B.Fleischmann - Angst is not a Weltanschauung
[Morr Music, 2008]

Nine years ago, Bernhard Fleischmann of Vienna and Thomas Morr of Berlin came together for Poploops for Breakfast. Now, it seems, there’s no need for Fleischmann to present himself at length, but Angst is not a Weltanschauung still opens with a polite “hello microphone… hello voice…” and so on it goes. Obviously giving up sleep and other pleasant things, Fleischmann fully devoted himself to other enjoyable activities - music and composing.

Impassive machine-made music, with mechanic confidence making its way through to your heart - that’s exactly what B.Fleischmann is a master and virtuoso of. Last Time We Met at a T&TT Concert is a nice gesture towards co-label artist, Tied & Tickled Trio. Train-like drums make you feel a bit uncertain, like it sometimes happens between your departing point and destination. The train theme is, by the way, supported in another song title, In Trains. Songwriting genre is kept with the featuring vocals of Marilies Jagsh and Sweet William Van Ghost, and two tracks give us the voice of Bernhard Fleischmann himself. But even on vocal tracks, machines dominate.

The artwork was created by the irreplaceable Morr master Jan Kruse, god of separated details. And the music on the album brilliantly glues these parts together, bringing them into a single gentle but powerful emotional apparatus.

Read & Listen:
B.Fleischmann Myspace
B.Fleischmann on Morr Music
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