Baldruin - Diamantener Oberhof

This German duo consists of the musicians behind Baldruin and Brannten Schnüre/Agnes Beil… but their music is not just a simple sum of these two project… magical surrealism is one way to describe the sound of Diamantener Oberhof… subtle electronic sounds are mixed with snippets of accordion melodies… even though this is contemporary folk music it sounds very pure and authentic… like obscure lo-fi field recordings… bringing to mind some of the better Fonal recordings from the past (think Kemialliset Ystävät, Paavoharju and Islaja) or a more folklore minded Kaa Antilope… this is a sort of new primitivism and nothing less as in between archaic-electronic-ambient-folk-Dada-pop music…

Text by Martijn van Gessel

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All songs performed & recorded in Würzburg and Wiesbaden in 2013 /
2014

Electronics, Acoustic Instruments & Sampling by Baldruin
Accordion, Voice, Sampling & other instruments by Brannten Schnüre

Additional Voices by Martin N of Kirschstein (Schlafmohn),
Katie Rich (Liebstöckel & Schlafmohn) and Sema K (Die Welt in
Tortenguss)

All Words by Brannten Schnüre, except Schlafmohn (Martin N)
Artwork by Baldruin

Mastered by Ruud Lekx

Artwork printed at Kapitaal

Released by Enfant Terrible as Vrystaete04 in 2015

Funhammer (Obscène Et Anémique, 2016)

Mushroom's Patience – Sorrow And Pleasure In A Strange Countryside
Niedowierzanie – Au Fond Du Gouffre
TZii – I'm A Shadowing Reflection Of You
Diamantener Oberhof – Verfault
Diamantener Oberhof – Sonnenfinsternis
TZii – I Kill You First
Diamantener Oberhof – Katastrophen Zu Gast
Niedowierzanie – Le Temps Qui Passe
TZii – Doing Nothing
Diamantener Oberhof – Regentropfen

Concert au Greffier (manufacture errata, 2016)

Live recording.

A: Das zertretrene Schneckenhaus / Müde / Wiegenlied am Totenbettchen 18:32

B: Die tiefe Scheu / Sclafmohn / Die Welt in Tortenguss 19:00