Gabriel Ananda bets on beats

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  • Herr Doppelwhipper swaps melody for acoustic African drums on his latest longplayer 'Bambusbeats'. Download a track from the album inside.
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  • 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.
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