It begins with some growling, grating glitchy electronica, slowly building on volume and intensity. The introduction of a melody - of sorts - atop the clinical, industrial and heavily rhythmic sound offers little comfort: it's fractured and fleeting, and the overall effect of opener 'Slow Dance' is awkward and uncomfortable, its slow dance beats at odds with the mechanised textures that scrape and clang throughout the track.
Yes, Me Raabensein and Bearsuit stalwart Harold Nono follow up their previous joint venture, 'Bedtime Stories' with a set of magnificently conceived and equally magnificently realised soundscapes. Floating effortlessly between gentle ambience - in the truest sense, with found sounds and background noises proving integral to the mix, notably on 'Lollipops,' where the listener is taken outdoors - quirky electronica and rather darker territories, 'The Wrong Path' isn't so much a collection of songs, or even an album, as it is a sonic adventure.
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The transitions are smooth, and as each song contains numerous transitions, and each song is segued into the next, making it nigh on impossible to determine where one piece ends and the next begins, 'The Wrong Path' really must be followed from beginning to end, a mysterious journey on which only Taub know what lies around the next corner. It's a most pleasurable experience, so close your eyes, open your ears and let them guide you...
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