F.S. BLUMM is to return from a six years hiatus as solo artist with a new release in November on the northern German based Pingipung label. The album Up Up And Astray seems a very apt title as he has “rehearsed and learned, multiplied and lost track on purpose”. In his hiatus he took a field trip into the sonic fauna taking the roles of a bass player with the Quasi Dub Development, a classical guitarist with Old Splendifolia, a songwriter with Bobby And Blumm, a sonic researcher with Nils Frahm and a manic, extrovert Dub mash-up DJ as King Hobby. It has all paid off handsomely as he demonstrates on acoustic guitar, double bass, keys and kalimba…and there’s singing (see the video below)!
In talking about the new album and his approach to the music he said “I wouldn’t call my decisions in the studio canny or strategic, they are entirely led by the music. Thereby my sound remains fresh, maybe slightly naïve too, because it unfolds its own life – ignorant of trends or markets.”
Tracklisting
1. Goldbein
2. Astball
3. Beinah Mai
4. Rieselgut
5. Vor Büchsen
6. When You’Re Gone
7. Tonne Takt
8. Speed Of Time
9. Pull The Plug
10. Flug Vorbei
11. Zwischen Zwei
12. Anderen
13. Früh
14. Klei
15. Kyoto
16. Büchsen
Up Up And Astray is released via Pingipung Nov 25, 2013.