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27.09.2004

Christian Harder - Goodbye Monkey Gravity




Tracklist:
1. Musik Für Unsere Kinder
2. Popland
3. Take After
4. Folding Genomes
5. Grady
6. Every Moment
7. Remember Me
8. If Reactions
9. This World Is Full Of Beauty
10. ESC PDN
11. Leichen Im Keller

Christian Harder, 25 years old, is an autodidactic self-made mister, a sinister sunny boy, a wicked and visionary producer and a truly talented artist. Ever since Pink Floyd put him on the right track back in the days, he's pretty much taught himself everything - even if that's just about how to be a good listener, drawing inspiration and learning to experiment beyond what he hears. The right ears at the right time. Leaving the provinces of Westphalia in 1999, he soon found himself at home in Hamburg's legendary Golden Poodle Club down by the harbour. With artists from Skam, Rephlex, Planet Mu (to name just the least obscure things) on stage, our man himself is shaking, drinking, chatting. Soon he finds himself on that very stage nailing a nearly naked Britney Spears to a cross for his debut performance. He begins to develop a fanbase around his various home computer supported concerts. He starts spreading his music via the www and releases tracks as Kandisquer, The Hypnotoad and Kid Quesran on imprints such as Blaou, Ladomat and Enduro.

2002 sees him ripping Earth & Fire in "This Feeling" for a 3D 7" entitled "Pogo Gegen Das Boese". The track gets picked up by major biz under the name Kid Q, Scooter steal his idea ... both tracks get big time release in February 2003 ... both tracks enter and stay in single chart hell. Of course Scooter decide to stay there, our man is on a different mission.

He starts producing two Berlin agit-heads calling themselves Mediengruppe Telekommander (Mediagroup Remotecontrol). After two EPs, their debut "Die Ganze Kraft Einer Kultur" gets released on Enduro/Mute kicking shockwaves through Germoney in May 2004. In between he's doing remixes for Gladys Garcia, Chelo Scotti, Swayzak, Pink Grease and the Mediagroup. However ... Let's get on with the story of his own:
For his debut album "Goodbye Monkey Gravity", Christian Harder takes the lid off his cranium and invites you on a roller-coaster ride of his thoughts, right into his snappy synapses. Dancing is alright, as are drifting, grinding, sliding along elastic basslines, spinal cords which help the music to walk tall. A poptronica highway, weaving through static pathways. A techno song bathed in light, a chorus where sounds grow like exotic flowers. Confusion concedes to a solid beat, arranged to communicate emotion and condition. Sounds beautiful, but not overnice, rough but not unfeeling. When complexity creates uncertainty, when the exit is blocked with mind matter, Harder comes up with verse and chorus, melody and structure, outlines dance steps on the floor, so you know how to move.

Harder knows: to err is to be human, he knows the perils of perception, he sees through the limited indifference of attitude and emotion. Plugged in to computer, guitar and microphone, Harder becomes an errorist, exploring towers of lies, misconstructions and hidden floors. He projects a picture of well put together sound blocks, filling in the gaps of future amnesia. Harder uses escapism to get out of double standards, bringing on the dance from a moment of inner reflection. The poetical opening track, "Musik Für Unsere Kinder" remains a dreamy exception. Kitsch-laden declarations of love such as "Every Moment" turn out to be transient moments of happiness when a voice from the future echoes "I remember my time with you". "This World is Full of Beauty" - only with your eyes closed. Capitalism is a cancer, love's a virus, man is trapped in the gravity of what he has learned. Harder plays with dark matter made of the rings under one's eyes and does what he does best with it: he turns it into sound.

Anything clear? Well:
The truth is: this man got a mission and a vision!
The truth is: there is a heart in your chest and a brain in your head.
The truth is: you better use both!

more Infos:
www.christianharder.com


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