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HNAS, "Im Schatten der Möhre"
The first in a line of long unavailable HNAS LPs is finally availableon CD. Originally released in 1987, this was the fourth album releasedby Christoph Heemann, Dr. P. Li Khan, and Andreas Martin as HirscheNicht Aufs Sofa and is a must have for any current or future fan.
Remastered and restored, the music is broken into the two tracks,respectively each side of the original long-playing album. The musicitself is an amazing adventure and has never sounded better. Therandom, comical movements within these songs run the gamut from aforeboding thumping pulse, through tinkling piano strikes, anthemicsymphonics, mouth harp, tape cuts, pouring water, insane acousticguitar, squelches, and whimsical 1980s German drinking music soundingsongs just to name a few styles, all within relatively undefinedfive-part movements. There's never a dull moment as the blasting rockand roll takes you completely off-guard, the string movements arecharged with angelic emotions, and the call-and-response singing can bequite hilarious. Fans of the campy analogue cut-up NWW musings whohaven't yet experienced HNAS beware: becoming a fan of anythingChristoph Heemann is involved with can easily get quite expensive.Luckily, this time around, this CD is available at a welcome price.Don't delay, however, because it could just as easily run out of printlike all the other Streamline releases. Later this year, the secondfull-length album, 'Melchior' is due out on Steven Stapleton's UnitedDairies label. Start saving. Be sure to check out Mimir [3] also outthis week: a review and sound samples were posted in the March 26, 2000 issue of The Brain when the vinyl was issued originally. -
Remastered and restored, the music is broken into the two tracks,respectively each side of the original long-playing album. The musicitself is an amazing adventure and has never sounded better. Therandom, comical movements within these songs run the gamut from aforeboding thumping pulse, through tinkling piano strikes, anthemicsymphonics, mouth harp, tape cuts, pouring water, insane acousticguitar, squelches, and whimsical 1980s German drinking music soundingsongs just to name a few styles, all within relatively undefinedfive-part movements. There's never a dull moment as the blasting rockand roll takes you completely off-guard, the string movements arecharged with angelic emotions, and the call-and-response singing can bequite hilarious. Fans of the campy analogue cut-up NWW musings whohaven't yet experienced HNAS beware: becoming a fan of anythingChristoph Heemann is involved with can easily get quite expensive.Luckily, this time around, this CD is available at a welcome price.Don't delay, however, because it could just as easily run out of printlike all the other Streamline releases. Later this year, the secondfull-length album, 'Melchior' is due out on Steven Stapleton's UnitedDairies label. Start saving. Be sure to check out Mimir [3] also outthis week: a review and sound samples were posted in the March 26, 2000 issue of The Brain when the vinyl was issued originally. - samples:
