PCN / Da Pöschl & The Ghosts – Split (Album – Echokammer)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: This is a split album between two German underground artists; Christian Nothaft (PCN) and Albert Pöschl (Da Pöschl –and also Echokammer label owner) composing four and six tracks for this work.
Content: The common element between both artists is the taste for Experimental music creation. PCN sounds more diversified, even adding vocals on the debut track, but progressively mixing his work together with Cinematographic elements.
Da Pöschl & The Ghosts sounds even more diversified, mixing his work with the most influences. It even resulted in a kind of psychedelic Electro-Jazz approach.
+ + + : If you like Minimalism and especially pure Experimental music with some Cinematographic influences on top, this album might be something for you. I like the Experimental/Industrial “10/11” from PCN, which is supported by a great and ominous atmosphere. From Da Pöschl & The Ghosts I would recommend listening to “No Night Touch” for its Psychedelic approach. There’s also something to say about the minimalism of “Beneath The Surface”.
– – – : This kind of album sounds more for a restricted number of music lovers, kind of initiates.
Conclusion: This split album sounds as an antithesis to established music forms and –standards.
Best songs: “10/11”, “No Night Touch”.
Rate: 6.
Artist: www.christiannothaft.de / www.facebook.com/christian.nothaft.3
Label: www.echokammer.de /
About PCN and Da Pöschl & The Ghosts
PCN is the solo project of German musician Christian Nothaft, who has also recorded as Demonum and p.c.n Ambiloco. The project mixes experimental electronics with cinematic instrumental passages. “Arowana-Sessions” first appeared in 2011 as a self-released CDr; the remastered CD edition was reviewed on Side-Line in July 2022 as PCN – Arowana-Sessions. The double LP “Collector” followed in 2023. Da Pöschl & The Ghosts is the project of Albert Pöschl, who runs the Munich label Echokammer.
The split album was released by Echokammer on 5 February 2021 as a 12″ vinyl and as a CDr, with a download edition. PCN contributed the four tracks “Mighbouth (Lowknedge)”, “Electrofoam”, “Blindflug” and “10/11”; Da Pöschl & The Ghosts contributed “Don’t Stop The Music”, “No Night Touch”, “Beneath The Surface”, “Bepop A Lula Bepop”, “Absynth” and “Dark Time”. Discogs lists no production credits for the release. It is the only Side-Line review of Da Pöschl & The Ghosts and the first PCN release covered on the site.
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