The totality of the many in one: Cologne Tape, an on and off gatheringrnband from all over the world, did not call their second album "Welt"rnwithout reason. The collective incorporates the nucleus of the labelrnMagazine and consists of the artists Ada, Barnt, Jens-Uwe Beyer, JörgrnBurger, John Harten, Philipp Janzen, Mario Katz, John Stanier and AxelrnWillner. All members live scattered between Berlin, Cologne andrnHamburg. They meet rarely and abruptly, but each of them always has thernfeeling that something relevant needs to be done. The ensemble’s namernrepresents a city and the musical recordings that are made in it.rnTheir "rst release, "Render", marked the start of the label Magazine in 2010rnand found the way into DJ sets by famed artists like Dixon with music,rnwhich does not necessarily have the dance#oor in mind. Subsequently,rnlittle, absolutely sublime pieces of Cologne Tape appeared in the public.rnSometimes in the middle of a Magazine mix for London's online magazinernDummy, or on compilations like "My Heart's In My Hand, And My Hand IsrnPierced And My Hand's In The Bag, And My Heart Is Caught" a double-vinylrnsampler for an exhibition by British video artist Phil Collins.rnAnd now, after six years of more or less overwhelming silence, "Welt"rnarrives and brings the world eight musical arrangements, all of whichrnanswer to the same name and only differ numerically in their title. Theyrnwere performed and recorded at the Dumbo Studios in Cologne as part ofrna happening, during which the nine Cologne Tape members gathered in arnroom to play a solemn concert for themselves without a given frame.rnUn"ltered emotions, which were later, re"ned with drums and synthrnsounds by John Stanier and Axel Willner and then arranged into arndramatic story arc under the direction of Jens-Uwe Beyer. Furthermorernsome of the recordings feature friends of the collective such as Mexicanrnartist Rebolledo, the guitarist Burkhard Mönnich and the singer Isis Lace,rnwho all happened to be close by and joined the band spontaneouslyrnduring in their musical ritual.rnNow the recordings of their time without time will see the light of the day.rnrnrnThey all tell – together and alone – stories of deeply felt musicalrnexperiences, which quickly become profound experiences too for thosernwho listen to Cologne Tape, when they play the grand piano, synthesizer,rnvibraphone, organ, drums, guitar and more while celebrating arnfreewheeling ceremony. Panoramic music that enables the listener tornenter a world of sounds and rhythms, which all re#ect in depth whatrnCologne Tape is as a band and a piece of art.