Dreaming apes
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February 16, 1996 |
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| Label (s) | Strange Ways Records | |||
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CD, digital |
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14th |
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36:54 |
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Dreaming Apes ( English for, dreaming monkeys') is the third album of the German synth pop - duo Wolfheim .
Creation and artwork
All pieces on the album were written together by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. All titles were also recorded and produced by the two Wolfsheim members. They were mostly supported by Jose Alvarez-Brill as music producer, while Lothar Gärtner acted as executive producer. The album was mastered under the direction of Carlos Perón . The album was released under the music label Strange Ways Records and distributed by Indigo . The recordings and productions took place in the following recording studios: Audiothorium in Hamburg and The Factory in Aachen . The recording of the full album took about three months.
On the cover of the album - next to the artist name and album title - the face of a monkey can be seen. The album also contains a 24-page booklet . This includes, among other things, the following quotes: “... they are monkeys who dream of being human!” From Die dreaming monkeys by Audiothorium Verlag and “In loving memory of Regina Luci Heppner (Peter)”. The pictures were taken at New Eyes and were made by Alexander Demtschuk. The artwork comes from the Graphic Works Ottensen.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of Dreaming Apes on 16 February 1996 in Germany. The album consists of 14 new studio recordings. In addition to the regular edition, a "Limited 1st Edition" of Dreaming Apes was published at the same time . This also includes the maxi single for Closer Still . To promote the album, Wolfsheim went on the Dreaming Apes Tour that same year .
content
All lyrics are written in German or English. Musically, the songs move in the realm of dark waves and synth pop . The album consists of 14 newly recorded tracks. The songs Traces of China , India Theme , La danse des soleils , A Rambling Shadow and Old Piano Theme are pure instrumental pieces between the vocal pieces (Heppner later applied this principle again on his second solo album, My Heart of Stone ). At A New Starsystem Has Been Explored Wolfsheim were supported vocally by the Aachen-born singer Heike Nebel. The American musician Roger Sanchez accompanies Wolfsheim on the harmonica on the piece Old Man's Valley .
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
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| 1 | Upstairs | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:53 |
| 2 | Traces of China | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 0:34 | |
| 3 | Closer still | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:31 | |
| 4th | A New Starsystem Has Been Explored (feat. Heike Nebel) | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:41 | |
| 5 | India theme | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 1:25 | |
| 6th | A million miles | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:54 | |
| 7th | La danse des soleils | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 1:42 | |
| 8th | Old Man's Valley (feat. Roger Sanchez ) | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:01 | |
| 9 | Leave No Deed Undone | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:49 | |
| 10 | A rambling shadow | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 0:42 | |
| 11 | Anyway | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:25 | |
| 12 | Over the year | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 3:39 | |
| 13 | Old piano theme | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 1:09 | |
| 14th | A broken whisper | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | 2:29 |
Single releases
Four months before the album was released, the single Closer Still was released on November 20, 1995 . Two months after the album was released on April 19, 1996, the single A New Starsystem Has Been Explored was released. None of the singles could place in the official single charts.
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Reviews
The US-American music portal Allmusic rated the album with 4/5 stars and the reason: “ Dreaming Apes reveals Wolfsheim as interestingly quirky, certainly. Odd ideas crop up throughout the album, placed as disconnected pieces between songs that sometimes reflect 1980s synth pop, and other times have a slightly uncertain, ramshackle air to them, and even when they have an outbreak of poppy melodicism, the mood becomes fractional and gloomy as soon as Heppner begins to sing. All rather charming, really. "
Charts and chart placements
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Dreaming Apes reached position 91 on the album charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of three weeks. In Austria and Switzerland, entry into the charts has been denied to this day. For Wolfsheim this is already the second chart success in the German album charts after 55578 . It is the first studio album to make it onto the charts.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfsheim - Dreaming Apes. discogs.com, accessed August 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Dirk Horst: Synthiepop - The soulful cold: Stories of Synthiepop
- ^ Wolfsheim - Dreaming Apes / AllMusic Review by Steven McDonald. allmusic.com, accessed August 12, 2015 .
- ^ Wolfsheim - Dreaming Apes. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 11, 2015 .