Movies

I like the experimental sound, but I am not sure I would listen to it again by choice

A weird listen and a fun one for sure. I really like it when there's albums on here that don't sound like anything else on the list. The 4 songs on here were all different from one another. That said, the songs themselves are fun but not very memorable. There's something nice and delightfully weird about the album but I don't think it'll ever be a mainstay in my listening habits.

Ambient noises and samples. Not compelling.

Pretty nice funky sounding stuff, goes on a bit long though.

Still not completely sure how I feel on this one, I may never be sure. Some very interesting stuff and some interesting mix I can get lost in, and then some oddball stuff that just takes me out of it.

On Movies, Holger krafts a cinematic mood short of a cinematic event. In the end, that's a good thing, since high concept would turn this record, a treasure of funk/jazz/rock, into ersatz unbelievability. Boasting four tracks, Movies is aptly plural. It's a remarkably eclectic amalgam of sounds and ideas: the very German 'Cool in the Pool,' the John McLaughlin meets Pink Floyd 'Oh Lord, Give Us More Money,' the pukka 'Persian Love,' the synth-energized 'Hollywood Symphony.' It's a soundtrack, but to nothing whole. Its sampling of movie snippets foreshadows hip-hop production à la MF Doom, and tho it's a bit slow at times, and a bit cool in a nonessential way, I not only commend Holger's creativity, I think it's a damn good album.

Though this was great, maybe not as good as Tago Mago, but I appreciate the experimentation! I thought that Brian Eno and David Byrne were the first to do this sort of thing, interesting to see how this would have influenced them.

I really don't know what to think of this so I'm just going to give it a 3.

Not my thing. But it was short so…

A wild dream: full of free associations, digressions and changes of direction. Incredible drumming anchors montaged flights of fancy, playful synth parts, audio samples and crystal clear guitar leads. It has a prog feel to it, but more patient and willing to settle in a groove and let the drums work their trance magic, opening your mind to the collage piled on top. Extremely cool by the pool.

I completely forgot to add my review for this one, (I listened to it on the day our group had it). It is beautifully bonkers!

tf is this shit

I’m at a 5.

I entered a big long zen state for that one, so my analysis isn’t going to be as fruitful as it might normally be, but that felt like a more accessible, commercially friendly take on the avantgarde sound design & manic instrumentation from “Tago Mago”; the residue of that album is still kind of in my ear, so perhaps I’m a little biased in giving this a 5, but I think it earned it.

There’s some really neat soundscapes on this, including a Funkadelic meets David Bowie vibe on “Cool in the Pool”, the vaguely biblical panic of “Oh Lord, Give Us More Money” with the car horns, destroyed buildings, loud guitars, and oddly, a sort of Kraftwerk meets Queen vibe. “Persian Love” is, well, lovely – sort of a calypso vibe mixed with 70s disco & rock, and it works surprisingly well. “Hollywood Symphony” returns to the same kind of Kraftwerk meets Queen vibe, but with more of a prog rock bend reminiscent of Yes, and synth work that feels adjacent to Van Halen’s “Jump”.

I enjoyed it a lot – obviously, the shadow of “Tago Mago” & how innovative and beyond its time it felt looms large on this, but the safer approach works really nice here, and this album being like, 30 minutes shorter certainly helps quite a bit. It’s got a good solid variety, a great core base of instruments to work from, & the sampling on this gives a sort of pseudo-plunderphonics vibe that feels unique for 1979 all its own. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, & it does occasionally get a little lost in the weight of its own ambition, but I think it’s a pretty successful solo work. Hence, the 5. At worst, a 3.

When we're talking in term of avant garde music, this one is deceptively light and balances that fine line between pop and noise.
Thouroughly enjoyable!

This was so strange... but I had so much fun with it!
A total discovery for me! I mean, this project is becoming a big part of my working days, because I'm listening to so many albums I didn't know anything about! And then I get to revisit the ones I've always liked ;-)

The soundtrack to a movie that was shown once, at noon, at some local indie movie theater, in one auditorium rented by the producers for tax and distribution purposes. Weird and delightful...

No thanks.

Wild stuff.

This was super interesting the whole way through. Cool In The Pool sounded like Talking Heads. The sound collages seem like what The Avalanches or MF DOOM would be doing twenty years later. I will definitely be listening to more from this guy. Favorite songs were Cool In The Pool, Oh Lord, Give Us More Money, and Hollywood Symphony.

Started good, then got very experimental in not a great way.