Surrounded by Weather

about this album

Within the electronic music scene, popnoname's new album Surrounded by Weather is considered a flamboyant sound experience. It is an impressive combination of traditional instruments, song structures and Techno tracks. Reference points may be located between House-Not-House, Avant-Pop and a new feeling for Krautrock - as created by La Düsseldorf - with tendency toward experimental, rather improvised compositions on the one side, and extended, instrumental and monotonous dance-floor tracks on the other side. A very personal touch is added by using his own, pure and non-processed voice or vocals thus creating, supporting, accompanying and representing the different moods of the album. Jens-Uwe Beyer started working on this new album immediately after his debut album White Album in 2007. First, he created rough demo versions which he later refined and elaborated in the legendary former EMI studio in Cologne. The album starts with the track 2012 and wonderful vocal harmonies à la Beach Boys or Rufus Wainwright - and later turns into a deep dance-floor track with a cosy house beat and deep, disharmonic strings. The track Touch is the first single release taken from the album (incl. remixes made by The Field and Tennishero) and represents probably the most intense tendency toward Pop music with its soft guitar sounds, a laid-back beat and a vocal hook line. The kick drum sound of Id Card refers to almost 10 years of Cologne Techno history. Its 4-to-the-floor rhythm structure is

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