Conflict (white)

Conflict (white)
Studio album by Basstard
Publication (s)	2011
Label (s)	Horror core entertainment
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Horrorcore
Title (number)	20th
production	Djorkaeff Beatzarre Samurai sounds Evil Hectorr KD- Supier Cardinal Blunt Johann S. Kuster High hat Muhabbet
Studio (s)	Berlin
chronology Quint Essence 1 - Basstards Guest Parts (2009) Conflict (white) -

Zwiespalt (Weiss) is the fifth solo album by the German rapper Basstard . It was released on June 24, 2011 on the independent label Horrorkore Entertainment . After the releases of Zwiespalt (Grau) in 2008 and Zwiespalt (Schwarz) the following year, it is the last part of an album trilogy .

background

In 2008 Basstard published Zwiespalt (Grau), the first part of its "Zwiespalt" trilogy. The approach was to release three musically different albums, with Zwiespalt (Schwarz) being assigned to the hip-hop subgenre Horrorcore , while Zwiespalt (Weiss) deals with more positive topics. The pieces that do not fit into the concept of these two albums should be published on Zwiespalt (Grau) . In an interview, Basstard stated that Zwiespalt (Weiss) had been redesigned while working on the trilogy. After the basic idea was to include texts about, for example, the beauty of nature, he found that the aspects that make him up were lost. For this reason, pieces were also created for Zwiespalt (Weiss) that reproduce "horror stories". However, he made it a point to implement them differently than on his previous albums.

The work on Zwiespalt (Weiss) dragged on over a period of three to four years. Some pieces took a comparatively long time to complete. In an interview Basstard explained the production process of his album: “ That was the first time that I had to deal with my music so intensely. [ ... ] Some songs took years. I used to laugh at people when they told me something like that. Only now do I understand that it is a long process for the song to mature. I grew from it. “The first recordings were made by hip-hop producers Djorkaeff and Beatzarre . Basstard later recorded in his own studio.

The first announcement of the album's release was made by the presentation of the cover of Zwiespalt (Weiss) on the social network Facebook on April 1st, 2011. The title list was announced three weeks later.

Track list

1. Introduction - 1:16
2. Basstard City - 2:50
3. Stand my 'husband (feat. Ozan and Papa Geno) - 4:46
4. The devil as a friend - 3:57
5. BC Soldat (feat.Bass Crew) - 4:18
6. Don't worry - 4:20
7. Where is going, where is coming from - 4:30
8. The circle closes (feat. Sera Finale) - 3:15
9. Who's to blame? - 3:49
10. Wind of Freedom - 3:23
11. What was the reason (feat. Sady K and Prince Pi) - 4:24
12. Neon Light Stories (feat. Medicine Man) - 4:00
13. When things get serious - 4:32
14. Nobody knows our names 2 (feat. Tony D) - 3:11
15. Right now - 3:43
16. Forward (feat. Die Atzen and Dystrust) - 4:14
17. Ewigkeit (feat.Tarek from KIZ) - 3:09
18. Smile (feat. Muhabbet and Sady K) - 4:03
19. Jeannie - 5:46
20. White - 3:56

content

Production and music

Most of the recordings were made in the studio of producers Djorkaeff and Beatzarre, who are responsible for most of the songs. They produced Basstard City , The Devil As A Friend , BC Soldier , Don't Fear , The Circle Is Coming , Who's To Blame? , Wind of freedom , what was the reason? , When the going gets tough , nobody knows our name 2 and now and immediately . KD Supier, who is best known for his collaboration with Megaloh , was involved as co-producer on the plays The Devil as a Friend , Don't Be Afraid , When Things Get Serious , Nobody Knows Our Names 2 and Now and Immediately . Furthermore was Cardinal Blunt for the musical accompaniment of going Where, where does , Neonlichtgeschichten , when it gets serious , Smile , Jeannie and Weiss responsible. High Hat was involved as a co-producer of Jeannie and Johann S. Kuster of Smile , Eternity and When It Gets Serious . Samurai Sounds ( Introduction ) can be assigned to a production. Evil Hectorr produced the pieces Stand my husband and Forward . In addition, the singer Muhabbet worked as a co-producer of Smile .

The basic musical structure of the hip-hop beats has been expanded in some pieces through the use of additional instruments. Mark "Jacky" Jakwert, member of the group Dystrust, played for the songs , when it gets serious , Forward and Jeannie electric guitar one. With Marius Mahn another guitarist was involved in the songs BC Soldat and Wind der Freiheit . Max Biederbeck also played background guitars for When it gets serious and Jeannie a. He also contributed the electric guitar for Weiss . Manfred Borsch recorded the drums for Smile . An electric guitar played by Thomas Plickmann can also be heard on this piece.

After completing the recordings, Johann S. Kuster did the mixing . The final mastering took place in Leipzig by Peer Hahnfeldt.

Guest Posts

Zwiespalt (Weiss) contains a number of guest contributions by various musicians. The basic structures of the songs were created before Basstard asked for a suitable guest rapper. On front after both the rapper gynecologist and Manny Marc , which together form the duo The etching, as well as a Dystrust dark metal band, which since 2009 Horrorkore Entertainment under contract represent. Gynecologist and MC Bogy appear once more on BC Soldat . Prince Pi , who can already be heard with Das ist Berlin in the first part of the trilogy and Hafenbeckenschlächter in the second part, was involved in the creation of Was Was the Reason . Other contributions were made by the singers Muhabbet , Sady K , Ozan and Papa Geno as well as the rappers Tony D and Medizin Mann. Basstard also worked with Sera Finale for the first time during the production of Zwiespalt (Weiss) . According to Basstard, he did not know Finale before the play The circle is complete . The common song was created at the suggestion of producer Djorkaeff . Since Sera Finale had ended his work as a rapper a few months before the publication of the third part of the "Zwiespalt" trilogy, Basstard proudly expressed himself about the common song.

marketing

Videos and songs

On April 22, 2011, a video for the first track on the album Introduction was released. This was produced by Samurai Sounds Production .

