Review Vital Weekly

The previous release, for Mystery Sea, had to do with dark ambient music, but here it's something different. Various of his friends supplied sound material which he puts together. The guitar plays an important role, and not just those who drone away. Simple strumming along Current 93 in 'Jaja Ungarinyin Und Nun Zur Leiche Am Ufer' (the titles are to be translated, but it's spoils the fun) but throughout the idea of a sound collage is the main thing. Field recordings of voices do their thing and sometimes things move below the threshold of hearing. Sometimes it's related to Krautrock, but Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf plays seven fine tunes. Tense, funny and surprising throughout. A bit like good HNAS, at least carrying the same sense of German humor.

By Frans de Waard