And who says that the good days of Krautrock are over? Konformer from Nuremberg, Germany, exhume this sound perfectly with their début, immediately conjuring the big names for comparison. Can, new!, yes, plus space rock and even the more experimental stuff from the Weilheim Orbit. The trio’s five tracks unfold in a dark maelstrom over the album’s forty minutes, all building slowly as the band varies within them, inserting new tracks and ultimately leaving nothing where it was before. Neither in the sound nor in the listener’s mind. The way the synthesiser in »Noris Noir« slips away to make way for the drums pulls you right in – everything trembles and vibrates. On this album, Konformer manage to open up a large space with the simplest of means, the whole thing resembling a nocturnal trip through abandoned industrial areas, like the after-image of a once great promised future that never came to pass. The minimalism of this album makes it even more hypnotic, darker, edgier. A trip through the convolutions of your own brain, the soundtrack to the system crash in your belfry. Great in every moment and one of the most exciting releases of the year.
Konformer