With Jeannie , the first song was released as a single on June 17, 2011 . This did not appear in physical form, but exclusively digitally as an e-single. In addition to the album version, the single contains six remixes, the video and radio version of the piece as well as the instrumental, the a cappella version and the additional song Do you know yet? , where in addition to Basstard also Medizin Mann is represented. The remixes were produced by Thomas von Welt, Buaka & Woroc , Ambeation, Khaos Beats, DJ Desue and Evil Hectorr. On June 19, the Evil Hectorr remix was released for free download on the Internet. The video was published two days later. In this, among others, the singer Muhabbet and rapper Sido can be seen.

Horrorkore Possetrack 2 was released as another free title on June 22, 2011 . This was created with the participation of Skome, Medizin Mann, Charlie, Moneymaxxx, PreStar, Sucht, Black88, Daemien, Double M, FaZe, Hellbourne, Silence One, Omen, Cardinal Blunt, Pipe, Whiskey, AK, BAD PAT, $ aMC One, Tarot, Nino White, Acelya, Desert Eagle, Erold Dunkel, DeeAss ONE, Gravedigger, Sork, SOAL, Phrozen and Smoke.

The song Basstard City was visually implemented by Aggro.TV as part of the video series Halt die Fresse . The video was released on June 23, 2011. Another regular video came out a day later about neon light stories .

Aggro.TV presented in the week of publication of Zwiespalt (Weiss) daily videos about Basstard under the title Aggro Alarm . In this context, the videos on Jeannie , Basstard City and neon light stories as well as an interview and recordings from the mastering in Leipzig were presented.

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  Cover of the single "Jeannie"

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  Cover of the single "Neonlichtgeschichten"

tour

On December 2nd, 2011 Basstard started a concert tour under the title “Weiss Tour” with a gig in Cologne. On the seven-city tour, the rapper was accompanied by his band Dystrust and Medizin Mann. The rapper DCVDNS also appeared as support in Cologne, Weinheim and Frankfurt. Basstard published a video diary in which, among other things, excerpts from the rehearsals for the tour are presented.

criticism

The website Rap.de rated the album positively. Basstard shows a further development that “ is rarely found in German hip-hop. "The editor attests the rapper an" incomparable talent for dealing with his voice. "In every song he covers a wide range of different ways of performing, whereby eternity is particularly impressive:" In line with the text, the voice seems to break in some places, only to rise angrily above the beat a few bars later and then to soft vocal flows run away. “Rap.de gave the new edition of the song Jeannie a similarly positive rating . Basstard also plays lyrically “ in the big league ”, although some rhymes are less original. With Sady K's vocals, the piece Smile contains an “ almost kitschy hook ” and, in combination with the text and the use of electric guitars, results in a “ real pop hit. “Another positive aspect is the selection of guest rappers, with whom the album was not overloaded. Nevertheless, the stanzas by Tony D, Manny Marc and the gynecologist, who greets the " Atzen from the middle class " in Forward , are emphasized negatively. Finally, the titles Stand my 'man , who is to blame? and now and immediately as pale compared to the pieces What was the reason? , Neon Light Stories , Smile , Eternity and White . In summary, Zwiespalt (Weiss) is almost a “ modern classic. "

credentials

1. ↑ Horrorkore.com: Zwiespalt (Gray) Interview. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Backspin-Media.de: Between the lines: Basstard - Zwiespalt (Weiss). Retrieved June 23, 2011 . 
3. ↑ July / August issue of Juice (2011) - page 67
4. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Zwiespalt Weiß (cover). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 7, 2011 ; Retrieved April 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Zwiespalt Weiss (Cover & Tracklist). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 1, 2011 ; Retrieved April 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ ^{a b c} booklet of the album
7. ↑ Horrorkore.com: Dystrust. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 21, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
8. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Introduction (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 27, 2011 ; Retrieved April 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Jeannie (Evil Hectorr Remix) (audio). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 20, 2011 ; Retrieved June 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Jeannie (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 23, 2011 ; Retrieved June 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Hiphop.de: Media: Basstard, Wiz Khalifa, Fat Joe, Kralle. Retrieved June 23, 2011 . 
12. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard feat. VA - Horror Core Possetrack 2 (audio). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 28, 2011 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Meinrap.de: Aggro TV - Shut up # 150 - Basstard (Video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 30, 2011 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Neonlichtgeschichten (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2011 ; Retrieved June 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Making of "Zwiespalt (Weiss)" (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Distributionz .com: Aggro Alarm with Basstard. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ^ Distributionz.com: Basstard & Band "Weiss Tour". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 28, 2011 ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Weiss-Tourblog # 1 (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 3, 2011 ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Weiss-Tourblog # 2 (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Meinrap.de: Basstard - Weiss-Tourblog # 3 (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved December 7, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Rap.de: MC Basstard - "Zwiespalt (Weiss)". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 7, 2011 ; Retrieved July 25, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.