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01. SHRUBBN!! - Elk
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02. SHRUBBN!! - Lom
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03. SHRUBBN!! - Eskilstuna
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04. SHRUBBN!! - Vovchans'ki
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05. SHRUBBN!! - Ähtäri
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06. SHRUBBN!! - Anenii Noi
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07. SHRUBBN!! - Mondragon
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08. SHRUBBN!! - Shumen
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09. SHRUBBN!! - Freistritz an der Gail
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10. SHRUBBN!! - Drunen
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11. SHRUBBN!! - Nöo
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12. SHRUBBN!! - Nea Koroni
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13. SHRUBBN!! - Hrafnagil
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14. SHRUBBN!! - Leirbotn
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ARTIST
SHRUBBN!!
TITLE
Europa
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
SHITKATAPULT
CATALOG #
STRIKE 161CD
STRIKE 161CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
11/18/2016
Europa
, the second album from
Shrubbn!!
, the duo of
Ulli Bomans
(
Schieres
) and
Marco Haas
(
T.Raumschmiere
), displays a map of Europe on its cover, as might be expected from the title. The song titles on
Europa
also draw from the inexhaustible riches of the dialects and villages. From a musical perspective, this record is like an amazing journey through a Europe that is fed by more than just numbers, tables and statistics. Unlike its predecessor
Echos
(STRIKE 136LP, 2012), which represented something rather hidden and gloomy,
Europa
changes direction towards land and people. All the tracks on
Europa
are named after cities. "Elk" is the sound of the universe screeching as it lands on earth. With saw-toothed flowers and an utterly beautiful intro, the universe finally lands on the lost Alp. "Lom" is cubist electronics over a dense beat. "Eskilstuna", somewhere in Scandinavia, sounds something like snow and rock crystal. One melody after another sits between the round and beautifully layered chord pads. "Vovchans'ki" is a typical track from the
Europa
phase - A European yearning for the avant-gardist of 1922, modern and extremely brilliant. "Äthäri" sees Schieres and T.Raumschmiere manoeuver through snapshots, waves and highways in a meadow from elsewhere. "Anenii Noi" is a fantastic Shrubbn!! track that still breathes the spirit of
Echos
. It has a wonderful delayed beat, painted in tonal drums. With "Mondragon", a European spirit is conjured again, one that is much freer and more beautiful, and seems lost for nearly 100 years - crashing layers of melodies and clear sounds of a modern age from the past. "Shumen", previously called "Kolarowgrad", wanders from A to B. "Freistritz an der Gail" is composed of sound. Shrubbn!! builds a wall-of-sound out of hisses, synth teeth and flashes of genius. "Drunen" and "Nöo" are sort of downbeat, but definitely beat. Very dream-like and beautiful. "Nea Koroni" sounds a bit like the Alps and the mountains and valleys and meadows and bells. Shrubbn!! go through "Hrafnagil" and leave the listener in "Leirbotn". If the previous album
Echos
can be described as a profoundly intense journey through spaces and depths, reverb and shaft,
Europa
warms up like a dream landscape of earth and clay. The tracks have their own dialects; they are either coming from or traveling to someplace. There are colorations and stories told.
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