Erik Seifert + Josef Steinbüchel - Reverse Engineering

1. Reverse Engeneering   8:29
2. Intellectual Property 8:13
3. The Beauty of Detail 8:39
4. Source Code 8:15
5. Legacy System 14:55
6. Competitor Analysis  9:25
7. In the Deepest Corner 7:32
8. Dissasambler 8:24
9. Integrated Circuit 6:16

The two have developed new sounds again, which is already apparent in the first track, the title track of the album. Great gentle rhythms and sounds open up this piece. After a few moments, then come to wonderful, pumping, sequencer-specific arcs of rhythm, which are stacked on top of each other and give an extraordinary sound experience that you already know from its predecessor and the solo releases of Erik Seifert ago. Erik is able to combine extraordinary and captivating sounds with catchy harmonies. In Josef Steinbüchel he has found an adequate competitor who strikes in the same score. The result is wonderfully melodious pieces on the album that are carried by great rhythmic structures and sound effects. The title track will be donated in the course more sounds, so it remains extremely exciting. That's also the blueprint for the entire album. Actually, it is a longtrack divided into nine parts, as each piece seamlessly blends into each other and sounds like a compact unitSlightly spacey sounds and surfaces, which are offset with linguistic fragments at the beginning, which remind me a little of power plant, start in the second track "Intellectual Property". There are also sounds that sound a little like Vangelis or Enigma, but still carry the signature of Seifert & Steinbüchel. Gently, this piece moves through the room until at three minutes a crisp rhythm comes up and the mood changes now. Harmonies and rhythm form a hypnotic sound space, into which a hymnic melody then weaves. The beginning of "The Beauty Of Detail" looks slightly technological. First, clacking noises appear, which are underlaid with surfaces. Here the listener can make his own picture to the music. I feel like I'm on a sailing ship. "Source Code", on the other hand, comes with softly pulsating rhythms that combine with futuristic sounds and atmospheric harmonies to create a light "Bladerunner" flair. Overall, a rather ambient track. Spacy sounds that develop smoothly and create a similar atmosphere are featured in Legacy System. In the further course, the two spend the track an irresistible rhythm, which they prove with a catchy harmony. Especially in these moments, the two play out their strengths. Slowly also develops "Competitor Analysis". Still starting slightly with technical sounds and effects, the two lead the track into a quiet, melodic passage, which increases momentum in the further course. The intense, melodic, captivating and rhythmic "In The Deepest Corner", the dreamy / hypnotic "disassembler" and the "Integrated Circuit" underpinned by a rousing pumping beat conclude the album. Erik Seifert and Josef Steinbüchel have once again combined extraordinary sound formations and sounds in their second joint work. That sounds fresh and new. A sound experience of a very special kind.
Stephan Schelle, June 2017