life. sounds. people. friends. childhood. headphones. the science of sleep. scandinavia. cities. the seaside. coincidence. trial and error. and lots of music, from leonard cohen to four tet, and everything in between, currently a lot of friedmann/liebezeit, calika and cocteau twins.
Sounds Like
"there's a sense of gentle mélange at work, something that could almost be at home in a quiet jazz club in the early '60s as in a chill-out room in the future, and the strand of sonic influences that touches on a variety of acts including Brian Eno, Bark Psychosis, and others with a similar ear for calm but heavily textured work." (all music guide)
"Grübel ist einer jener modernen, jungen Laptopmusiker, die ganz selbstverständlich field recordings, minimale Electronica, lullende
Drones, Klavieranschläge, verzerrte E-Gitarren-Riffs und zaghaft gezupfte
Violinen-Saiten mit Storytelling zusammendenken, um so einen eigenen Zugang zu Indietronica zu entwickeln." (spex)
"und plötzlich ist die häuserschlucht gar nicht mehr so grau. bewegende musik." (de:bug)
"...illustriert mit in dieser dichte und eleganz selten gehörten klanglandschaften perfekt den unterschied zwischen zeitlupe und aller zeit der welt." (spex)
"Musically, the majority of The Objects Don’t Need Us is exquisite. The entire album has a rustic, desolate, sundown feel. Wisely, Grübel lets his guitar playing come to the forefront. The delicate, gently-strummed acoustics and tremolo electrics shimmer like mirages on a desert road. The pitter-pattering of computers is relegated to the fringes of the mix, careening from ear to ear as if made nervous by the more traditional guitars. The effect is at times reminiscent of Angleo Badalamenti’s work for David Lynch: haunting and, as Grübel’s working name would suggest, more than a little noir-ish." (popmatters)
"imagine the solitary singer hunched over a beat-up acoustic guitar beneath a highway overpass with a rack of digital processors at his feet. As he strums through his wounded songs, a mic routes localized noises through the bank of filters and turns this industrialized junk into scattered glitch accompaniment." (igloo magazine)
"A delightful album of layered electronics, found sounds and gentle guitars coming over like a mixture of Bright Eyes and The Postal Service given a laconic remix by Four Tet, all woven and sewn up into a little package of early morning sunrise." (fat and confused)
to read the entire reviews (and many more) please check the about section on phononoir.de
phon°noir is berlin-based musician matthias grübel, born 1982. he started producing under this moniker in early 2004, releasing his critically acclaimed debut album PUTTING HOLES INTO OCTOBER SKIES two years later on quatermass. a 2nd album entitled THE OBJECTS DON'T NEED US followed in late 2007, on quatermass motherlabel SUB ROSA. hong-kong based experimental label lona records released a limited 3" cd of collected phon°noir instrumentals later the same year. late october 2008 will see the release of a free download EP entitled COUNTING RAINDROPS: THE REMIXES featuring reworked versions of tracks from the 2md album. phon°noir's collaborations and remix activities include works with or for uzi & ari, calika, mikhail karikis, alexander veljanov, tg mauss, jenana, sea of love, anna-lynne williams, that summer and others. please visit phononoir.de for a detailed discography. in early 2008 grübel started a 2nd solo project, telekaster, focusing on the more ambient and textured side of his work. a first abum is to be released as a 12" vinyl on panic arrest in early 2009. beyond phon°noir and telekaster grübel is composing and producing as one half of german radioplay/performance duo phonofix - their works for radio have been broadcasted on Bayerischer Rundfunk, WDR 1Live, SWR2, Radio Bremen and Deutschlandradio - as well as for the theatre stage. he contributed music to productions at schaubühne berlin, maxim gorki theater berlin, HAU berlin, bat berlin and staatstheater mainz.
VIDEO //
untitled miniature 2
directed by gulnara petzold
my paperhouse on fire
directed by sebastian haslauer & sebastian koch
(shakeyourtree.com)
RELEASES //
free download release! click HERE to download.
counting raindrops: the remixes (mp3, phononoir.de 2008)
release: 27 october 2008
artwork by päivi kaikkonen.
tracklisting:
01 gullhomen (calika bass mix)
02 you are the eskimo (tg mauss mix)
03 we still miss the future (mikhail mix)
04 my paperhouse on fire (uzi & ari mix)
05 a different kind of january (karl stirner mix)
06 we still miss the future (eraze the borders mix)
07 we still miss the future (alok mix)
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the objects don't need us (CD SR258, subrosa 2007)
artwork by florian bayer
(shakeyourtree.com)
no more sad dreams (Locd39r, lona records 2007)
artwork by sebastian haslauer
(shakeyourtree.com)
4 track EP as part of the lona records 3" cd single series.
release november 20th, 2007.
NEWS//
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Hey Matthais, first of all i hope you're feeling great. then, I remember that one day you advised me to read some Antonin Artaud, but i don't remember you mentioning a specific book. In his early writings? is that right? or d'you think i can choose at random thank you soooo much. xox marie
Hey Matthais, first of all i hope you're feeling great. then, I remember that one day you advised me to read some Antonin Artaud, but i don't remember you mentionning a specific book. In his early writings? is that right? or d'you think i can choose at random thank you soooo much. xox marie
