Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome

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4...according to our Ant on Fri 13 May, 2011.

I seem to recall somewhere in my frazzled mind reviewing a JR record and thinking it was by an artist called Jonas Reinhardt which seems fairly logical. However further reading reveals it is the alter ego of core member Jesse Reiner, here teamed up with drummer Damon Palermo and Phil Manley. Like with a zillion records these days this is on the kosmisch tip. A word I appear to be typing as much as I did the word "Drone" this time last year. For sure Jesse is somewhat of a wizard on the synthesizers and Damon's drums really do add a propulsive element to the kraut-stew, but if I'm really honest I prefer this style to be fully electric with drum machines but this works okay really. The sum of these parts is that it is less overtly Tangerine Dream than previous output but still a heady and absorbing place to spend some time, hanging out with fractals and primitive, lucid synth colour visions. Shit I mean honestly there really is so much new-kosmische flying around at the moment and it does vary in appeal depending on your outlook but Jesse Reiner has really been doing this for a little while now and cannot be accused of jumping on any bandwagon and that is apparent on this LP. He is fully into it, head and heart in the zone and that really shows on this LP.

The hermetic kosmische lexicon of San Fran-based synth synthesist/composer Jesse Reiner (Jonas Reinhardt’s founder and principal architect) has been simmering and swelling at a steady clip the past few years (2010’s Powers Of Audition was def a highlight), but the added talents of drummer Damon Palermo (Mi Ami), bassist Diego Gonzalez (Citay, 3 Leafs), and guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am, more) has levitated the JR Experience to a whole new head-music hall o’ fame. Recorded in Berlin, mixed in SF, then mastered/cut back in Berlin at Dubplates, Music For The Tactile Dome is easily the most deep-trip micro-focus Jonas odyssey to date, nine technicolor fractals of glittering synthesizer skyways and master-crafted pulsing kraut terrariums. A handful of tracks (“Smokey Jotus,” “Hander Zader,” etc) invoke more of the classic live JR vibe, with propulsive cold-grooved rhythm sectioning, but by and large Dome is designed for heavy headphone communion, an expanding magic eye tapestry of brainwave activity constellations. Those who caught their Euro tour last year with Rene Hell know how expert this crew reigns in the live environment so go see them if/when they pass through your area code; on tour with Cloudland Canyon currently. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with beautiful spectrum-assemblage cover art by Sean Patrick. Edition of 650.

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