Jazz 4 Johnny holds court with Ubus and X_Xs past
an uncredited version of Paul Revere and the Raiders’ ‘Kicks’
Circling these core motifs are shifting streams of everything from processed pedal steel and analog synthesizer to violin
The steady driving rhythms are the elliptical motion machine driven by the often thick and distorted guitar lines
”We’ve been trying to collaborate for a while
NIKOLAUS UTERMÖHLEN - Karlsbad LP synth Jazz 4 Johnny holds courtThis is the reissue of Nikolaus Utermhlens Karlsbad album, originally released in 1989. Utermhlen was a founding member of Die Tdliche Doris and this is his sole solo release. A collection of 23 witty oddball compositions for clarinet, accordion, percussion, recorder, violin, guitar, organ. It definitely has a Doris dose but even more so it shines for its totally singular mlange of tribal dada chamber folk, dilettante dissonant poetry, hard to compare