Neue Sprache

by Kalme

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dr. death Love how the record builds up, stacking one plateau into another, amassing otherworldly landscapes, a federation of universes. “Die Lücke” is quite a banger fading out into the sci-fi realms of Nach- and Durchlässe. Love it. Floatation device for ears and hearts, quite a listening experience while riding through the countryside in a boxcar. Favorite track: Die Lücke.

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1.	Die Zeit 02:24	info	buy track
2.	Neue Sprache 02:55	info	buy track
3.	Verwendungszweck 03:23 video	info	buy track
4.	Mund 03:56	info	buy track
5.	Die Lücke 03:11	info	buy track
6.	Nachlass 04:22	info	buy track
7.	Durchlass 03:09	info	buy track

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The artistic oeuvre of Berlin-based Sonja Deffner is as extensive and diverse as its contexts are high-profile: If the classically trained musician could in recent years be heard as a member of the groups Jason & Theodor, Die Heiterkeit, Globus and Pttrns, as part of Christiane Rösinger’s touring band, or as a recording musician on Andreas Spechtl’s (Ja, Panik) albums, she has at the same time produced an acclaimed graphic work, video works and made her theater debut. Under the name Kalme, Deffner now presents her solo debut »Neue Sprache«, which feels like a culmination: Deffner doesn’t need much space to present an artistic position of spectacular incisiveness and maturity.

The formal language of Kalme’s debut evolves with reference to experimental pop and R&B, but equally informed by ambient electronics or dub techno. Analog and digital sound synthesis meet Deffner’s characteristic use of field recordings, acoustic instrumentation (clarinet, percussion) meets musical post-production, sampling meets expressive synthesizer playing. At the center of the album, however, are Deffner’s remarkable lyrics, written in German for the first time. Deffner creates a language of stark, emotional poignancy that is as conspiratorial as it is precise. The themes of the tracks develop between the poles of movement and stagnation, understood as motifs of biographical as well as musical ways of being or relating. In this forcefield, personal and political considerations coincide again and again, for example when Deffner reflects on her experiences with the social conditioning of femininity and motherhood. The album title »Neue Sprache« (»New Language«), then, describes a search for forms of articulation of solidarization: language as a tool of a new relationship to the world that allows testimony to individual experience without reproducing categories of repression. In this way, Kalme’s debut simultaneously achieves a radical intimacy, just as, on the other hand, the confrontation of language and sound repeatedly opens up fissures that deny any semblance of comfort. »Neue Sprache« does not stop at this modernist gesture, however, but unquestionably takes a stand. That’s what Kalme’s »Neue Sprache« ultimately is: the taking of a position — a statement.

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released April 8, 2022

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Catalog Number: AVM 073
Format: LP/Digital

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All songs written by Sonja Deffner, recorded and produced by Patrick Hohlweck and Sonja Deffner at Studio Passat. Mixed by Oliver Bersin. Mastered at hauntedhaus.net by Fritz Brückner. Sleeve design by Sonja Deffner. For Eli. © & ℗ 2022 Kalme under exclusive license to Altin Village & Mine.

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Kalme Berlin, Germany

Kalme is the solo project of Sonja Deffner, who has already made a name for herself as a member of Jason & Theodor, Die Heiterkeit, PTTRNS or Christiane Rösinger's band. On her debut »Neue Sprache«, analog synthesizers, percussive textures, and clarinet provide the framework for Deffner's intimate and haunting feminist reflections on atomization and solidarity. ... more

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