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.
· 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
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