ASMUS TIETCHENS

The "Litia" album concluded Asmus Tietchens' etudes phase and bid a farewell to rhythmic synths - well, almost. All the signs of "pseudo pop" as heard on "Biotop", "Spät-Europa" and "In die Nacht" resurfaced: squeaky sounds and protracted, rattling rhythms grouped into abstract forms through their accentuated artificiality. Sporadic noisiness is as much a part of it as is a winking gesture, which should not detract from the basic sobriety of the work, however. (label info)