DAAU - featuring a rock-attitude and spirit with classical instrumentation and an experimental spirit Having come out of the conservatory, they went on to create their music: their music is almost entirely instrumental (depending on the album), classical instruments are their "weapons" of choice and thus their music could be described as neo-classical, with eastern folk influences, some klezmer touches, jazz and with each album they venture with different experiments: they started incorporating a rhythm section and on Life Transmission (where a third Lenski joins the band, Adrian on piano) they even made a hip-hop song Mary Go Round with Ya Kid K doing the singing.
There is gradual evolution in their sound from their first album to Life Transmission. There is shifting in both instrumentation; starting with an entirely acoustic and classical dominated lineup to an electrified sound as they record We Need New Animals in which they have undergone a remarkable transition in style to more upbeat rhythm and more rock-driven pattern. Then Life Transmission was recorded which represents another shift with the type of experimentations done and the sounds and influences they incorporate in their music.
With Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (an EP that was written for a modern dance by choreographer Thierry Smits and Compagnie Thor) the band began "going back" somewhat to the early sound of theirs, the more classical oriented approach, which is further exemplified in Tub Gurnard Goodness and Domestic Wildlife yet they still show the band's uniqueness and creativeness, which is not forsaken at all.
Tracks:
1. Lounja La Gazelle. 3:51 2. Domestic Wildlife. 7:47 3. Rabbit Eye Movement. 4:16 4. Dispositioning System. 8:09 5. Pedanterie. 3:36 6. Wish You Were Hit. 5:49 7. Tropic Of Cancer. 4:25 8. Aufhoren. 2:25 9. Highway Tiger. 4:45 10. Nowhere Beach. 8:05 11. Lost Soles. 4:40
Musicians: Buni Lenski: violin Simon Lenski: cello, electronics Han Stubbe: clarinet Roel Van Camp: accordion Geert 'Boots' Budts: drums, electronics Fre Madou: double bass
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