ÖPNV – Deutsch Funk Revol­te LP

Beschreibung

It’s such a plea­sant asso­cia­ti­on for me that I was wil­ling to allow ÖPNV a litt­le ska-punk if they wan­ted, but this Ber­lin post-punk group cle­ar­ly have no inte­rest in any form of skan­king. Theirs is a very sour and osten­ta­tious form of robo­tic post-punk, delightful­ly free from gui­tars or any sort of tra­di­tio­nal rock beha­vi­or. Rather, Deutsch Funk Revol­te is equal parts dis­tur­bed and dis­tur­bing, mini­mal and unhin­ged, very much in the tra­di­ti­on of Ner­vous Gen­der, Kos­mo­nau­ten­traum, Palais Schaum­burg and Caba­ret Vol­taire. Most songs are com­pri­sed of thud­dy drum­ming, dub­by bass, elec­tro­nic bleeps/squelches and vocals acting as a dis­af­fec­ted tour gui­de to the pro­cee­dings. Pret­ty clas­sic con­ceit, but it’s a style I per­so­nal­ly relish, espe­ci­al­ly when per­for­med with as much artful grit as ÖPNV dis­play here. They’re wil­ling to try inte­res­t­ing things with the form (unu­su­al bass-lines, playful dub pro­per­ties and so on) wit­hout fee­ling eit­her too musi­cal or polished. If they’re not alre­a­dy fri­ends with Laven­der Hex, a simi­lar­ly (if fur­ther out-the­re) expe­ri­men­tal dub-min­ded post-punk group from Ber­lin, they out to con­sider sen­ding a con­ge­ni­al DM and making that con­nec­tion. – Yel­low Green Red

01. Rast­hof
02. Shang­hai Dreams
03. Hit­ze schleicht
04. M.F.G
05. Einzeltäter
06. Zivilisation
07. Bildungsnähe
08. Trabantenstadt
09. Spitze
10. Blockiert