SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest | Point No Point

SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest

by Point No Point

supported by

	/

Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

edition of 300

€20 EUR or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€15 EUR or more

1.	Hoch leben die Moneren! 04:46	buy track
2.	Birthdays 03:18	buy track
3.	Ducks & Gods 02:01	buy track
4.	Schlechte Vibes im Pilzwald 03:09	buy track
5.	Are You OK? 03:19	buy track
6.	Museum der Angst 05:39	buy track
7.	Les Nouvelles Aventures de John Lapin 02:25	buy track
8.	The Sky Was Orange 06:07	buy track
9.	The Unknown Ingredient 03:17	buy track

about

“Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest” is the second official solo album by Berlin-based musician Jana Sotzko. While the debut “Drift” (2019) sounded like an introverted inventory of a state of ambiguity and aimlessness, Bad Vibes takes clearer directions: it moves into the forest, under the microscope, on the deck of the research ship. While a bit of melancholy and doubt remain anyway, curiosity and a joy in the fantastic prevail and translate into jazz-influenced experimental pop songs as a form of confused energy.

The 9 songs form a cohesive soundscape that on the one hand expresses connection with nature, on the other hand is interspersed with traces of memory and remnants of technology and in its density is more soothing than repulsive. Folklore and mysticism are present in many song titles and lyrics and are interwoven with the everyday, almost banal, to form psychedelic collages - for the first time also partly in German. “Hoch leben die Moneren” is influenced by minimal music as much as by Krautrock and tells of a seemingly senseless research trip on the ocean. “Museum der Angst” describes the old (nightmarish) dream of being locked alone in a natural history museum at night. Despite everything, there is also consolation: the moon is only the sun in drag and anyway, death has seen enough for today (“Birthdays”).

The album was first written and recorded by Jana Sotzko in Berlin and Geneva and - like “Drift” - then completed in Pristina/ Kosovo and in a Kosovar mountain hut in collaboration with local producer Dritero Nikqi. On their third collaboration, they shared once again their enthusiasm for herbaceous synth jams, jazz rhythms and small-scale cinematic soundscapes.

Jana lives and works (mostly) in her hometown of Berlin. She has been active in the musical underground for two decades and has played in numerous bands (including Soft Grid, Dropout Patrol, Halfsilks). As a freelance composer she works for the dance and theater scene.

credits

released April 1, 2022

Music, lyrics, instruments: Jana Sotzko
Additional instruments: Dritero Nikqi
Recorded in Geneva and Berlin by Jana Sotzko and in Pristina by Dritero Nikqi
Production and mixing: Dritero Nikqi at Studio C, Pristina
Mastering: Gavin Weiss
Drums on 1, 2, 6 and 8: Nesim "Balle" Maxhuni
Vocals on 6, background vocals on 2: Karen Thompson
Guitar on 2: Bernardo Sousa
Flutes on 1 and 6: Hilà Lahav

license

about

SPÄTI PALACE Berlin, Germany

Späti Palace is a Berlin based record label.

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact SPÄTI PALACE

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

SPÄTI PALACE recommends:

The Death and Resurrection of Johnathan Cowboy
by Dead Finks

Energetic and catchy and dark and fun Post-Punk with great melodies. Think Wire and Sonic Youth and Parquet Courts and Iceage. SPÄTI PALACE
go to album

If you like SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest, you may also like:

PUISSANCE 4
by MARAUDEUR

supported by 4 fans who also own “SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest”

Heard it on WFDU's "Signal to Noise" show and bought it. Art Fin
go to album
Neues aus der ADK
by Billo

supported by 4 fans who also own “SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest”

zauberhafter DeutschPunk Sampler, vieleFiletstückchen.!. ChristianDeathInJune
go to album
Present Tense
by FACS

supported by 4 fans who also own “SP031 POINT NO POINT - Bad Vibes In Mushroom Forest”

I'm very selective about what I let take up space on vinyl in my house but I can only buy this on vinyl because the drums, among everything else, sound so fucking good and it's gotta go on the good speakers. Really glad to have discovered this band. Glitz Insect
go to album
Video EP
by YASSOU

This SF band offers a booklet of accompanying illustrations with their EP, and they've crafted a video for each song. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 28, 2015
go to album
Before The Day Has Gone
by Bellini

Ten years may have passed since the last Bellini record, but the math rock group sound as fierce as ever. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 31, 2018
go to album