BRUNNEN — Swoon
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Wiederveröffentlichung der ersten LP von der BEEQUEEN-Hälfte Freek Kinkelaar. Auf SWOON finden sich süsslich melancholische Songs, die meist auf Keyboard-Klängen beruhen, so minimal & intim wie romantisch verkitscht. Freeks ruhige Stimme und die Arrangements der Songs erinnern durchaus an alte PINK DOTS oder EDWARD KA-SPEL solo. Kommt mit 4 Bonus-tracks (2 davon vorher unveröffentlicht) in der starken BLACK SERIES - Reihe (edle Aufmachung) von BETA-LACTAM (negro24). Nummerierte Auflage 300 Stück.
"Brunnen (the alter-ego of Beequeen's Freek Kinkelaar) is one of those musicians that are hard to pin down. But then again, why would you want to do that? He seems to flourish best in his own small world inhabited by colours and strange sounds. “Swoon” features a series of hushed songs of love and lust with a twist played on his trusty (and now long retired) Ensonic keyboard." [label info]
"Fifteen years after its original release, now comes a remastered CD-album of the album titled "Swoon" by Dutch artist Brunnen. The album was recorded in 1992/1993 just after the debut (cassette)-release "The garden of perpetual dreams". The "Swoon"-album came out as a vinyl-format in 1993 on the label "Seven On A Broom In The Sky". Apparently the sound quality of the original release wasn't too well and the release was printed in a limited edition of 263 copies. Now fifteen years later the album has been reissued with a much better sound production this time in a CD-format. - And the album certainly deserves this treatment! Behind Brunnen, you find the artist Freek Kinkelaar who apart from the Brunnen-project also is known as part of the Beequeen project with Frans de Waard. The expression on the album is overall quite minimal, based on keyboard sequences from the old Ensonic Esq 1 synthesizer and then discreet vocals from Freek himself. The atmospheric and overall mellow synthlines from the electronic equipment is the dominating part of the sound picture with the gentle downbeat vocals coming from the distance. Weird electronic experimentations intervenes the pieces, sometimes quite noisy, and thus breaking the calm and easy-going musical textures with some quite interesting contrasts. That Edward Ka-Spel (of Legendary Pink Dots) takes part on a track doesn't come as a great surprise, since the whole expression draws attention to the style of the Dots. A very nice release that fully deserves this fine treatment!" [NM / Vital Weekly]
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"Brunnen (the alter-ego of Beequeen's Freek Kinkelaar) is one of those musicians that are hard to pin down. But then again, why would you want to do that? He seems to flourish best in his own small world inhabited by colours and strange sounds. “Swoon” features a series of hushed songs of love and lust with a twist played on his trusty (and now long retired) Ensonic keyboard." [label info]
"Fifteen years after its original release, now comes a remastered CD-album of the album titled "Swoon" by Dutch artist Brunnen. The album was recorded in 1992/1993 just after the debut (cassette)-release "The garden of perpetual dreams". The "Swoon"-album came out as a vinyl-format in 1993 on the label "Seven On A Broom In The Sky". Apparently the sound quality of the original release wasn't too well and the release was printed in a limited edition of 263 copies. Now fifteen years later the album has been reissued with a much better sound production this time in a CD-format. - And the album certainly deserves this treatment! Behind Brunnen, you find the artist Freek Kinkelaar who apart from the Brunnen-project also is known as part of the Beequeen project with Frans de Waard. The expression on the album is overall quite minimal, based on keyboard sequences from the old Ensonic Esq 1 synthesizer and then discreet vocals from Freek himself. The atmospheric and overall mellow synthlines from the electronic equipment is the dominating part of the sound picture with the gentle downbeat vocals coming from the distance. Weird electronic experimentations intervenes the pieces, sometimes quite noisy, and thus breaking the calm and easy-going musical textures with some quite interesting contrasts. That Edward Ka-Spel (of Legendary Pink Dots) takes part on a track doesn't come as a great surprise, since the whole expression draws attention to the style of the Dots. A very nice release that fully deserves this fine treatment!" [NM / Vital Weekly]
www.blrrecords.com