Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Michael Mayer and Superpitcher collaborating on a concept album.
‘Supermayer Save the World’ promises to rival ‘Tommy’ in the concept album stakes, with a storyline, heroes, a live show and visuals courtesy of illustrator Kat Menschik included on the CD and gatefold 2xLP sleeves. Musically, the two Kompakt supermen have decided to expand their palette beyond the label’s regular electronics, finding room for trumpets, saxophones, acoustic guitars, flutes and even a gong. The twelve-track album also promises to stray away from the label’s signature techno thump, containing forays into kooky indie pop (‘The Art of Letting Go’, ‘Us and Them’) and lounge experiments (‘Cocktails For You’) amidst ambient interludes. “Will keep you grinning from ear to ear beginning to end,” says the press notes. Take that, Lex Luthor!
Tracklist
1 Hey!
2 The Art Of Letting Go
3 Saturndays
4 Superbrain Transmission
5 Us And Them
6 For Luzie
7 The Lonesome King
8 Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
9 Please Sunshine
10 Planet Of The Sick
11 Psychoprogs Attack!
12 Two Of Us
13 Cocktails For Two
‘Supermayer Save The World’ arrives on Kompakt on September 17th, 2007.
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