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Selbstportrait Wahre Liebe Image
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  • Artist(s): Hans-Joachim Roedelius
  • Summary: The latest full-length release for German electronic artist's Selbstportrait [Self-portrait] series was recorded with the same instruments he used on the Selbstportrait albums from the 1970s.
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  • Record Label: Bureau B
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Ambient, New Age, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Experimental Electronic, Kraut Rock, Contemporary Instrumental
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  1. Uncut
    Apr 28, 2020
    80
    Highlights are the playfully bobbing rhythms of "Geruhsam" and epic closer "Aus Weiter Ferne," a masterful interplay of harmonic sweetness and menacing drone. [May 2020, p.32]
  2. Apr 28, 2020
    80
    Simply incredible, timeless, and placeless music.
  3. Apr 28, 2020
    78
    On Wahre Liebe Roedelius is able to conjure many different moods without deviating from the round, bell-like tones of the Farfisa, an instrument he returns to after years of primarily working with acoustic piano and digital processing.
  4. Apr 28, 2020
    70
    A more brisk runtime and shorter tracks – as on 1981’s Lustwandel, for example – could have elevated the record to greatness, but as it is Wahre Liebe is a diverting collection that showcases Roedelius’ sonic prowess well.