Format: vinyl 2xLP
Label: Auf Abwegen - aatp68 (Germany, 2021)
Edition: 300 copies on black vinyl & white vinyl
Genre: Synth-pop, Experimental, Downtempo, Abstract
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Info & Description (from the original label info):
Final release by Asmus Tietchens’ death lounge project Hematic Sunsets
Farewell greetings by Michael Rother, Felix Kubin, Heinz Funk, Okko Bekker and more
The Hematic Sunsets shut down the Aroma Club with a final release. The album “Aroma Club Adieu” features 12 exquisite pieces of death lounge electronic pop performed on electronic organs and entertainment devices of various kinds. Under the moniker Hematic Sunsets, legendary avantgarde composer Asmus Tietchens has explored his love of the Darth Vader organ sound – a cheesy, spooky, deranged but still catchy form of electronic pop. The body of work of Hematic Sunsets stands out as unique, displaced and in a sexy way out of fashion. As a bonus to the final album of the project artist friends of Asmus Tietchens have composed short hommages and farewell greetings that are included here in the form of a single sided 12” on white vinyl. Among those saluting are such illustrious musicians as Heinz Funk, Felix Kubin and Michael Rother.
Hematic Sunsets/Asmus Tietchens
Tietchens was born in Hamburg in 1947. Since 1975 he has been working as an independent musician; in 1980 he released his first solo record Nachtstücke. After producing a series of rhythmic and harmonic albums for the Sky label in the early 1980s he released his first industrial record Formen letzter Hausmusik in 1984 on United Dairies. Here Tietchens articulated his musical interests clearly: everyday noises were treated and at times deformed beyond recognition and placed into new contexts. Until now Asmus Tietchens has released more than 80 albums on international labels where he continues to explore the posibilities presented to him by specific sound sources (ranging from water sounds to pure sine wave tones). He has a more rhythm-oriented fake band project called Hematic Sunsets. Tietchens’ work is rooted in a deeply sceptic gesture, marked by frequent quotes from the works of philosopher E.M. Cioran on his album covers. Asmus Tietchens has been awarded with the prestigious Karl Sczuka Prize of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) twice: in 2003 for his work Heidelberger Studien 1-6 and in 2006 for Trois Dryades. He lives and works in Hamburg.
Tracklist:
A1 Hematic Sunsets - Zum Geleit 01:42
A2 Hematic Sunsets - Thee Church Ov Aroma 02:58
A3 Hematic Sunsets - Ungesungene Tanzrückstände 04:37
A4 Hematic Sunsets - Wiedergänger 07:32
A5 Hematic Sunsets - Stuhlwasser 03:32
A6 Hematic Sunsets - Der Im Keller 02:44
B1 Hematic Sunsets - Dem Morgen Graut 04:06
B2 Hematic Sunsets - Liebelei 03:13
B3 Hematic Sunsets - Schrittbinder 03:03
B4 Hematic Sunsets - Nackte und Maskierte 03:19
B5 Hematic Sunsets - Fiasko 04:30
B6 Hematic Sunsets - Das War’s Dann 02:19
C1 Chestnut Ameis - Speckpumpe 01:20
C2 Okko Bekker - Peyote-Melodie 04:09
C3 Unknown Singing Objects - 777 03:48
C4 Maik Willing + der Botox Lucas Chor - Sehnsucht Nach Heimweh 02:01
C5 Felix Kubin - Phantomschmerz 01:42
C6 Ebinger - Bitte Gehen Sie! 01:32
C7 Michael Rother - Bittere Herzen 01:30
C8 Heinz Funk - Martellato 01:35
C9 Jetzmann - Ausgeduftet 01:23