but most of the vocal work is performed by Florian Horwath. Florian's charisma swings from a nonchalant disco attitude to emotional exuberance -- it's a heavenly match for the Seelenluft world of sound. Birds and Plants and Rocks and Things goes from the psychedelic to the contemplative, combining his usual harmonious style and classic pop structures with lo-fi electro, chanson, and disco. Not as club-based as his last album, and more focused than the album before that, Seelenluft presents himself as a mature but fresh, experienced song and sound aesthete who is experienced, but not a know-it-all. With its variety constantly creating a homogenous effect, Birds and Plants and Rocks and Things is a masterpiece of discipline -- a dance album for shoegazers, the living room soundtrack for club heads, the rock album for IDMers and the electro album for Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine fans.
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GIGOLO 214EP
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"Now Seelenluft returns with a cover of the evergreen 'Horse With No Name' by the 1970s soft rockers, America. 'When I listened to 'Horse With No Name,' I had that 4/4 beat immediately in mind. And it's a non-cool song by today's terms, that's what I like about it. Today's electronic music scene is so superficial and all about cool, I thought it as horribly refreshing working with a track like that.' Written by Dewey Bunnll in the year Beat Soler was born, the track turned America to stars over night. But it was also banned in several U.S. states for its subliminal drug reference, as 'horse' is a slang word for heroin."
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GIGOLO 214LTDEP
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Limited edition of 400! "White label teaser release with exclusive Hell remix (and the original)! It's three years down the line since the last Seelenluft album The Way We Go had been released on Klein. In the mean time Beat Solar has kept bizzy composing a piece for the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, working on various film soundtracks and creating remixes for peeps like Moonbootica, Waldorf or Stefan Eicher and cooperating with the Stereo MCs."
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