The CD comes in a nice full-coloured digipack and is obviously highly recommended, while waiting for
the soon to be released fifth part of the ReuTRauM series...
Nathalie F.
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Fifth opus from the Russian trio, 'Gute Nacht, Berlin!' as the previous 'The Fourth Face' 10"
and 'ReuTRauM III' 7" is also released by the Austrian label HauRuck! This is the 2nd CD in the
Reutoff discography. Released just a few months after 'Unseen Rituals', 'Gute Nacht, Berlin!' is
musically very close to the previous mentioned album. The ambiances are the ones we expect when
listening to this band: sometimes ritual, hidden... sometimes floating, atmospheric... but always
with the undescribable 'something' specific to Reutoff that sets them apart from other bands...
No need to give more details, as the whole album is brilliant. Nevertheless I can't prevent
myself from underlining the beauty of the second title 'die sunden der vater'. Just let yourself
be carried away by the magnificent soundscapes and the drawn out melody... A very long (11 minutes)
industrial ambient piece that is certainly one of the very best Reutoff titles I have ever heard!
The album also features two new versions ('Libera me (edit)' and 'Allegoria No. 3') of excellent
tracks present on the first tape of the band ('Das Absterben' released in 1998), re-released a few
months ago on CD-R by the Italian label By Blade. For those who do not own this tape or the very
limited CD-R, this an excellent opportunity to listen to two compositions based on ancient works...
'Die rote fahne' also deserves to be mentioned... Built upon a combination of small, minimalist
and repetitive noises with a rather epic Russian song (extracted from or mixed with a film?), this
original composition will endlessly intrigue the listeners...
Summer 2003
e-mail: reutoff@industrialmusic.ru
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