To Rococo Rot
Speculation

Cover art for Speculation by To Rococo Rot Description: LP on Domino includes MP3 coupon (don't you love the word coupon...)
Format: LP (vinyl)
Genre(s): Electronica / IDM
Label: Domino
Price:
£13.29
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4Rating: 4
...according to our on 25 March 2010.

Lippock, Lippock and Schneider return with an album, I'm guessing its about their eighth (?). I'm digging the basslines and the general kraut/ kosmische vibes. There's certainly echoes of their forefathers (Cluster/ Harmonia) going on here. I think these guys really do balance the organic/ live instruments with electronics way better than a lot of groups and this album really is evidence of this. Some fine electronic sounds happening here and it's most pleasant throughout.

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Sound clips for Speculation by To Rococo Rot: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. LP (vinyl), Domino, WIGLP234 , £13.29.

What their label says...

· In the mid-nineties, along with Tortoise, To Rococo
Rot made music where everything seemed possible -
post rock, intricate rhythms and electronics merged to
make futuristic yet wonderfully organic sounds.
· ‘Speculation’ could finally show To Rococo Rot as
natural heirs to the kosmiche and krautrock musics they
grew up on – Can, Faust (Original member Jochen
Imler even plays on the epic ‘Fridays’), Cluster and
Harmonia are all referenced here, but in stunning new
ways.
· Stefan’s basswork even references the intricate space
between melody and rhythm that made early New
Order and ACR so fascinating.

Away * Seele * Horses * Forwardness *
No Way To Prepare * Working Against Time * Place It *
Ship * Bells * Fridays