Herr Doppelwhipper swaps melody for acoustic African drums on his latest longplayer. 'Bambusbeats' is out in mid-March.

Cologne producer Gabriel Ananda is known for his tranced out approach to live techno, which reached its zenith with the breakout hits ‘Ihre Persönliche Glücksmelodie’ [2005] and last year’s ‘Doppelwhipper’, which charted at #17 in RA’s Top 30 tracks of 2006. Obviously a producer who knows his way around a melody then, but Ananda latest longplayer promises to dispense with all that, shifting focus more towards abstract sounds, Detroit synths as well as live acoustic drums. RA asked Ananda how it was working with a live drummer. Was a real human being easier to work with than, say, a 909? “It was a very interesting experience. I love acoustic sounds and instruments,” says Ananda. “Oliver Frank is very good on the jazz drums so I asked him if he’d like to take part. My idea was to produce an album that puts the focus on rhythm and acoustic drums to convey my emotions, and Oliver was the perfect one to collaborate with.” So there’s no truth in all those old drummer jokes then? He didn’t keep speeding up and slowing down? “Not at all!” Ananda laughs. “I had no need to complain.”

As a taster for the album, you can download a track from the album, the warm, skittering ‘Lamakova’ to check Ananda’s rhythm results for yourself. The rest of the album can be sampled at the album website.

Gabriel Ananda 'Bambusbeats' tracklist

01 Offbeat
02 Bambus
03 Egge
04 Sweet decay
05 Trommelstunde
06 Take One
07 Take Off (live)
08 Lamakova
* 09 Blauer
* 10 JoJo

*available on CD and digital only

Ananda is also on tour in support of ‘Bambusbeats’ around Europe over the next couple of months with a new live set that contains the album tracks, those big club smashers as well as unreleased material. Check RA event details for prices and lineups.

Gabriel Ananda - Album Tour 2007

03.03.07 Berlin - Karmarouge Labelnight @ Berghain
08.03.07 Rome - Karmarouge Labelnight @ Saponeria
09.03.07 Moskau - Club Mio
16.03.07 Frankfurt - Cocoon Club
17.03.07 Graz - Sun City
22.03.07 Lisbon - Lux
23.03.07 Coimbra - Via Latina
24.03.07 Porto - Industria
30.03.07 Utrecht - Ekko
31.03.07 Nijmegen - Doornrosje
06.04.07 Lausanne - D-Club
08.04.07 Würzburg - Airport
13.04.07 Milano - Amnesia
14.04.07 Firenze - Tenax
20.04.07 Sevilla - Karmarouge Labelnight @ Emporio
21.04.07 Barcelona - Karmarouge Labelnight @ Loft
28.04.07 London - Fabric
04.05.07 Dublin - After dark
05.05.07 Leeds - Back to basics
11.05.07 Paris - Espace Cardin
12.05.07 Montpellier - Daytona Club
18.05.07 Munich - Garden
19.05.07 Mannheim - Lagerhaus
25.05.07 Las Palmas - Liquid Club
26.05.07 Mallorca - Sala Fonica
01.06.07 Rome - Disonanz Festival
02.06.07 Bari – Clorofilla

‘Bambusbeats’ by Gabriel Ananda will be released on Karmarouge Records on 19th March 2007. 10 Comments