Press on "llllllll" & "llllllllll" (EP 8 & EP 9):


"The big advocat of grim wave […] black, rough, full of cracks - a great dose of music. […] [It’s] removing sunlight from every day, sinking everything into extreme electronic distortion. [...] Mesmerizing." – Artnoir (AT)

“Each swoop of harmonic progress is majestic, [...] carrying a lead vocal that verges on choral in its plumes of open vowel. […] Even in the spotlessness of silence, Vlimmer manages to wield a dramatic ambiguity." - ATTN:Magazine (UK)

"Taking on such a mammoth project is one thing, growing with the challenge throughout and not turning into boredom deserves full acknowledgment. […] This is exciting and fascinating.” – Lie in the Sound (Ger)

"Change is the constant […] Does not rehash the genre for the umpteenth time, blends elements from wave, shoegaze, electronic, post-punk, kraut, drone, pop, ambient and more into a new, eclectic and pretty black whole.”– Pretty in Noise (Ger)

"8 & 9 are important in [Vlimmer's] evolution and for the definition of a sound that has long since surpassed the clichés of the sector, for a project that continues to seduce us, […] beyond schemes. – Dark Room Magazine (Ita)

“Crazily productive, imaginative synth wizard […] The soundscapes are massive, dense, spooky, and sustained by plaintive melodious German vocals with ethereal dream-pop accents."– Igloo Magazine (USA)

"Inner security is abandoned, almost dissolving and challenging the inner self-confidence. […] Apocalyptic, surreal sound images that convey fear, violence, visions and forward-looking creative power.” – Underdog Fanzine (Ger)

“Providing thick textures and frantic moods. It’s the apocalypse told with a hum of electronica, pivoting the war pounding noise against yourself." – New Noise Magazine (USA)

“German dream-core motoric dissonant maestro” - RTRFM 92,1 (AUS)

“The music always differs slightly from the predecessors which is one of the reasons why this series remains so interesting […] Approaches the various genres in a fresh way.”– De Subjectivisten (NED)

“[Vlimmer] likes surprising his audience and changing his music. He has just released two EPs and they are no exceptions. […] His voice never disappoints.” – Labandzi Spiew (POL)

"EP 8 specifically seems to be born with the intent to summarize all the features that have made us appreciate the sound of Vlimmer. […] EP 9 instead conquers new frontiers.” – Ver Sacrum (ITA)


Press on "llllll" & "lllllll" (EP 6 & EP 7):

►Dark Room Magazine (ITA) says that Vlimmer's "songwriting qualities keep growing rapidly [...] A musician with an artistic vision, independent from patterns and styles: an inexhaustible source of coexisting genres like Dark Wave, Krautrock, Coldwave, Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Ambient, Noise, you name it - elaborated with style and personality. [...] The German mastermind has, once more, exceled himself."

►Underdog Fanzine (GER) says that the music "more than ever [...] goes underneath your skin. [...] Vlimmer creates a sacredly appealing atmosphere, a disturbingly vexing sound character with an impressively multi-layered realisation that produces nebulous, experimental Industrial Darkwave. [...] It dissociates people from their everyday life [and] dissolves them in between reality and fantasy."

►Subjectivisten (NL) calls it "an almost hallucinatory trip which leaves deep scars. [...] Vlimmer just continues excellently. [...] Exciting as a good thriller [...] Grows with every release [...] Once more, a great treasure."

►New Noise Magazine (USA) says "What makes Vlimmer such an interesting project is the ethereal landscapes that Donat creates with symphonic pieces of equipment."

►Mithra Templezine (FRA) speaks figuratively about the new double release: "The theme of light clashing with dark permeates the very fibre of these two records. From unsettling voids, droplets of silver are wrung. [The songs] immediately sink you into the sort of fug that clogs the lacquered floors of Kreuzberg dive bars in the twinkle of the night. Rhythmic thuds that whisper of danger lurch along like hunchbacked opportunists leading you, via a gnarled fist grasping a trembling elbow, through paint-stripped doorways into dripping basements reverberating with faint chain clinks."

