| Release Date | 2012-02-17 |
| Label | Lebensfreude Records |
| Catalog # | LFC05 |
A solitary shed by a lake. Surrounded by woods coated in ice. Its the deepest winter and the Pentatones quartet finds itself in the deserted nature of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern County. They are searching for sounds pulsating beyond instruments and machines. Inaudible Music this is, made sound by them only. By night the four move over the frosted lake, play the clarinet and put themselves in a chilly trance. Months later they will remember dimly these moments in the woods and cast them atmospherically into their album debut The Devils Hand with icy romance. Highly attentive to details, they have worked on it for 3 years. Since 2006 the Pentatones tinker with their tessellate electroacoustic sound, in whose center the voice of singer Delhia de France is floating. To friends of club music she might be known from her collabs with techno producers such as Marlow, Douglas Greed or Robag Whrume. With the Pentatones she combines her emotional timbre in various forms with the raw basslines by Hannes Waldschütz and the analog and electronic beats and samples by Julian Hetztel a.k.a. Le Schnigg. Albrecht Ziepert creates melodic moods on the keys, whose appeal one can hardly elude. Their kaleidoscopic arrangements dance between susceptibility and experi- ment. Enticing pop structures melt with crackling analog electronics - a mixture laid out to make dance at times, at times to chill. The ambiance of her compositions is gloomy, yet light- flooded in a certain way. It is most notably Delhias voice, which outshines everything, never standing still, meandering and spinning, opening up a new emotional space with every bre- ath. The computer with its infinite production possibilities is used in its function as another instrument. Together with the sampler it forms the center of action, processing everything, from voice to keys, which needs an artistic distancing effect. A contrabass is setting the pace at times, then again the brass accelerates the tracks highly emotively. In stylistic regards their compositions are never predictable. A touch of organic jazz here, a subtle hip-hop allusion there, accompanied by a moving club rhythm structure and Delhias captivating voice, which sings, then talks, and whispers in the next moment. Its not only the infinite world of sound, which inspires them to their adventurously twisted compositions. For all members being equally active in the visual field, art plays an impor- tant role in the act of creating and in the overall concept of the Pentatones. This is being reflected in their life shows, acknowledged with much applause on festivals like Sonne, Mond und Sterne, the Fusion Festival or Ars Electronica. When they sample themselves during their concerts, modify their sound in real time and vividly interpret their songs, Delhia dances audaciously in extravagant, self-designed costumes in haughty reserve and effuses eccentric pop magic. Sometimes she takes the megaphone and by hereby altering her voice, she infuses her music with another exotic tone. With their self-produced videos the Leipzig residents by choice create an artistic universe, which stages the dramatic lyrics of the lead singer in a sublime way. After all they see themselves as an artificial band, operating beyond the conventional patterns of presentation, bypassing intuitively and creatively common pop stereotypes. Twisted-Pop which gets straight under your skin, without ever grooving stream- lined. You can dance to it, lose yourself in it or step into new worlds. There is only one thing difficult to deal with after you enjoyed The Devils Hand and thats to release yourself from its overwhelming emotional impact.
THE DEVIL'S HAND
| 1 | The Devil's HandOriginal Mix Pentatones | 6:43 / 124 BPM Electronica | |
| 2 | DeterminerOriginal Mix Pentatones | 5:13 / 110 BPM Electronica | |
| 3 | Still WatersOriginal Mix Pentatones | 5:53 / 188 BPM Electronica | |
| 4 | I.A. Fasermaker Part IIOriginal Mix Pentatones | 6:37 / 99 BPM Electronica | |
| 5 | Out Of The WoodsOriginal Mix Pentatones | 1:48 / 90 BPM Electronica | |
| 6 | On Our OwnOriginal Mix Pentatones | 6:42 / 120 BPM Electronica | |
| 7 | BonfireOriginal Mix Pentatones | 6:12 / 135 BPM Electronica | |
| 8 | Sleeping BonesOriginal Mix Pentatones | 6:41 / 130 BPM Electronica | |
| 9 | SupervisorOriginal Mix Pentatones | 5:17 / 120 BPM Electronica | |
| 10 | This Is An OceanOriginal Mix Pentatones | 5:34 / 150 BPM Electronica |





















