Alex Ketzer’s third album »デモテープ« is centered around the 1981 Fender Rhodes MKII, whose iconic sounds – paired with effect devices, synthesizers and drum machines – merge into a dreamy, nebulous, and atmospheric mixture.
Ambient fragments meet Drum’n’Bass inspired rhythms, Leftfield sounds blend with elements of Dub and Techno and Microhouse loops are layered with Trance patterns.
Tracklist → ➀ Komorebi 木漏れ日 [Dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees] ➁ Gin Sekai 銀世界 [A snow-covered, silver shimmering world] ➂ Koibito Kibun 恋人気分 [The tender and delightful feeling experienced between (new) lovers] ➃ Natsukashii なつかしい [The warm and sudden feeling of sentimentality in which small things bring back old memories while remembering the fondness and goodness of that time] ➄ Majime まじめ [An earnest, reliable person who can simply get things done without causing drama] ➅ Shinobinaku 忍び泣く [Shedding silent tears so no one will know you are crying] ➆ Irusu 居留守 [Pretending to be out when somebody comes by your house] ➇ Boketto ぼけっと [Gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking or doing anything]
NooLtd35 • 13.03.2020 → Recorded and produced by Alex Ketzer at Studio A230, Cologne. Mixed at »Prellerhaus«, Bauhaus Dessau. Mastered by Emanuel Geller at SALZ Mastering. Photos (front/back) and artwork by Alex Ketzer. Photo (inside) by Martin Schmitz.
The aqueduct on the cover photo is located after Kuronagi station near Atobiki Bridge in Kurobe Gorge, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Concert micro galerie, Cologne
Set-Up Studio A230, Cologne
Concert micro galerie, Cologne
Set-Up Studio A230, Cologne