TEUFELSWERK
Teufelswerk represents the music in the best way: it's the work of the devil, (DJ HELL)
| Genre | Electro |
|---|---|
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | GIGOLO250LP |
| Label | GIGOLO |
| Artist | DJ HELL |
| Release Date | 27/04/2009 |
| Carrier | 3LP |
| Barcode | 5414165027676 |
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TEUFELSWERK
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TRACKLISTING
A DJ Hell feat. Bryan Ferry - U Can Dance < br> B DJ Hell Feat. P. Diddy - The DJ
C DJ Hell - Electronic Germany D DJ Hell - Bodyfarm2
E DJ Hell - Wonderland
F DJ Hell - Frid ay, Saturday, Sunday
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Teufelswerk – t he German for "Devil's Work" – is Hell's masterpiece and a towering double album follow up to 2004's 'NY Muscle' and his breakthrough 1998 opus 'Munich Ma chine'. Across 16 exquisite tracks divided into two themes, "Night" and "Day", H ell weaves an intoxicating spell. 'Night' sees Hell in more familiar nocturnal s urroundings as Detroit and Chicago grooves battle the ghosts of Kraftwerk, Neu! and DAF with notable vocal contributions from Bryan Ferry and P. Diddy. On the ' Day' half we find celestial vocals cascading around acoustic guitar figures as a motorik rhythm propels it ever skywards, sharing space, spiritually at least, w ith Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and Can.
"The album is very personal," he s ays. "All my knowledge is there. I went back really far to the early 70s. I don' t think I can make a better record." Coming from Hell, whose life mirrors his ar t, that's saying something. A cultural chameleon with an encyclopaedic musical k nowledge and a bold sense of style, Hell has carved a reputation as the Warhol & ndash; or should that be War-hell? – of our generation.
Here, on "Teufelswerk" Hell, with his old friend Peter Kruder produced the "Day" half assisted by noted multi-instrumentalists Christian Prommer and Roberto Di Gioia. This is Hell's enchanting interpretation of kosmische musik. "I have done Kosm ische Musik in a new way," he says. "This is where I come from, I grew up with t he early German electronic pioneers of music, and this is why I went in this dir ection. I went back to the '70s and tried to do it in my own way."
Te n-minute jams such as "Wonderland" and "Electronic Germany" zoom and thrust with menacing intent. Hell hooked up once more with hip-hop superstar P. Diddy for f reestyle jack-track and future single, "The DJ" whilst "Bodyfarm", a sinister cu t co-produced by Frankfurt's Antony Rother, was inspired by the unsettling image s of Taryn Simon (tarynsimon.com). However, the most pleasant, eyebrow-raising m oment here is the collaboration with Bryan Ferry on "U Can Dance". This serpenti ne disco burner, a smouldering highlight of Teufelswerk, finally unites two of m odern pop's suavest outsiders. "I choose a lot of producers in different studio s with different sounds and put my flavour there. It is from a DJ for the other DJs."
For Hell, then, Teufelswerk rounds up his life's work so far &n dash; and he has already led a remarkable life. It is dramatic, beautiful, dark and soulful, a milestone in German electronic music. "Teufelswerk represents the music in the best way: it's the work of the devil," he says, "and it's the work of me, the work of Hell."