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Streetlife (5th Anniversary Reissue 2019 White LP)

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VON SPAR celebrate the 5th anniversary of their groundbreaking 2014 album, Streetlife, with a reissue LP edition pressed onto 140g white vinyl. Precarious bon vivants, gifted musicians, radical guys – VON SPAR are many things, but above all, they are one of the most amazing bands in the realms that the British music press once baptized as Krautrock. Sebastian Blume, Jan Philipp Janzen, Christopher Marquez and Phillip Tielsch have in past been praised even more than the revenants of the genre (in 2012, together with Stephen Malkmus, before the watering eyes of CAN founding members Irmin Schmidt and Jaki Liebezeit, they provided a reinterpretation of the album "Ege Bamyasi" at the Cologne Weekend Festival) – even if the four were inspired equally by techno, synthpop, noise, post-punk and new music. "The concept of the collective VON SPAR seems to be to torpedo listeners" expectations from album to album," wrote the German newspaper TAZ about their last album "Foreigner". And once again, much is new on "Streetlife". Four of the eight pieces were recorded with the Canadian singer Chris Cummings, aka Marker Starling (formerly Mantler), whose fragile voice at moments recalls that of the great communist and musician Robert Wyatt. Other pieces feature the voice of Ada (Pampa Records) and of Scout Niblett (Drag City), for whom Jan Philipp Janzen has played drums on various tours (as he has for the likes of Owen Pallett and The Field). "Streetlife" has emerged as a heterogeneous album ranging from melodic piano disco ("Chain Of Command"), to tripped out soundscapes ("Hearts Fear"), to grandiose soft rock ("Try Though We Might"). One might call it music for a better world, if that didn't sound so lofty. Yet VON SPAR are not at all lofty, they are wide awake. This is not escapism, but life in the streets. And that's how they live it. KEY SELLING POINTS - New VON SPAR album "Under Pressure"" out now on Bureau B - 5th anniversary reissue - Pressed onto 140g white vinyl - Comes with printed inner sleeve - Various guest singers: Scout Niblett (Too Pure, Drag City), Chris Cummings aka Marker Starling (formerly Mantler), Ada (Pampa Records) - Past and present collaborations and projects with a wide variety of musicians such as Prins Thomas, John Tejada, Barnt, Axel Boman, Owen Pallet, The Field, Stephen Malkmus (live recording of CAN's Ege Bamyasi album on Matador (USA) and Domino (Europe) - 4th regular studio album release

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31.05.2019

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