- Artist:
- Andreas Dorau
Wien (Limited Postkarten 2LP Edition)
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“Vienna—the city with probably the most beautiful name. The sound alone is music to the ears.” (Andreas Dorau) Reason enough to dedicate an entire album to the Austrian capital. The idea for this came about when Dorau was working on a map of Lübeck with two friends and exploring its untold stories away from the usual attractions. Dorau became fascinated with portraying a city from the perspective of an unbiased tourist, visitor, and outsider. Musically, the album covers a wide range, offering beautiful pop moments (“Der Regen in Wien”), creaky kawaii minimalism together with Cologne-based Stefanie Schrank (“Lass uns spazieren gehen”), but also pieces that defy classification (“Alles ist gleich”). “Wien” is therefore not the predictable album that the title initially suggests. Rather, the record offers insights into Andreas Dorau's personal approach to the city, which at times also reveals a difficult and sleazy relationship. And while pop music from and about Austria basically began with Mozart and Schönberg, pop from Germany about Austria is probably more of an innovation. When it is a North German musician who makes a monothematic album about the Austrian capital, the question almost inevitably arises: Is this already Austro-pop?
Tracklisting
LP 01
1.1 45 Lux
1.2 431 42
1.3 Vienna Sur Mer
1.4 Runde um Runde
1.5 Ich kann nicht schlafen
1.6 Alles ist gleich
1.7 Tourist
1.8 Verbautes Haus
1.9 Hinter Jalousien
1.10 Der Regen in Wien
1.11 Mädchen mit Herz
1.12 Lass uns spazieren
1.13 Wolfgang von Kempelens Sprechmaschine
LP 02
2.1 Platz auf Erden
2.2 Ottakringer Lightboy
2.3 Rauchen in Wien
2.4 Ich schwöre
2.5 Tiere im Prater
2.6 Teddy
2.7 Ein Augenblick mit Unterschrift
2.8 Schlangen in der Stadt
2.9 Austropop
2.10 Der Spleen
2.11 Nichts ist so wie es einmal schien
