The electro side project Dracul von Mozart von Umbra et Imago has achieved its goal and was successful via pledge music financed. This time the music was created by Mozart and Tom O'Connell (House of Usher / Traumtänzer) together with the singers Madeleine Le Roy and Karo Hafke. They took almost a whole year to deliver very varied and danceable tracks in the usual demanding production. The texts, all written by Mozart, are both profound and provocative and differ pleasantly from the usual uniformity in this sector.
The fifth album "Auf Grund", after the previous albums "Die Hand Gottes", "Saliva and Blood", "Follow Me" and "Like an Animal", is another pearl of the electronic side project. After a short intro, the album begins with the title song, which sets the pace with vehement but not overly hard electro sounds and Mozart's grim singing almost reminds of the New German Hardness Genre. Choral is always supported in the background, which gives the entire work an almost solemn mood. Value seems to have been placed on making the music both danceable and skilfully provocative. Colleague Mozart is known for the latter in particular. A good example is the title "Heil-Kräuter", which addresses well-known German dictator scenarios.
The English-language song «Follow Me» sounds gloomy and almost romantic, which combines beautiful synth pads with catchy vocals and sounds almost ballad-like. Is a really good dark wave song as it could have been written in the 80s or 90s. In general, I really like the grumpy, gurgling vocals, which are reminiscent of the early days of the genre and are rarely present today. Unfortunately, the female background vocals aren't particularly convincing and don't sound very professional from my point of view. In "The Night" the female singing is completely in the foreground. I have no idea why, but the combination of female vocals, German lyrics and the soft basic mood of the song sounds too cheesy overall. But it will certainly also be a matter of taste. The previously released song "Wutlied" shows Dracul in industrial/noise garb. Tearing sounds and voices driven by madness make the vision perfect. There is also a successful optical support for this by means of a video clip. The album is completed by the 13-minute track "Relaxation", which begins appropriately with dull synths, bells and birdsong and then increases with many sacred songs, finally ending with a cruel story spoken almost like a radio play.
DRACUL - Anger Song (Official Videoclip 2013)
You had to wait six years, but «Auf Grund» is slowly approaching publication. Dracul is an electronic side project that is very idiosyncratic. The first CDs were assigned to the atmospheric Dark Wave, the rest were more dance floor bangers. This album leaves you ambivalent, on the one hand it sounds great, on the other hand you just don't really know what to think of it, since it comes across as very kitschy. Nevertheless, one should listen carefully and the album is certainly recommended for every dark soul. Like the video, the album can lead to anxiety, fear of loss, or massive nightmares. The album is accompanied by a very elaborate booklet, designed with passion and containing more than twenty pages. Special "live performances" are planned - away from the usual appearances, towards a multimedia guise in the truest sense of the word.
tracklist
- Intro (Sonar Terror)
- On reason
- Medicinal herbs
- Follow Me
- Dracul's Follow Me Part II
- Killing Fields.
- Die Nacht
- Rage song
- Relaxation
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