Artist: Die Engel des Herrn (La Düsseldorf)
P: 1992
After years without a sign of life Klaus Dinger returned with Gerhard Michel and Klaus Immig as "Die Engel des Herrn" with their self-titled debut in 1992. This album was released in self-distribution then. It starts with the title track, a true heavenly experience. I never heard such a softly gliding song, the synthesizers sound like a choir of angels. After that there is a bunch of short rock alike songs, some of Dinger's best. "Sunlight" offers a fantastic singalong chorus. "Little Angel" is even stronger, it feels like you have to dance with the angel. "S.O.S." is a very short energizer, a lightning of sound. "Bitte, bitte!" has some sort of folk feel with Michel's great violin playing. "Tschüs" is one of Dinger's most emotional songs, full of melancholy. It describes his feelings for his father who died in 1990, a musical farewell, one of my favorite Dinger songs ever. After that Die Engel des Herrn give us a new interpretation of La Düsseldorf's "Cha Cha 2000". Here you can hear the song in a more acoustic style, a wonderful piece. It reaches its height in the finale "Cha Cha 3000" in which Yvi sings a duet with Dinger.
The CD offers a bonus track, a 20 minute improvisation that shows the darker side of the band. "Die Bengel des Herrn" (a wordplay with the band name, the angels turned into rascals) shows that this trio also could play music spontaneously.
So this whole album is musically very manifold. It remained undiscovered for much too long and it's a shame so many people don't know this band. Everyone who loves inspiring music (especially every fan of La Düsseldorf) should give them a try.
Recorded 1988 - 1991 at Dingerland by Klaus Dinger & Gerhard Michel.
All tracks composed by Klaus Dinger except 04 & 05 composed by Klaus Dinger & Gerhard Michel and 09 composed by Klaus Dinger, Gerhard Michel & Klaus Immig.
Klaus Dinger - voice, guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonium, tambourine, clapping, drums on track 1,7 and 8, OB8 bass on track 4, bass on track 8.
Gerhard Michel - Voice, guitar, bass, violin, tambourine, Schellenbaum, tubular bells, Maultrommel, clapping.
Klaus Immig - Drums, percussion.
Yvi - Voice on track 8.
Here the last copy!
Weight:
0,105
kg per
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