#kulku

Acoustic, no-age krautrock from Berlin releasing on Glasgow label, Phase Group. 

 The next release on Phase Group unearths a truly unique project that has existed as an outlier in the Berlin underground since 2002. 
 A stage decked out with xylophones, tambourines, timpani, wooden percussion, two drum kits, a cello, harmonicas, saxophones and pieces of scrap metal. Eight unassuming musicians playing repetitive, trance-inducing phrases, at times serene, fragile and dream-like and at others wild, primitive and driving. This isn’t a scene you might associate with hazy nights out in Berlin but it’s what you’d find if you ended up at a Kulku show. Kulku's music is a hard to define blend of percussive minimalism, folk, krautrock, post-punk and no wave, almost exclusively derived from acoustic sound sources. Their debut album ‘Fahren!' presents this unique sound-identity that they have been crafting for the best part of two decades. The A-side presents 3 tracks of percussive propulsion, minimalist xylophone motifs and repetitive drums alongside monotone organ, dramatic narration and woodwind instruments moving in and out of dissonant howls and melodic improvisation. The B-side is devoted to lighter tones, beginning with the glockenspiel minimalism of ‘Unterm Himmel’ and rounding the record out with trance inducing drone of the album’s title track which builds up into a cacophony of snare drums, dissonant accordion and melodica before fading out like dream. All songs composed and recorded in Berlin by Wenzlovar, Gatis Silde, Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer, Johanna Riska, Cornelius Onitsch, Alexander Samuels and Maxfield Gassmann

 Artwork by Andrija Čugurović



bohemian drips presents “the short jetzt” LIVE Kulku (Orff-Kraut / No Wave) Dog Dimension (Noise Rock) | EP Release Show DuChamp (Baritone Guitar / Drone) Thomas Vona (Bells / Chimes / Metal Percussion) HYBRID Vamilienfa†er (Tape Manipulation / Vinyl) DJs lislbar & wermuth bohemian drips dj team * after a short hiatus, we are happy to return. it is "the short jetzt." Λ Kulku (Biesentales / bohemian drips.) Kulku is a musical phenomenon, an outstanding happening, a deep cutting ceremony of primitive music at it's best. The band around lead-singer Andreas Wenzovlar keeps evolving their sonic imprint and keeps blowing audiences minds. After recording their first vinyl record within the old water reservoirs of Berlin Pankow, we are happy to have them back on stage, with new songs and their wide spectrum of odd and self-made instruments. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/bohemiandrips/sets/bd006-bohemian-drips-presents-kulku Dog Dimension Dog Dimension is a new Noise-Rock band from Berlin. The trio will present their debut EP, a bastard of Noise Funk, Post Punk and Alternative Rock, oscillating freely between grungy hooks, heavy bass licks and gripping beats – with two former Bechamel members on bass and guitar. Their selftitled EP will be released on tape on this very night. Don't sleep on it kiddos! Listen: https://dogdimension.bandcamp.com/ DuChamp (Kitchen Leg Rec.) DuChamp is an Italian scientist, musician, curator based in Berlin. A true pedal junkie, she make drones using accordion, bass guitar, baritone guitar, keyboard and voice. Her attempt is re-creating the sense of bliss of the hair dryer sound that she used to hear when she was a child. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/duchamp-1 Thomas Vona (Kolophonium / bohemian drips.) Thomas Vona, the former Clarinette / Reed Player of the Krautrock Band Kolophonium (resting in piece since early 2018) is presenting his Solo Performance for Bells, Chimes & Metal Percussions. The focus of the performance lies within its non-amplified, fully acoustic effect and takes the listener deep into the sound of the played objects. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/thomas_vona Vamilienfa†er ( bohemian drips. / Kinship) Presenting a selection of own works from his self-induced Berlin Hiatus in Portugal, named "a retirada", blended with older works and a selection of vinyls - loosely tied together within a hybrid DJ set. Listen: https://kin-ship.bandcamp.com/album/elevating-escalating lislbar & wermuth (bohemian drips.) The return and 8th reunion of the original bohemian drips DJ-duo infernale. Wittness the Hippness. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ8w2kHdsJM Follow the Ananas Ziegrastr. 11 / 1st Door / 1st Floor

Our December issue is now available here for the printed version & there for the digital one. With featured band Kulku, Best Of 2016, Showroscope, Top of the Chop and even more more more.

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