tracklist

01 smack

02 66 angel field

03 subpoena

04 feud & far between

05 muscadine

06 sourpuss

07 visceral response

08 chocolate city

09 bowman’s last words

10 maudlin burp

11 smoke in the attic (introducing) up yours

12 bill bee

13 listless limpness

14 rousham park hero

15 hyperparasitoir (including) deckard

16 the owl part i, ii, iii & iv

all tracks written by uwe langer & me raabenstein,
produced by me raabenstein
mixed by me, mastered by frederik van de moortel, brussels

langer & raabenstein are

uwe langer, trombone, euphonium, flutes, shells & bowls
me raabenstein, keyboards & programming & lyrics

guest musicians

maxi jahn, spoken poetry
paul kleber, double bass (micatone)
volker meitz, keyboards (meitz)
achim treu, guitar (künstlertreu, der plan)
andreas koslik, guitar (sieg der liebe)
thomas wydler, drums (nick cave and the bad seeds)
kerstin kaernbach, violin (17 hippies)
paul brody, trumpet (john zorn)
andreas hierholzer flute, (the!she.)
jörg miegel, tenor- & barritonsaxophone (mutashabubu)
eric hopf, accordion (the!she., gently inspired by mette)
fréderic van de moortel, doublebass & soundscapes (sakuran)
isabell simon, gentle laughs

artwork by simonraabenstein.com

distributed by nonine recordings

wake up each night from the dream called day and splash your face with a shimmying cocktail as the coives of jazz apear in the most phantom-like form and dance with the ghost which normally haunt you.

langer & raabenstein break the windows and shave the hair or conventional jazz with a new tradition of scrub-electro-funk.

l & r’s clever mix of me raabensteins mellow bottoms and uwe langer’s whimsicle tops make up this album, to keep your mental cap untwisted for eighty minutes. and at the end for a moment you will see why mad men cackle and twitch, the witty spoken word of maxi jahn mixes gracefully with a jazz sauced sound scape, traping you in an urban jungle. it leaves you flopped on your belly with an owl eyed scanning grin, waiting for the next drug-yum course licking your sugar laced lips.

langer and raabenstein obviously have some kind of fun we all want to have, skipping madly secretly in they’re own world of cakd tossing riffs, wicked over-sexed commas; a universe all theyre own. enjoy the chunky brass fruit shakes uwe serves up for you and the air me gives you to breath.

the trombonist uwe langer and me raabenstein met in 2005. coming from diverse point of musical views, l&r assembled and enriched their sonic knowledge in several studio sessions together with experienced musicians from the berlin jazz and club scene. three years later they now release „sourpuss“, a full length artist album of fine and self-contained craft.

a product of several eventful studio sessions, „sourpuss“ moves between soft jazz elements and electronica, smothly underlined with free improvisations. the woven spoken poetry passages complete the album, fulfilling its flowery atmospheres with a deep and voluptuous skill.

langer & raabenstein offer a laid-back mix of varying musical stages, composed with an individual and far-ranging ambience and a mature character.

enjoy the melody !!!

feedback

eine düstere reise unternehmen produzent me raabenstein und posaunist uwe langer auf diesem ausgefeilten werk. hier atmet der jazz, die posaune scheint aus verrauchten blueskellern zu stammen. mit spoken word-einlagen und diversen illustren gästen entwickeln die beiden eine dunkel gestimmte basis auf elektronischen beats, die sich erst nach mehrfachem genuss voll entfaltet. für die texteinspielungen zeigt sich maxi jahn verantwortlich, seine sanft gesprochenen versatzstücke sind gekonnt in die gesamtkomposition eingebunden. die liste der kreativen gäste reicht vom micatone-bassisten paul kleber über achim treu von der plan zum drummer der bad seeds. das ist homelistening der gehobenen art, aber nichts für einsame stunden in der winterdepression. mehr jazz als elektronik, der letzte funken will aber nicht auf mich überspringen.
de:bug 05/2006, germany

sounds very cool, like a sound track of a black and white film by jim jarmush. felt like it revives the 80’s lounge lizards, perfect sounding for berlin. a dark bar lounge with concrete walls, silence and noise, smoke and poets. i’m really impressed by the creativity of this project. respect.
toshio matsuura, ex_ united future organisation, tokio, japan

nice cd, sehr fein, sehr interessante trax drauf, gute musiker , trippy, wie filmmusik
dj scheibosan, vienna, austria

habe mich sehr über die feine musik gefreut
gerhard gramel, oe1 jazznacht, orf radio, austria

always love what you do
brifo, paris, france

yeah – music that breathes..!. love bowman’s last words and visceral response..
chris bestwick, helsinki, finland

essential listening… traditional, radical, profound, as usual…
kreng, miasmah, bruxelles, belgium

cool noise! we’re liking your sound here at further out central…
richard e, further out recordings, london, uk

the soundscape is inescapable. the beauty within, without, throughout. trombone dogg meets the ambient texture manipulator – inna 21st century dub stylee. i like. ah dig ah feel.
jazzheadchronic, clf, london, uk

love this stuff, keep up the rollin vibes – fine jazz-cats, big up…
oliver kieser, kieser.velten, g-stone, wuerzburg

all the best to my berlin friends! nice stuff- keep it rollin‘!!!!!
shantisan, salted soul, vienna, austria

sourpuss is indeed a very wide album and still the tracks fit perfectly together. the jazzy tunes mixed with the low spoken poetry (it’s like beefheart speaks to me). and the spooky experimetal songs at the end of the album makes it’s all good come true.
baar koedoot, heusden, netherlands