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By Vital Weekly
The title of this CD translates more or less as: The fever(ishness) of the human voice. And indeed there are a lot of voice samples on this one. I was pretty curious to find out how Klangkrieg would deal with this restriction of material. Their other CD's have a rich texture of sound material that I appreciate very much and which made them stand apart from a lot of other work in the field. In the beginning of the CD everything is pretty quiet and it takes a while before things get started. This is probably due to the fact that the first track is a person sleeping. Slowly things are built up in the second track: a lot of samples are used to create a dense layer of sounds that evaporates later again. The second piece is a studio version of a piece for a video installation with 8 sound channels. But I would not be able to tell: it's simply a good sound composition and if I hadn't known about the installation it wouldn't have come to my mind. The other tracks are very much in the tradition of Klangkrieg's work: a rich sound world (so yes, they succeeded even using almost only voice) with a lot of different compository approaches using loops, samples and analog recordings to create their theatrical, but delicate pieces. As with all their work a lot of attention has been put on details, worth listening to. Some of the recordings are very funny and give a sense of irony (e.g. Schönes Gefühl). Now I am not someone who has a particular liking for the human voice, so at times this CD gets on my nerves a little, but otherwise it is very well composed and produced and everyone who likes Klangkrieg's previous work can get this one without any fear of disappointment.
Roel Meelkop