Long Distance Calling (Album)
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| Label (s) | Superball Music | |||
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CD |
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7th |
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56 min 5 s |
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Long Distance Calling & Benjamin Schäfer |
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Horus Studios, Hanover |
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Long Distance Calling is the third studio album by the German post rock / post metal band Long Distance Calling . It was released on February 18, 2011 via Superball Music and brought the band their first chart placement.
Emergence
As with the first two studio albums, the songs were created in various jam sessions in the band's rehearsal room . It quickly turned out that the music was much more riff- oriented than before. Only the final song Beyond the Void was put together on the computer . Timebends emerged from a spontaneous jam session between Jan Hoffmann and Janosch Rathmer when they had to wait for the two guitarists to rehearse.
The album was recorded in August and September 2010 in the Horus Studios in Hanover . The album was produced by the band and Benjamin Schäfer. The latter also did the mixing and mastering . The armored Saint and former anthrax singer John Bush can be heard as a guest musician on the song Middleville . Bush also wrote the lyrics for the song, which was recorded by Joey Vera in Los Angeles .
The album cover was designed by Sebastian Jerke. The band shot their first music video for the song Into the Black Wide Open . The limited edition of the album comes with a bonus CD, on which a concert recording of Roadburn Festival from 2010 can be heard.
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In an interview, drummer Janosch Rathmer explained why the band named this album after themselves.
“This time we are really completely satisfied for the first time and wanted to make it clear that this is the album that defines us. We are still a long way from where we want to be, but we see this album a bit as a starting point for this path. "
The album deals with the subject of space and the theory that the earth is only a small, insignificant spot in the universe. But it's not a concept album . The song The Figrin D'an Boogie is a tribute to one of the musicians in the Mos Eisley Cantina band from the movie Star Wars from the Star Wars movie franchise.
The song Arecibo (Long Distance Calling) was named after the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico , whose observatory is the second largest radio telescope in the world. From there, on November 16, 1974, the so-called Arecibo message was sent to possible extraterrestrials into space. Since the bassist Jan Hoffmann was born in 1974, the band name was added to the song title. According to the guitarist Florian Füntmann, Middleville describes "an absolutely average city in which nothing is or happens that is out of the ordinary or is of exceptional importance".
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Peter Kubaschk from the online magazine Powermetal.de gave Long Distance Calling the highest rating, as the band “succeeded in the hoped-for stroke of genius”. Kubaschk added that “you couldn't play this music better” and that the band “couldn't find a better guest singer”. Thorsten Zahn from the German magazine Metal Hammer wrote in his review that “this amalgamation of all riff-driven rock styles is a highlight among this month's releases” and awarded six out of seven points. Sebastian Mack from the online magazine Metal1.info described the album as "a must for friends of demanding, rocky sounds - and all without the debilitating ballast of intentional ambitionism or superimposed intellectuality." And awarded nine out of ten points.
The album was also rated positively in non-genre media. The news magazine Focus rated Long Distance Calling as a “terrific instrumental album” and awarded eight out of ten points. The album entered the German album charts at number 36 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Matthias Olejnik: Interview with guitarist Flo on "Long Distance Calling". Metal.de, accessed on April 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Detlef Dengler: Exulting heavenly, sad to death . In: Metal Hammer, March 2013, page 32
- ^ Peter Kubaschk: Long Distance Calling: Interview with Janosch. Powermetal.de , accessed on January 4, 2013 .
- ^ Marius Mutz: Interview: Long Distance Calling (February 27, 2011). Metal1.info, accessed January 4, 2013 .
- ^ A b Bastian Greb: Long Distance Calling - luck, timing and a good record. Bloodchamber, accessed January 4, 2013 .
- ^ Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling. GfK Entertainment , accessed April 28, 2019 .
- ^ Peter Kubaschk: Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling. Powermetal.de, accessed on January 4, 2013 .
- ^ Thorsten Zahn: Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling. Metal Hammer . Retrieved January 4, 2013 .
- ^ Sebastian Mack: Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling. Metal1.info, accessed April 28, 2019 .
- ↑ jba: record box. Focus , accessed January 4, 2013 .
Web links
- Official website
- Long Distance Calling at Allmusic (English)