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01. DICTAPHONE - The Conversation
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02. DICTAPHONE - Maelbeek
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03. DICTAPHONE - Manami
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04. DICTAPHONE - Soylent Green (1973)
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05. DICTAPHONE - Poem From A Rooftop
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06. DICTAPHONE - A Bout De Souffle
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07. DICTAPHONE - Rattle
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08. DICTAPHONE - Au Botanique
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09. DICTAPHONE - Nr.12
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ARTIST
DICTAPHONE
TITLE
Poems From A Rooftop
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SONIC PIECES
CATALOG #
SONIC 013LP
SONIC 013LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
4/24/2012
Oliver Doerell
and
Roger Döring
's
Dictaphone
might not be the most prolific project around, but what they lack in frequency they make up for in sheer impact.
Poems From A Rooftop
is their third album in 10 years, and is the first to feature new member
Alexander Stolze
on violin. The dusty, haunted jazz of
m.=addiction
(CCO 010CD/LP) and
Vertigo II
(CCO 032CD/LP) is still visible, but joined by Stolze's shimmering string tones, giving the already rich sound a further layer of depth. The title comes from Iran's "green revolution," where people were so afraid to go out on the street, that they emerged on their own rooftops to protest the stifling regime. This sentiment carries into the conflict and shrouded mystery in each song, from the rhythmic, emotive bar-room crawl of "The Conversation" to the phenomenal "Rattle," led by vocalist
Mariechen Danz
. It seems as if
Poems From A Rooftop
catches a point in the band's career where they appear perfectly at ease with their sound, and able to distil the jazz, subtle electronics and haunting ambience of their previous records into one deftly-coherent whole. The result is an arresting and poignant narrative record which is sure to stand as their finest to date.
Poems From A Rooftop
is proof that the greatest poems might not even need lyrics at all, and Dictaphone manage in a flurry of notes to carry more emotion than an entire script of languid language. These are, without a doubt, poems you won't be so quick to forget.
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