Plong!

 

Harmonious Thelonious - Plong [BB352 DEU 2020 FLAC]

Here is the sixth album from Dusseldorf electronic maestro Stefan Schwander. Given his home town, you should know what to expect here, however be prepared to be surprised...

Following his nose for a mix of perpetual African rhythm motions, American minimalism and tight German engineering for over a decade under this alias, Schwander continues to get ever deeper into his groove with the viscous hydraulics of Plon’, his first album for the new stewards of classic German synth music, Bureau B. 

The churn is hard to resist on this, his first album in 3 years, showing off some real arp muscle and motorik drums in Young Kong, the swingeing grind of The Roller , while he serves killer wonky sidespin on Kurdish Dabke in Original Member Of A Wedding Band, and the plong of the title is felt heaviest in the relentless beats of Höhlenmenschenmuziek and Totentanz.

01 Original Member Of A Wedding Band
02 Höhlenmenschenmuziek
03 Geistertrio Booking
04 Abu Synth 
05 Mumba
06 Young Kong
07 Interpretation de Reve
08 The Roller 
09 Totentanz