Dominik von Senger – The First/The Second

More usually to be found accompanying Can’s finest, Jaki Liebezeit, in Phantomband, or as part of Dunkelziffer or Unknown Cases, guitarist Dominik von Senger also found time record a couple of solo records. Perhaps he was busy. Accompanied by the likes of Can’s Rosko Gee on bass and synth compatriot Helmut Zerlett (he of Baked Beans fame, on Recycle or Die, in our little musical warehouse, if not in yours) this is a tasty slice of no-wave with Krautrock overtones. “Dlaluc” has turned up on a few trendy New York mix CDs this year, and we read somewhere recently that there’s a new version of “No Name” on its way reworked by a US remix/edits crew.

The second record from a decade later is a tad less Talking Heads-y, a little crunchier, but again well worth your attention. (And if you want to be way beyond geeky, you could even point out that Helmut Zerlett’s keyboard solo on “Blow” is basically a reprise of “Bake Daga” by those Baked Beans… of whom we shall talk more soon.) Meanwhile, Dominik’s new band Grundwasser has a website. Bring it on!

The First, LP, VeraBra, 1983

01. No Name (3:45)
02. Late Night Blues (4:40)
03. Serial No. (5:07)
04. Blow Off (3:34)
05. Turnaround (1:23)
06. Bus Stop Paradise (5:19)
07. Dlaluc (2:28)
08. Sunny Face (2:27)
09. Fronting Twilight (3:09)
10. Acoustic Fade (5:43)

Link | Discogs

The Second, CD, Fünfundvierzig, 1995

01. Digit (3:46)
02. A Rhythm That Takes You (4:54)
03. Hymn (3:41)
04. Blow (6:15)
05. Heat in the Shade (4:13)
06. Inspiration (4:52)
07. O.T. Noise Collage (0:35)
08. Loopy Loop (2:35)
09. Festival (4:03)
10. Cyberg Reality (6:32)

Link | Discogs

PS, bit more Senger here, courtesy those lovely crate diggers at The Growing Bin.