BRECHT EISLER / ARBEIT / CD / 1998
Brecht/Eisler revised songs
Produced by Augst/Daemgen/Korn in cooperation with Goebbels/Harth, Mr. Cobra,
Roderich Gold, Ali Neander and Bernhard Reiß
49 Min.
textXTND / DeutschlandRadio / EFA / D
The link between commerce and acoustic art which moulds
this concept album is deliberate and makes the outcome delightful. It stands
out from the flood
of traditional work in Brecht and Eisler’s anniversary year. (Deutschland
Radio)
The trio does not so much follow the old Brecht-Eisler-Diseuse tradition,
but the Frankfurt trail specifically. After all, Heiner Goebbels and Alfred
Harth got to grips with Brecht and Eisler in a big way in "Four Fists
for Hanns Eisler" several years ago. Augst/Daemgen/Korn carry on in
this tradition and take the work in a new direction at the same time.
(FR)
Avantgarde U-music with electronically reinforced hooks, which is catapulting
a supposedly dusty duo (Brecht/Eisler) to the forefront of the digital age.
(Kultur News)
The experience gives us a subtly arranged song cycle which is in keeping
with the times, free from nostalgia and full of unfettered "utopian
power" and sensuality. Wonderful. (Journal Frankfurt)
One of the trio’s points of reference of is the work that Heiner Goebbels
and Alfred Harth did on the same theme with some of the same materials at
the start of the 80s. It is also a synthesis of Brecht and Eisler’s
last material in the form of today's pop music. Once again it becomes clear
that Brecht and Eisler fit so well with the trash culture of today. (WDR)
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