Land Of The Long White Cloud

Erik Seifert - AOTEAROA
(2006, SynGate CD-R 2081)

I liked Erik Seifert music when my ears crossed A Trip to Nebula Cluster for the first time last year. What a wonderful CD, full of rhythm and melodious lines. An opus that I can easily recommend to any fan of Software (Mergener Weisser) and Peter Seiler melodic music. 
Thus it is with haste that I wanted to hear Aotearoa, and the waiting was worth the sorrow. Not as easy listening as A Trip, Aotearoa needs more listening. A sign that shows a much more finicky work. I think it's more worked than his previous recordings. It's a superb musical voyage in New Zealand.
From Waitomo to Te Moeka O Tuawe Seifert draws 7 titles where the tribal influences mix with ease with its synthetic arrangements and its harmonious direction. As far as I'm concern, it's his best and more complete work to date.
But doesn't we say that to each new opus, from any artists? In this case, it's more than truth. Seifert brings a particular touch with its usual beautiful harmonious sequences and the spiritual breaths of the first territories peoples. Aotearoa is a pretty good musical voyage. A title where the beats and the melodic rhythms are amalgamated with astonishing percussions and great arrangements as surprising as intense. If you like the melodic rhythm, the percussions and harmonious arrangements, with a zest of ambient, Aotearoa is made for you.

Sylvain Lupari, Guts Of Darkness - The French Website for dark and Experimental music, 2006
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(c) 2006 by Uwe Sasse

Neuseeland ist ja gar nicht soooo weit ...... steht bei mir im CD-Regal ;-)) Es ist wirklich erstaunlich, wie man so viel Atmosphäre auf eine kleine silberne Scheibe bekommt. Erik Seifert schafft es immer wieder. Diese dichte Atmosphäre und der räumliche Klang ..., dass ist ein richtiges Erlebnis. Seine neue CD sollte man nicht "so nebenbei" hören, denn da gehen so viele kleine Details verloren und das wäre sehr schade. Gönnt Euch die Zeit und die Ruhe um Neuseeland zu geniessen.
Erik stellte seine neue CD auf Burg Satzvey vor, was schon sehr beeindruckend war. Meine Frau meinte noch: "Die Musik zieht einen richtig in ihren Bann." Und so empfand ich es auch. Deshalb: ABSOLUTER PFLICHTKAUF!!!

Uwe Sasse, http://home.arcor.de/uwesasse/ , April 2006
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