STYLE..... EBM,
Industrial
LABEL..... Out Of Line
REL.DATE... May-15-2010
COUNTRY... Germany
Berlin-based muscle man
Roger Baptist is RUMMELSNUFF, a combination of
testosterone-laden body building aesthetics, brute maritime
romanticism and comic-book hero; a strange, yet fascinating icon
who spawns a steadily-growing fan base and has generated quite
some buzz in the press.
Two years after releasing his debut
album, the captain is on the air again with fifteen songs of even
greater stylistic and instrumental variety than on his first
outing. Be it the sad but beautiful shanty "Salzig Schmeckt der
Wind", the synthetic rockabilly sound of "Donnerbolzen" or
the rough electronic culture of songs like "Eindruck
schinden", "Pumper" and "Winterlied", Baptist is happily
ignoring all standard genre boundaries while sporting a
thoroughly identifiable and unique sound.
Basing his music
on a minimal electro foundation that he effectively
garnishes with all sorts of sonic experiments, a healthy dose
of weirdness and his trademark hoarse voice, RUMMELSNUFF is
one of the most unique acts in German-language popular music.
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