Rudolf Abramov hit all Optimo Music’s buttons at once. Drums, energy, songs, instrumentals, super production, Post Punk echoing, dance floor destroying, home listening friendly, and completely unique.
Who are they and what are they about? Read on…
Rudolf Abramov is a duo based in Berlin. They seem to open a door to unexpected musical encounters. It’s an almost impossible task to sum up their sound in a comprehensible way, but in their own words their music is ‘a response to a seemingly endless conflict about disgust, acceptance and love.’ Since the duo likes to invite other musicians and fellow humans to add to their pieces, this often creates another layer to their unexpected musical encounters.
“Losing Perspective” is the result of a journey that began with a week-long recording session outside the city. Back in Berlin the skeletons of the track gradually grew in flesh, experience and emotion, describing this time in a vibrant and ever-changing city; a city where the faded colours sometimes seem more appealing than the unifying glow of the new.
In order to preserve for ourselves the conflicting colours in their fantastic disharmony, we have therefore watched the pieces change rather than moving them in a particular direction. The result is a number of tracks with different facets that derive from different moods and voices, indulging in diversity.
At the end of this process, we look back at this colourful collage and connect our own very personal history with it and both resolve in harmony. When asking the cat from our studio’s courtyard for example, she said that “Losing Perspective” was about stray tomcats who have lost their old home port to a newfangled establishment wandering randomly through the days in search of songbirds, distraction and rest. And we feel like she kinda has a point there.
credits
released April 1, 2022
All music written, performed, recorded & produced by Rudolf Abramov.
Lyrics & Vocals on "Lazy Soldier" by Brendan Cleary.
Mixed by Sam Vine & Rudolf Abramov.
Mastered by James Savage.
Recorded at RA Studios, Berlin.
Artwork by Petra Peterffy.
Optimo Music contact - jd_twitch@me.com
Special thanks to Klangraum Bremen for Salz und Pfeffer.
supported by 22 fans who also own “Losing Perspective”
Jeez what a great release! It's chock-full of meaty goodness (sorry if you are vegans). There's acid, electro... strangely brilliant vocals reminiscent of Ambient Babestation Meltdown's recent release on this label.... and of course terrific, full-on grooves!! Gonna take a while to unpack, but who cares? Just stick it on repeat and have a machiney funk round the house 👍 Doctor Zap
supported by 18 fans who also own “Losing Perspective”
"...by donating the profits from this compilation to Faslane Peace Camp and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament."
And that's how you get me to plunk down for what is essentially a Best of Crass Label compilation.
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