Das Wortspiel is that kind of artist who does not stitch without a thread, who knows what they are doing at all times and leaves nothing to the whim of chance, although sometimes her decisions may seem unusual or out of place. And if, in addition, after a consecration in the underground, we see her doing her thing with Chapter I, she leaves us even more surprised.
The songs that are recorded on this project show the particular way of understanding Das Wortspiel sound, located at the opposite end of what is commercial, what works, what works: what she does is, on the contrary, a kind of unstable magma of pulsations and glows, with melodic traces and blurred textures, pursuing a serene, spiritual, almost ascetic expression. All those languages and influences from which they drew dialogue on this record, creating new, different and highly evolved sound organisms.
In Das Wortspiel Maryana goes even further – into the territory of avant-garde spoken word genre, continuing the work of Anna Clarke, Kate Tempest and Laurie Anderson. Their debut LP with Max Smogol, Chapter I, is a concept album that combines melodeclamations with ethnic singing and theatrical performance. The songs that are recorded on this album show the particular way of understanding Das Wortspiel sound, located at the opposite end of what is commercial, what works, what works: what she does is, on the contrary, a kind of unstable magma of pulsations and glows, with melodic traces and blurred textures, pursuing a serene, spiritual, almost ascetic expression. All those languages and influences from which they drew dialogue on this record, creating new, different and highly evolved sound organisms.
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