Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: Discus Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5051078004525
Genres: Rock  Experimental  
Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: Discus Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5051078004525
Genres: Rock  Experimental  
Description
For their fourth full length release since the band was formed in 2018, Das Rad has returned to basics with an expanded line up. Following on from two "lockdown" albums where the original trio worked mainly in their own studios, much of the basic tracking for Veer was played live.We also welcome bass guitarist Jon Short to the band for the first time, once again with a view on re-emphasizing live interaction in the music.
The showpiece is the 25 minute suite Expergefactor, which closes the album and which also features the extraordinary voice of Peter Rophone. But setting the scene for this finale, the preceding tracks variously revisit some stripped down krautrock / kosmiche based improv, virtuosic jazzrock, leftfield soundscaping and even (always tucked away somewhere in the music on previous albums) a short homage to the dubbed out sounds of Augustus Pablo.
Another Das Rad record where krautrock grooves, extended arrangements, free improvisation and electronic abstraction all meet in the creative centre of the sound.
Nick Robinson: guitars, keys
Martin Archer: woodwind, keys
Jon Short: bass guitar
Steve Dinsdale: drums, keys
with Peter Rophone: voice
Tracklisting
Army Of Briars
Keith Tippett & Matthew Bourne
Laura Jurd & Paul Dunmall
Theo May's Odd Unit
Charlotte Keeffe
Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis
Keith & Julie Tippett - Couple In Spirit
Stephen Grew
Das Rad
Das Rad
Das Rad
Das Rad