Bogenschutzer - Simple City
| Title: | Bogenschutzer |
| Artist: | Simple City |
| Format: | CD Album |
| Label: | Independent/Stomp |
| Genre: | Other |
| Release Date: | Available Now |
It’s hard to pinpoint Bogenschutzer’s style, but whatever it is, it makes me feel very Zen. Following on from his 2005 self-titled debut release, Bogenschutzer’s second album Simple City is an adventurous compilation of 12 instrumental and electronic works, each sweeping you into its own journey into the mind. Simple City is the soundtrack to an elusive summer dream. It’s music for massage therapy and island retreats. Ranging from jazz and funk to oriental influences, the record coasts through varying musical landscapes, some tracks bringing forth strange innovative sounds, and some that strike at familiarity and warming memories. Tracks sway from the eerily orchestral slow morning to jived up jungle rhythms (Freeway Design), often in blink-and-miss, seemless transitions. The Creek starts off as a sad lullaby, before embarking on a voyage of lost hope and innocence, while granted flows from futuristic to tribal, blending electronic and xylophonic melodies. Composed in his home studio using an extensive collection of computers, keyboards, and toy instruments, Bogenschutzer (aka Matt Archer) isn’t afraid to overlay foreign genres to create an imaginative musical cocktail. There’s something inexplicable and magical about this album that can only be clarified by listening to it.
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