Schneider TM’s beautiful Zoomer is a rather enchanting anachronism. Electronic is said to be soulless and cold, while pop is mindless and decadent. Zoomer is electronic, pop, and yet, captivating, charming, and intelligent. So, where did it all go right for Dirk Dresselhaus? A former rhythm-section member in a variety of German rock bands, Dresselhaus finally went alone at the end of the nineties, releasing a series of 12’ and a first album, Moist released on City Slang, adopting a similar quirky approach to electronic music as compatriot Mouse On Mars or To Rococo Rot. Followed a series of collaborations, and three years down the line, this second album.
Zoomer is in essence an electronic album, complete with glitches, clicks and blips. But underneath lie a collection of catchy melodies and hooks evoking in turns the Beach Boys, Beck or early seventies avant-pop. Defying the aridity or his electronic constructions by injecting acoustic guitars, Dresselhaus develops his songs in a rather eccentric way, taking an oblique view on classic song writing. This results in a series of chirpy songs, from the exquisite guitar-led Reality Check, reminiscent of the Air of Moon Safari, with the added bonus of tongue-in-cheek lyrics, to Cuba TM, which closes the album, where Dressalhaus dresses up his syncopated beats and electronic oddities with strings. In between, he alternates between proper songs and instrumentals, remaining faithful to this mix of traditional and post-modern forms. Frogtoise is like the Beach Boys exchanging tips with New Order and Autechre, while DJ Guy could be the thumping soundtrack of a rave club on Mogadon and heard through drain pipes. Further down, Turn On features the rapping excellence of Max Turner, and Hunger drapes analogue bubble wrap around a dry electro-funk beat.
Not so much a pastiche of early eighties synthe-pop as a disrespectful two-fingers up at vacuous pop and over-zealous abstraction, Zoomer is a welcome addition to the growing trend that has seen Tarwater or more recently, Cursor Miner, shaking up the establishment to impose a new order in modern music. [from themilkfactory.co.uk]
TRACK LISTING:
1. Reality Check
2. Frogtoise
3. Abyss
4. DJ Guy?
5. Turn On
6. Hunger
7. 999
8. Cuba Tm
Total Time: 45'48"
Extras: Cover Cue Log
Compression: APE
Size: 279.71
Link : Schneider.TM.-.Zoomer.[APE].rar (ed2k://|file|Schneider.TM.-.Zoomer.[APE].rar|293193976|F3AD7AE95462A250FA3E4444332CF242|/