Paul Kalkbrenner - Superimpose (2 LP)
- LP
- 2 piece(s)
- 2000
- 13 tracks
- 1 uur, 3 min
- minimal techno
Superimpose
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Superimpose marked Paul's debut album, and in my opinion, it's a solid introductory album that's worth checking out if you're a fan of Kalkbrenner's style. I won't say it's his best work, but it does give you a glimpse into his production roots when he joined Bpitch. The album is mostly techno, with a couple of breakbeat tracks thrown in. By the time his second (and improved) album Zeit came out, you can see he'd found his groove, leaning into electro-techno, which aligned with Bpitch's direction at the time. This album definitely holds up better than some other techno releases from the same era, where big-name DJs suddenly switched to minimal techno, and not always successfully. Overall, I think all the tracks are solid, but I'm particularly fond of the opener Krank with the German spoken word, a great introduction, and tracks 10, 11, and 13, which hint at the direction his productions would take on Zeit.
With hardly any good points to speak of, 'Superimpose' serves as agonizing evidence that Bpitch Control can indeed make a misstep. At moments, it harks back to Laurent Garnier's least impressive works. Kalkbrenner's production is so infuriatingly dull and uninteresting that you might eventually feel like banging your head against a wall, sipping on some poison, or cutting your wrists. At least, that's how I felt. Still, Kalkbrenner did deliver a fairly decent performance on Bpitch Control's 'Gemeinsam' compilation, so I'm eager to hear what his newest album, 'Self', has in store. To make up for the 13 terrible tracks on 'Superimposed', it would have to be in a completely different league, though.
I've got to say, this album is one of the least inspiring I've come across recently. The majority of songs rely on a tedious two-chord structure, and the overall sound is far from captivating. Kalkbrenner experiments with various rhythmic sequences, but they fall flat, as these are patterns we've encountered countless times before, often in more creative contexts. It's astonishing that I powered through this entire album!
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