( 1 ) We are contributing to the compilation "For the Lack of Better Word" which is released on Otomatik Muziek in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. All proceeds will go directly to Frankenkonvoi, a help organization which works directly at the Polish-Ukranian / Romanian-Ukrainian borders (and, as of now, have found a direct way to deliver goods into Charkiv). These people do a fucking great job at taking direct action and help where GO’s and multinational help organizations lose time and money due to their structures and systems.
"For The Lack Of Better Words" will be released as a digital-only compilation to keep costs as low as possible.
Most of these 21 tracks were composed in the wake of the russian war against the people of Ukraine. Musically, the sampler also represents a beginner's guide into the OM universe - from OM house band DRNTTCKS to artists like Night Foundation or Kirsche von Bubach, who had already released tapes on OM, to members of the extended family like Phantom Horse or Son Of Buzzi, from the ASMR drones of René Margraff to a skeletal chanson by Laure Boer, from the gut-wrenching noise of en creux to the psych-jazz of Family Underground. There's a dubbed-out folk miniature delivered by Red On, or the polyrhythmic saxophone excursions of Schweben; Joachim Nordwall comes around with a utopian/dystopian modular meltdown, while Lisa Pulsatilla and Jeremy Young deliver a strangely beautiful piece of flute/tape music and Savvas Metaxas shakes the ground with the endless minimal drop of "Sun" while Levels' Lool2Luul unfolds the speculative fiction of "Air Formation 2".
Plus, the whole compilation got an extra audiophile mastering from Martin Thompson of SM-LL.
You can find it >here<.
( 2 ) Still quite fresh is our release "Nein + Nein" on Otomatik Muziek which was released on January 14th, 2022, featuring stunning artwork from Dicey Studios:
"What is no+no? Is it a definitive no to the madness and decay of democracy surrounding us? Is it a negative yes to another reality? Is it an affirmation of a change to come? Somewhere between feedback loops, pitched down vocals, distorted dub, cosmic synths, primitive beats and drone guitars there might be an answer.
On their 6th release, DRNTTCKS for the first time deviated from their usual practice of recording all sessions directly and just editing around edges. During the lockdowns they found themselves in a situation wholly different to their improv approach - alone in the rehearsal room, they listened to what the other has recorded. All based on lose structures that were conceived during the last row of live shows before the shit hit the fan, these songs took shape brick by brick/take by take, resulting in a much more straight forward, defined sound which received an additional heavyweight fidelity treatment from OLO Mastering Berlin.
The freeform noise surfaces of past releases fade into the background in favor of slowed-down proto-techno beats and repetitive bass lines, catching the harsh, immersive vibe of DRNTTCKS' pre-pandemic live concerts, and function as the sonic equivalent of the quagmire of chaos we reside in."
Review by "Was ist das?" - thanks a lot!
No shows planned for the moment.
DRNTTCKS releases can be found on tape via Otomatik Muziek, Grisaille Records and Industrial Coast as well as digitally on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp.
Mama Was A White Birch, Daddy Was A German Oak / Tape / Grisaille Records #57 / SOLD OUT
Existenz ist ein Traum den man nicht zu sehr beleuchten darf / Various Artists - "Blurred" / Tape / Grisaille Records #50 / SOLD OUT
Rat-À-Tête / FFFF / Tape / Magnetic Purely #6
Mass Gainer / We wrecked this city / Tape / Magnetic Purely #2
White Static / 2x CD-R / Fake #1 / SOLD OUT
22.04.2022
Pracht / Leipzig w/ Andrew Bernstein
23.04.2022
Space Between / Nürnberg w/ Andrew Bernstein
24.09.2021
Otomatik Muziek Labelfest Pt. 1 w/ Kirsche von Bubach, S.L.R., Fließgewässer, Nils Quak / Desi / Nürnberg
25.09.2021
Otomatik Muziek Labelfest Pt. 2 w/ Buck Moon, Günter Schlienz, Zebularin / Z-Bau / Nürnberg
26.10.2019
Noise Gedöns Festival w/ Sisto Rossi, Stubenhexe, Hager/Kaputt / Fragmente / Wiesbaden
05.10.2019
Die Schute / Hamburg w/ Function Level Marker
04.10.2019
Kultur im Bunker / Bremen w/ Function Level Marker
03.10.2019
Hole of Fame / Dresden w/ Function Level Marker
31.05.2019
It's Isn't Happening Festival / Auf AEG / Nürnberg
15.12.2017
Kellerperle / Würzburg w/ ZEMENT
15.07.2017
Schmidtstock / Sennfeld w/ ZEMENT,
Hildegard von Binge Drinking,
Datashock
14.07.2017
Makroscope / Mühlheim w/ Müde
13.07.2017
ChaCha & Tantra / Cologne
14.02.2016
K4 / Nürnberg w/ Nadja
11.09.2015
Heute / Sommerkollektion / Nürnberg
02.05.2015
Heute / Nürnberg w/ MOMBU
04.10.2013
Desi / Nürnberg w/ Pretty Lightning
11.09.2013
Hemdendienst / Nürnberg w/ Schrein
16.08.2013
Misty Mountain / Lillinghof w/
Electric Electric,
Broken Heart Collector,
ШАХТЁР,
Schnaak et al.
20.07.2013
quellkollektiv / Sommerkollektion / Nürnberg
01.06.2013
K4 / Nürnberg w/ Pillowdiver, Hering und seine sieben Sachen
01.04.2013
Cairo / Würzburg w/ Umberto, Hering und seine sieben Sachen
24.01.2013
K4 / Nürnberg w/ Pete Swanson, Florian von Ameln
28.09.2012
Endzeit-Festival / K4 / Nürnberg
07.07.2012
Xyeahx Sommerfest / Cairo / Würzburg w/ Pengpengpenguin,
Harke, Pretty Lightning
29.05.2012
Neues Museum / Nürnberg w/ Greg Haines
25.04.2012
MUZ / Nürnberg w/ Highspeed Nosebleed
11.12.2011
Kafe Kunst Fest / Kafe Kult / München w/ Hall
04.10.2011
Human Rights Film Festival / Nürnberg
28.07.2011
B:EAST / Nürnberg
20.04.2011
K4 / Nürnberg w/ Zs, Honig-Rumpeln-Gummo-Big Band
12.10.2010
K4 / Nürnberg w/ Mouse On The Keys