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Berlin-based band Blutengel is a one-of-a-kind phenomenon. In less than a decade’s time, the group headed by singer and mastermind Chris Pohl has become synonymous with a unique and often imitated stylistic symbiosis of Gothic, Pop and electronic club music and has shaped an entire genre. Over the years, Blutengel have never stagnated, instead enhancing and developing their trademark style with every new album. But even according to their own high standards, their new long player “Schwarzes Eis” is nothing short of a revelation. Easily Blutengel’s most versatile and ambitious work to date, the group manages to fuse the best of all its different creative periods and to cross borders without sacrificing its own identity.

There have always been two sides to the Blutengel-equation – the club-compatible, rhythmic, “harder” and the elegic, pompous and romantic side. Both poles have been driven to perfection on “Schwarzes Eis”: the rhythmic tracks sound more minimal, danceable and dark and have returned a bit of the cold, often slightly distorted feeling of the early days. The emotional side has been interpreted in such dense and exciting sound fields that it has become an absolutely intense experience. Songs like the charts-hitting single “Dancing In The Light” are a picture-perfect example – the catchy, dark sound of Blutengel has matured, but at the same time feels as fresh and compact as it hasn’t felt since “Seelenschmerz.” “Schwarzes Eis” will be released as a double CD, with disc two containing the ambitious instrumental work “Behind The Mirror”, a concept album with eight tracks.

Especially for fans, there will also be a very special limited edition: a lavish box set containing “Schwarzes Eis”, “Behind The Mirror” and a full third album called “Redemption”, all CDs coming in separate Digipaks. “Redemption” contains all other songs from the extremely creative recording sessions for “Schwarzes Eis” that would not fit into the overall concept of the finished album – none of the usual filler tracks or remixes that tend to be used for spiffing up limited editions. This extraordinary package is rounded off by a luxurious 44-page booklet.

Details
Format: 2CD or lim. 3CD-Box
Release: 13.02.2009
Label: Out Of Line
 
Tracklist - "Schwarzes Eis"
01. Behind The Mirror
02. Kind der Nacht
03. City Lights
04. My Nightmare
05. Pure Life
06. The Only One
07. Dancing In The Light
08. Schneekönigin
09. My Darkest Night
10. The Dream
11. Dreh Dich nicht um
12. Broken Girl
13. Secret Places
14. Schatten
15. Nightfall

Tracklist - "Behind The Mirror"
01. Mirror I - Birth
02. Mirror II - Journey
03. Mirror III - Confusion
04. Mirror IV - Seduction
05. Mirror V - Hope
06. Mirror VI - Suffering

Tracklist - "Redemption" (3CD-Box only)
01. Guardian Angel
02. Our Empire
03. The Princess
04. Redemption
05. Waiting For the Night
06. Schatten (Club Mix)
07. Schwarzes Herz
08. In The Shadows
09. Winter Of My Life (v. 2.0)
10. Weine Nicht Um Mich

"Schwarzes Eis"-Tour 2009
Special guests: MISS CONSTRUCTION & AVOID KHARMA
14.04. Nürnberg, Hirsch
15.04. Zürich, X-Tra Limmathaus
16.04. Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
17.04. Leipzig, Werk II
18.04. Hamburg, Markthalle
19.04. Braunschweig, Meier Music Hall
20.04. Herford, X
21.04. Bochum, Matrix
23.04. Frankfurt/ M., Batschkapp
24.04. Dresden, Strasse E
25.04. Erfurt, HSD Gewerkschaftshaus
22.05. Berlin, K 17
23.05. Berlin, K 17

Source: Newsletter / http://www.outofline.de/

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