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Erdgeruch / Space Dementia

by Vlimmer

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  • Erdgeruch / Space Dementia (Limited Personal Edition)
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    Ever dreamed of your actual name appearing in a morbid song, sung by an artist with a mask?

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    Tracklist:
    1. Erdgeruch
    2. Space Dementia
    3. Erdgeruch (Personal Version)

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PRESS:

"Awesome! Fantastisch! ["Erdgeruch" is] electro-power-pop with that characteristic theatrical darkwave fervency you can twirl yourself totally giddy to. So while we wait for the end of the ruthless corona pandemic let’s dance ourselves into a state of liberating delirium. This highly feverish slo-mo belter ["Space Dementia"] blew my mind on first hearing. The immense intensity and the overpowering vocality send shivers down your spine from the kick-off until the wall-of-synth sound finale." - Turn Up The Volume (BEL)

"We suggested that last-year’s Nebenkörper might be an ideal jumping on point for the roughneck styles of post-punk and darkwave plied by German act Vlimmer. New single “Erdgeruch” very much feels a continuation of that record, with plenty of clatter and angst adorning what is actual a rather sleek and clubbable tune underneath all the noise." - I Die: You Die (CAN)

"There is no escape from this beautifully crafted song. “Erdgeruch” is a wonderful post-punk piece that has a retro feel with the sublime synths and deep vocals, matched with the drum machine that is spine tingling. Every so often you hear a fuzz of electronic noise creeping at the edges and this feels so warm and familiar that it is instantly likeable." - Onyx Music Reviews (AUS)

"Darkwave / post-punk icons" - No Pop : Magazine für Grenzmusik (GER)

"If there's anyone who can masterfully mix Shoegaze, Post-Punk and Darkwave elements in the same cauldron, it's the German Alexander Leonard Donat" - Urge! (Bra)

"German noir kings" - Aldora Britain (UK)

"Admirable! [...] Both tracks are much more accessible [than "Nebenkörper], I like this straight away. The songs are more harmonious, even danceable. Brilliant, I take my hat off! Again, the music oscillates somewhere between darkwave and incomparable electronic heaviness. How immensely captivating I find it to listen and observe how creativity seeks its channels!" - Luserlounge (GER)

"Tenebrous, blistering, brutal, and raw. The song is stuffed to the gills with ghostly synth soundscapes, eerie vocals, and industrial tribal drums. Indeed, this gothic sensory overload is an apt metaphor for modern times. Yet “Erdgeruch” manages to grasp a pop appeal." - Postpunk.com (USA)

"Always knows how to challenge himself" - Luminous Dash (BEL)

"Melodic, mystical industrial pop, unusually catchy, captivating. Two deeply sombre soundscapes with a groove between post-apocalypse and dystopia." - Underdog Fanzine (GER)

"Again falls somewhere between the genres [of goth, wave, noise and synthpop]. Yet, as always, he manages to present a slightly different sound here. Although this completely fits the dark Vlimmer sound, it is just as changeable as a black-painted kaleidoscope; the content is fixed, but the order in which it is presented is not. That is what makes Vlimmer such a great project." - De Subjectivisten (NL)

""Erdgeruch" offers heavy post-punk with disturbing and direct rhythm patterns, powerful sequences which makes us move our bodies to the rhythm of, at times, the purest coldwave. - "Space Dementia" is gloomy darkwave track that brings us all the nightmares in its dry and, at times, epic sound." - Revista The 13th (SPA)

"Ideal for dancing. Somehow the song captivated me from the first time I heard it" - Electrozombies (GER)




ERDGERUCH
(Written by Alexander Leonard Donat)

Kaffee und kanadische Geigen,
Pisswetter wird angezeigt,
Im Großen Raum allein auf weiter Flur,
Wann kommt das schon,
Wann kommt das schon mal vor?

Ich geh nicht aus dem Haus,
Es sei denn, es schüttet mich aus,
Oder die Wände quetschen mich raus.

Ellenbogen im Türkis,
Übelkeit im Hals

Der Regen, er lässt sich Zeit,
Er wartet drauf, dass ich bereit bin,
Bin ich das?

Ich kann nicht aus dem Haus,
Es sei denn, es schüttet mich aus,
Oder die Wände quetschen mich raus.

Zähneknirschen,
Kieferbruch,
Augenhöhlen,
Erdgeruch

Erdgeruch

Der Regen, er lässt sich Zeit,
Er wartet drauf, dass ich bereit bin.

Ellenbogen im Türkis,
Übelkeit im Hals

Ich kann nicht aus dem Haus,
Es sei denn, es schüttet mich aus,
Oder die Wände quetschen mich raus.



SPACE DEMENTIA
(Written by Matthew Bellamy,
German lyrics: Alexander Leonard Donat)

Hitachi ist das Wahre für mich,
Es verleiht allem Gewicht,
Und hilft mir umzugehen,
Mit der Kälte.

Du machst mich krank,
Denn ich verehre dich so,
Und deine dreckigen Tricks,
Und miesen Spiele mit mir.

So vertieft und obsessiv,
Und entspringt Frieden dann,
Und reißt uns entzwei,
Lässt uns bedeutungslos erscheinen.

Wir werden sterben wollen,
Ich schreib deinen Namen in mein Herz,
Wir werden die Erde zerstören,
Ich weiß, das willst du so,
Ich fühle den Schmerz.

So vertieft, so obsessiv,
Und Venus geht dann auf,
Und reißt uns entzwei,
Lässt uns bedeutungslos erscheinen.

credits

released January 14, 2022

1 written by Vlimmer
2 written by Matthew Bellamy

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Post-punk/ Coldwave/ Shoegaze/ Industrial/ Dreampop/ Synth/ Dreampunk/ Indie/ Ambient /Drone

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