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takes

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The Rhine is the lifeline along civilization grow. He is the natural force according to which the ancient Romans called a god in reverence. He is perhaps the most German of all rivers, often sung with pathos and humor. Rhine is myth and father of many myths.
When a band calls Rhein itself, it is brave. The superstructure weighs heavily and is bound to art. Although the musicians Jürgen Krause, Johannes Rix and Peter Witt pretend to have chosen the name because of their residential locations Cologne and Düsseldorf. This may be so simple, but it is perhaps only the obvious part of the story. Are not the river’s kilometers between the cathedral city of Cologne and the Rhine metropolis Düsseldorf the Mississippi delta of electronic music? That culturally fertile section of the river that first gave birth to Krautrock and than to that, what was shaped in Detroit and Chicago called Techno and House? Rhine is the primordial soup of electronic music.
In Rhein - the word play is allowed to the author of these lines - always resonates with the German word „rein“ (clear“). Audibly, the band Rhein cultivates the original, the primordial state. Their two TAKES are snapshots of a music in statu nascendi: pure sound. No Schnitzler, no Hütter or Schneider are touched. No melodies or rhythms that would allow any interpretation. When the layers, the pulsation of the synths in search of synergic elements and harmonies meet on guitar fragments, Rhein is in the flow: Out of the three variety is formed, it oscillates from a flat rivulet to a profound, unbridled torrent. Like the name giver, Rhein is unpredictable. Rhein emerges from the bed of digital listening habits, gives the sound the deserved space and surprises the inclined listener with a psychedelic experience of music.
Rhein is beauty.
Michael Wenzel, October 2017

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released November 13, 2019

"takes": album auf vinyl bei Hauch Records, erhältlich bei Hitsville Recordstore, online bei a-Musik: t1p.de/eqnb

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rhein Düsseldorf, Germany

rhein, an experimental electronic band – that are Jürgen Krause (virtual instruments) and Peter Witt (guitar & virtual fx), both from Dusseldorf, and Johannes Rix (synth) from Cologne.

In 2006 Jürgen and Johannes released their album „this first day“ under the name of „fern“ on autoplate, which attracted the attention of critics and public. In 2011 they were joined by Peter. ... more

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