Code & Melody
April 2024 ︎︎︎ pre-order
Denseland – Code & Melody
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26 April 2024
David Moss, Hanno Leichtmann, Hannes Strobl
“Just because Denseland take inspiration from the past, doesn’t mean they're stuck in it. On their first album since 2017, their second for arbitrary, the Berlin-based trio instead ventures slowly but steadily into unknown territory. Hanno Leichtmann and Hannes Strobl’s dub- infused, bass-heavy rhythmic minimalism in combination with lyricist David Moss’s sonorous yet deadpan delivery opens up a space that feels both claustrophobic and infinitely wide.
Like previous Denseland albums, »Code & Melody« picks up on the sparse side of dub-enamoured post-punk, no wave, post-rock, adventurous electronic and improvised acoustic music and blends this with a vocal performance marked by a Lou Reedian cool, a confrontationalism à la Lydia Lunch and, occasionally, an experimentalism akin to Scott Walker.”
26 April 2024
David Moss, Hanno Leichtmann, Hannes Strobl
“Just because Denseland take inspiration from the past, doesn’t mean they're stuck in it. On their first album since 2017, their second for arbitrary, the Berlin-based trio instead ventures slowly but steadily into unknown territory. Hanno Leichtmann and Hannes Strobl’s dub- infused, bass-heavy rhythmic minimalism in combination with lyricist David Moss’s sonorous yet deadpan delivery opens up a space that feels both claustrophobic and infinitely wide.
Like previous Denseland albums, »Code & Melody« picks up on the sparse side of dub-enamoured post-punk, no wave, post-rock, adventurous electronic and improvised acoustic music and blends this with a vocal performance marked by a Lou Reedian cool, a confrontationalism à la Lydia Lunch and, occasionally, an experimentalism akin to Scott Walker.”
Written, recorded and produced by Denseland 2023 in Berlin
Mastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering
Artwork: Denseland and Mads Emil Nielsen
Text: Kristoffer Cornils
CD / DL
Edition of 300 – Digipak: 4c + Pantone / metallic print, incl. download code
Distributed by Morr Music Distribution info ︎︎︎
US: Forced Exposure
FR / Bookstores: Les presses du réel
Available to pre-order via:
ANOST, arbitrary.bandcamp.com
F. E. mailorder (US)
Norman Records, Boomkat (UK)
Les presses du réel (FR)
1. Between The Click And The Hush
2. Hot Stove Consciousness
3. Going Up The Going Down
4. Serotonin Seeker
5. Four Humans And A Rope
6. Sample The World
7. Harder Than Gravity
8. Beyond Decision
Mastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering
Artwork: Denseland and Mads Emil Nielsen
Text: Kristoffer Cornils
CD / DL
Edition of 300 – Digipak: 4c + Pantone / metallic print, incl. download code
Distributed by Morr Music Distribution info ︎︎︎
US: Forced Exposure
FR / Bookstores: Les presses du réel
Available to pre-order via:
ANOST, arbitrary.bandcamp.com
F. E. mailorder (US)
Norman Records, Boomkat (UK)
Les presses du réel (FR)
1. Between The Click And The Hush
2. Hot Stove Consciousness
3. Going Up The Going Down
4. Serotonin Seeker
5. Four Humans And A Rope
6. Sample The World
7. Harder Than Gravity
8. Beyond Decision
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