Bumped up from City Slang to Mute after the sparkling debut Moist, Dirk Dresselhaus set his sights on a purer vision of pop music for his second record, Zoomer. The glitchy programming and intensive production subtleties are intact from his debut, but Dresselhaus added a few more vocal tracks (four out of eight), with inspiration garnered from the Beach Boys, Beck, New Order, plus the late-'60s/early-'70s advent of electronic pop. "Reality Check" begins as a gentle acous...   [ read more ]

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RESTOCK. The one-man independent electronics team behind Schneider TM is Dirk Dresselhaus, a former rhythm-section member for several German indie rock bands. He stepped into the spotlight with a 1998 album recorded for City Slang. This is his most recent EP on Mute.

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Akin to work by Schneider's countrymen in Mouse on Mars, Moist is another interesting application of abstract, twisted electronics to what is (surprisingly) quite a straight-ahead rhythm section. Though the production isn't nearly as frenetic as the celebrated MoM sound, Dirk Dresselhaus turns that potential curse into a blessing by concentrating on just a few effects for each track and investigating their sonic possibilities. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

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