Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic (2021)
Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 335 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 173 Mb | Scans included | 00:45:58
Electronic, Experimental Rock, Krautrock | Label: PIAS Recordings
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 335 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 173 Mb | Scans included | 00:45:58
Electronic, Experimental Rock, Krautrock | Label: PIAS Recordings
Public Service Broadcasting release their fourth album, Bright Magic, via Play It Again Sam. An album in three parts (Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic), it is their most ambitious undertaking yet, bringing you to Europe’s heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is the ‘Haupstadt’ of the Federal Republic of Germany – Berlin.Tracklist:
Though PSB’s use of electronics and surging guitar rock remain familiar, Bright Magic uses samples, and the English language, sparingly. It differs from their previous albums in other ways: less linear and narrative, instead it’s an impressionistic portrait of a city from the ground up. A Eureka moment of sorts came in November 2018 when Willgoose heard Walter Ruttman’s radical Berlin tape-artwork Wochenende (or Weekend), which is sampled on three of Bright Magic’s tracks. Created in 1928, the piece collaged speech, field recordings and music into a sonic evocation of the city. Resolving to integrate these long-gone fragments with new manipulated sound sources, he set about making his own Wochenende, a narrative drama for the ears which decodes and realises the dreams of Berlin he’d constructed in his mind. J.Willgoose, Esq moved to Berlin from April 2019 to January 2020. Combining sound archaeology and the flâneuring of the psychogeographer, one street-level pursuit of the city’s energy involved Willgoose walking the Leipzigerstrasse, site of the city’s first electric streetlight, using a wide-band electromagnetic receiver from Moscow’s Soma Laboratories.
He wrote and recorded in Kreuzberg’s famous Hansa Tonstudio recording complex. This brought closer several inescapable musical touchstones: Depeche Mode’s classic eighties triumvirate, U2’s Achtung Baby and, crucially, Bowie’s Heroes and Low. Indeed, the Warszawa-evoking “The Visitor” – whose designated colour is the particular Orange of that album’s sleeve – was initially intended to feature a sample of Bowie reflecting. As well as EERA, the album’s other guest voices include Blixa Bargeld, veteran of The Bad Seeds and Einstürzende Neubauten, who becomes the voice of Berlin’s industry on the robo-teknik “Der Rhythmus der Maschinen”. Andreya Casablanca of Berlin garageistes Gurr stands in for Marlene Dietrich in “My Blue Heaven”, an anthem of proud self-determination. A very pro-European record, Bright Magic is ultimately not just about one city, but all centres of human interaction and community which allow the free exchange and cross-pollination of ideas.
AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger
Having thoroughly investigated such historical matters as the first Mount Everest expedition, the global space race, and the British mining industry, London's Public Service Broadcasting turns its attention to one of Europe's most complex and fascinating locales, the city of Berlin. Led by the intrepid (and exquisitely named) J. Willgoose, Esq., the experimental trio has over the years assembled a fascinating catalog that fuses detailed post-rock, folk, and electronica with the aural ephemera and sonic textures of their chosen themes. While their first three collections have relied heavily on the sampling of archival material, Bright Magic sees them utilizing a more impressionist and mood-based approach. In the spirit of Berlin-inhabiting English forebears like David Bowie and Depeche Mode, Willgoose moved to Germany's capital to study its history, character, and contemporary flow. Citing Bowie's 1977 landmark album Low as a significant influence, he and the band have tapped into a similar dark futurism which is translated here through the use of thick analog synths, repetitive Krautrock motifs, and radiant crescendos. Samples are used sparingly (and effectively) and what vocals do appear are largely sung in German. Norwegian singer EERA appears on a pair of songs, as does Berlin-based Adreya Casablanca on the poppy "Blue Heaven." More thrilling, though, are the entrancing instrumental tracks which Public Service Broadcasting manage to build so well. The glorious "Im Licht" and "The Visitor" simply glow with a sense of ambition and sophistication. The band even structures in a three-part mini-suite ("Lichtspiel") that occupies much of the album's second half before segueing into the lush closer "Ich und die Stadt," over which German actress Nina Hoss narrates a sort of Berlin love letter. More of an immersive mood piece than a history lesson, Bright Magic is a bold new chapter for the group.
1. Der Sumpf (Sinfonie der Großstadt) (02:35)
2. Im Licht (04:04)
3. Der Rhythmus der Maschinen (03:54)
4. People, Let's Dance (05:31)
5. Blue Heaven (04:17)
6. Gib mir das Licht (04:24)
7. The Visitor (03:13)
8. Lichtspiel I: Opus (05:43)
9. Lichtspiel II: Schwarz Weiss Grau (04:05)
10. Lichtspiel III: Symphonie Diagonale (03:56)
11. Ich und die Stadt (03:54)
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