BRANNTEN SCHNÜRE - Landschaft aus Tränen LP

The conclusion of a trilogy often reveals as much about artistic evolution as it does about thematic resolution. With “Landschaft aus Tränen”, Brannten Schnüre complete their three-album psychological cycle that began with 2019's “Erinnerungen an Gesichter”, marking both a compositional apex and a deliberate terminus for the project itself. Moving away from their signature “surreal folkcollage” approach, this represents Brannten Schnüre's most structured and emotionally resolved statement to date.

Weaving a singular brand of DIY Minimalism, intertwining elements of folk, musique concrète, ambient, and electroacoustic music, Brannten Schnüre conclude their remarkable journey with what can easily be regarded as their most emotionally resolved statement, “Landschaft aus Tränen”, the final chapter of their psychological trilogy released on their own Quirlschlängle imprint in a limited edition. Completing the groundwork for the singular sonic landscapes that we've all come to adore, it's an absolutely stunning and engrossing piece of work that marks both an ending and a beginning - the definitive closure of one of experimental music's most distinctive projects.

The musicological significance of Brannten Schnüre's practice lies in their systematic dissection of folk traditions. Schoppik's use of modified Greek rembetiko recordings, processed through contemporary electroacoustic techniques, creates what might be termed “post-folkloric collage” - a methodology that parallels the ritual electronics of Coil and the apocalyptic pastoralism of Current 93, yet maintains distinctly Germanic characteristics rooted in quotidian experience rather than occult mysticism.

On “Landschaft aus Tränen”, this approach undergoes crucial transformation. The album edges closer to the acoustic introspection that emerged in mid-1980s post-punk England, particularly the wounded romanticism that characterized that era's turn toward organic instrumentation. However, where those precedents sought authenticity through primitivism, Brannten Schnüre achieve authenticity through acknowledged artifice - Rich's deliberately mannered vocal delivery, oscillating between Nico-esque recitation and childlike questioning, serves as a constant reminder of the music's constructed nature.

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