►Intravenous Magazine (UK) says that with EPs 6 & 7 Vlimmer "is an unusual and yet strangely satisfying artist [with a] rich and diverse style [...] inhabiting a netherworld between proto-ebm, early synthpop, drone and dreamy ambient electronics. [...] [The] production [...] amplifies the haunting melancholy of the tracks even more."

►Igloo Magazine (USA) says that "this bunch of nicely made tracks will easily convince fans of dark waving and moodily atmospheric electro-gothic music, mainly from the 80s. [...] It sounds like a celebration of famous underground sub-genres"

►Ver Sacrum says (ITA) writes that Vlimmer's "common denominators are unrest and melancholy [...] Vlimmer, again, manages not to repeat himself, instead it's a kaleidoscope of sounds where every element is in the right place. It's never mundane, but always worthwhile"

►Last Day Deaf (GRE) describes Vlimmer as a “unique and very ambitious project with trademark [sound] [...] Distorted and fragile at the same time, perfectly balanced […] tearing down genre boundaries [...] Brilliant! [...] This is talent!“


Press on "IIIIIIII" & "IIIIIIIII" (EP 8 & EP 9):

►"The big advocat of grim wave […] black, rough, full of cracks - a great dose of music. […] [It’s] removing sunlight from every day, sinking everything into extreme electronic distortion. [...] Mesmerizing." – Artnoir - Musik Magazin (AT)


►“Each swoop of harmonic progress is majestic, [...] carrying a lead vocal that verges on choral in its plumes of open vowel. […] Even in the spotlessness of silence, Vlimmer manages to wield a dramatic ambiguity." - ATTN:Magazine (UK)


►"Taking on such a mammoth project is one thing, growing with the challenge throughout and not turning into boredom deserves full acknowledgment. […] This is exciting and fascinating.” – Lie in the Sound (Ger)


►"Change is the constant […] Does not rehash the genre for the umpteenth time, blends elements from wave, shoegaze, electronic, post-punk, kraut, drone, pop, ambient and more into a new, eclectic and pretty black whole.”– prettyinnoise.de (Ger)


►"8 & 9 are important in [Vlimmer's] evolution and for the definition of a sound that has long since surpassed the clichés of the sector, for a project that continues to seduce us, […] beyond schemes. – Dark Room Magazine (Ita)


►“Crazily productive, imaginative synth wizard […] The soundscapes are massive, dense, spooky, and sustained by plaintive melodious German vocals with ethereal dream-pop accents."– Igloo Magazine (USA)


►"Inner security is abandoned, almost dissolving and challenging the inner self-confidence. […] Apocalyptic, surreal sound images that convey fear, violence, visions and forward-looking creative power.” – Underdog Fanzine (Ger)


►“Providing thick textures and frantic moods. It’s the apocalypse told with a hum of electronica, pivoting the war pounding noise against yourself." – New Noise Magazine (USA)


►“German dream-core motoric dissonant maestro” - RTRFM 92.1 (AUS)


►“The music always differs slightly from the predecessors which is one of the reasons why this series remains so interesting […] Approaches the various genres in a fresh way.”– De Subjectivisten (NED)


►“[Vlimmer] likes surprising his audience and changing his music. He has just released two EPs and they are no exceptions. […] His voice never disappoints.” – Łabandzi Śpiew (POL)


►"EP 8 specifically seems to be born with the intent to summarize all the features that have made us appreciate the sound of Vlimmer. […] EP 9 instead conquers new frontiers.” – Ver Sacrum (ITA)


Press on "X" (EP 10):

►"We are facing a proposal that comes to renew everything." - Propuesta cultural (MEX)

►"Splendid mapping of the 80's underground. Darkwave, IDM, krautrock, [Vlimmer] is not short of stylistic richness." - Lie in the Sound (GER)

►"Dark post-punk that really shows off the growth made by the musician in the last few years." - Norman Records (UK)

►"A spell, a parable, and something that captivates to keep lost dreams - it changes the soul forever." - Underdog Fanzine (GER)

►"Direct, emotional and atmospheric, [...] modern, but nostalgic" - LOUD.cl (CHL)