Tarwater: Inside the Ships (CD on Bureau B)

Band: Tarwater
Label: Bureau B
Title: Inside the Ships

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Band:Tarwater
Title:Inside the Ships
Reviewed By:Maarten Schiethart
Date Published:04/08/2011

Label:Bureau B
Format:CD
Release Year:2011
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Les Frères Lippok have been masquerading as Tarwater for well over a decade, and their new album in a way brings back happy memories of explorations in sound from the turn of the century. Tarwater's lyrics and vocals still sound hilarious as 'deutsch' can be a language of such a melodic quality, yet Tarwater still speak in, and sing in , utterly clumsy English. Particularly painful, Tarwater try on accents which they obviously can't deliver in a proper manner. As far the music is concerned though, Tarwater are masters of an original lounge electronica style, which they more or less invented singlehandedly.

The pattern of rhythm and rhyme juxtaposes and the predominantly instrumental tracks come off best. 'Furkan' melts jazzy orientalism with breezy microhouse schemes. Followed by 'Sato Sato' - a track at long last sung in 'German', we get to hear the true quality of Berlin's melting pot. The sequencing of the oriental bits to go along with the hefty soundbut worked well on this track. Kreuzberg meets Brooklyn, but sadly though 'Palace at 5 AM' next goes a step too far, and finds themselves babbling in pseudo English. An instrumental version of 'Inside The Ships' is what I'd really want.

Both self-indulgent as well as rather magnificent, Tarwater leave the listener in a puzzle. 'In A Day' may perhaps be one of the finest tracks released in the year 2011. Buy the album and please be tolerant of its faults; they may help you to understand us continental fools.

Track Listing:

01) Photographed
02) Inside The Ships
03) Radio War
04) In A Day
05) Now And Again
06) Get On
07) Do The Oz
08) Furkan
09) Sato Sato
10) There Never Was A Night
11) Palace At 5 AM

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