Le Millipede, by Le Millipede

Le Millipede

by Le Millipede

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Eyso Zanstra One of my favorite albums, this is something on it's own.. A rich fantasy world of soundscapes, sometimes playful, sometimes full of wonder, sometimes inhaling the whole world with all its colours. If you like this you might wanna try the music of Black Gold 360.

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1.	Happy Planet Index 02:54	buy track
2.	Gedanken 04:28	buy track
3.	Die jährlichen Winde 04:08	buy track
4.	Rote Laterne 03:48	buy track
5.	Jobprogramm 03:53	buy track
6.	Rosa Rausch & Sara Glück 03:19	buy track
7.	Kollege 03:35	buy track
8.	Ypsilon 03:00	buy track
9.	Herbst 03:00	buy track
10.	Marmor 03:02	buy track
11.	Johann Palisa 04:44	buy track

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Le Millipede
Alien Transistor - N 42 CD

It’s a well-known fact that millipedes, though frequently referred to as “thousand leggers”, actually have no more than 750 legs, usually way less. Correspondingly, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the band Le Millipede is actually just one guy – who happens to play a whole lot of different instruments with his own two hands. He goes by the name Mathias Götz.

Arranging various layers of piano, xylophone and glockenspiel, stylophone, Moog and harmonium, Le Millipede creates minimalist, instrumental pop gems, tracks with an immediate quality that seem rather simple at first listen. In fact, Götz’s recordings are somewhat comparable to the work of French-born, Barcelona-based composer Pascal Comelade, known for his use of toy instruments. In both cases, there’s a certain childlike quality at work, a very disarming greenness and naïveté. Whereas Comelade often uses toy piano, Götz is particularly fond of the CASIO VL Tone mini-keyboard; and even though most people will associate said instrument with Trio’s “Da Da Da” single, Götz actually considers it a nod to artists such as Sufjan Stevens, Arvo Pärt, and Moondog.

In order to create the intricate beats of “Le Millipede”, he used a vast range of percussion instruments: maracas, claves, darbuka, seashells, mbira (thumb piano), davul, zils/finger cymbals, small bells, caxixi, and even mules’ teeth, occasionally joined by layers of tom-tom drums, snare, bass drum, cymbals. Another key element of Le Millipede’s sound is certainly the way Götz employs his voice: instead of foregrounding it and focusing on literal messages, he merely adds his vocal layers as yet another instrument.

Last but not least, there’s the trombone: An instrument that’s probably the most obvious hint at Mathias Götz’s background – namely the fact that he actually studied jazz trombone and composition (after having learned how to build brass instruments as an apprentice). And yet, his musical approach, tastes and skills are so wide-ranging and eclectic that apart from recording as Le Millipede, he currently also plays in bands as diverse as Micha Acher’s Alien Ensemble, the Münchner Hochzeitskapelle, the Unterbiberger Hofmusik as well as various big bands.

Having released an EP he recorded with Robert Alonso as RoBErT GoEtZ in 2007, “Le Millipede” is Mathias Götz’s debut full-length.

Cat.no.: N 42 CD
Format: CD/Digital/LP

Tracklisting

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1. Happy Planet Index
2. Gedanken
3. Die Jährlichen Winde
4. Rote Laterne
5. Jobprogramm
6. Rosa Rausch & Sara Glück
7. Kollege
8. Ypsilon
9. Herbst
10. Marmor
11. Johann Palisa

Release Dates:
Jun 05, 2015 (Worldwide)

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released June 5, 2015

"If you want a crazy sonic adventure that takes you somewhere you’ve never been before, be sure to check out Le Millipede."

therealmusic.net - U.K.

"If anything is for certain, it’s an eye-opening education in unconventional orchestration from a country that continue to be innovators."

wepluggoodmusic.com - U.K

"Creative dance floors, take note. Le Millipede is one long smile. Listen and be cheered."

acloserlisten.com- U.K.

"Giocoso ma molto seriamente ingegnato, quello di Le Millepede è un pout-pourri di post-modernità lieve e brillante."

musicwontsaveyou.com - IT

"Giocoso ma molto seriamente ingegnato, quello di le Millipede è un pout-pourri di Post- Modernita Lieve e brillannte"

Rockerilla - IT

"Avec l´atmosphère début xx° sìecle qui en émane subtilement , cette musique pourrait aisément servir de bande orginale aux premiers films de science - fiction muets des Méliès, Lang et Protazanov, ou à la lecture dún roman d´anticipation de Rober A. Heinlein, Issac Asimov ou A.E Van Voigt. les plus imaginatifs tourneront ou ècriont les leurs"

Magic Mag - FR

"Der Klang reicht von leicht verschrobenen Fernseh-Soundtrack, der – wie auch G.Rag & Die Landlergschwister - bei der BR-Serie „München 7“ laufen könnte, bis hin zu komplexeren Kompositionen, die an den in Spanien lebenden Pascal Comelade und seine Definition von Jazz erinnern. (7)"

Bavarian Broadcast - DE

"Der Alien-Ensemble-Posaunist spielt mit seinem virtuellen Tausendfüßler-Ensemble entspannt kinematografische und vielschichtige Pop-Kompositionen."

Intro - DE

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