EHRENFELD

EHRENFELD- Who’s That Boy (Echozone) Wer ist den nun der Junge, der sich hinter Ehrenfeld verbirgt? Aha, es ist Peter Field. Das sagt uns doch etwas. Genau der Co-Produzent von Shock Therapy. Daher läuft also der Hase. Mit seinem recht düster angehauchtem Album kann Ehrenfeld in die gute Bresche schlagen, die im Gothic-Bereich zur Zeit doch etwas unterbesetzt scheint. Gut produzierter Gitarren-Sound und eine Stimme, die sowohl die gesanglichen Facetten einnimmt, es aber auch versteht durch eine Art Sprechgesang, die Ohren der Hörer für sich zu gewinnen. Dies gibt dann dem Gehirn die notwendige Zeit sich auf die Texte zu konzentrieren. Zwischenzeitlich erinnert es auch ein bisschen an Silke Bischoff / 18 Summers. Ein Album das sich selbst zelebriert. Für alle Freunde der guten alten Goth-Rock-Gemeinde eine CD, die unbedingt in den Schrank und den Player gehört und sicherlich in Zukunft auch auf den Bühnen diesen Landes zu hören sein wird. Kai Grothaus

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EHRENFELD ist in erster Linie – und der Ansicht sind auch die Ergebnisse gängiger Suchmaschinen im Internet – ein Teil der rheinischen Großstadt Köln. ein sicherlich mit alternativem Charme ausgestatteter, ehemaliger Industrie- und Arbeiterstadtteil, der vor allem von den Werbeagenturen, die in die ehemaligen Industrieanlagen einzogen, aber auch immer noch von der Arbeitsmigration der frühen Bundesrepublik geprägt wurde. Für eine Kölner Punk-Band liegt es wohl nahe, sich nach einem solchen Stadtteil zu benennen. Diese Band gibt es wirklich, sie ist hier aber nicht gemeint, sondern das neueste Projekt des süddeutschen Musikers Peter Field. Mit Süddeutschland assoziiert man EHRENFELD zwar genauso wenig wie mit Düster-Ästhetik der Gruft-Szene; genau dies aber sollte man vielleicht aber in Zukunft häufiger tun, denn Field, der sich bislang vor allem als Co-Produzent von Shock Therapy einen Namen gemacht hat und sein musikalischer Kompagnon Felix Flaucher (Ex-Silke-Bischoff und 18 Summers) haben mit “Who's That Boy?” ein beachtenswertes Album vorgelegt. Hier ist intelligenter Dark Rock mit elektronischen und vor allem vielen akustischen Sprenkeln entstanden. Natürlich ist es gerade in, sich mit Joy Division zu vergleichen, und das tun EHRENFELD natürlich auch; viel stärker aber ist es, eine atmosphärische Verbindung aus Sisters Of Mercy, Phillip Boa und sogar dessen Vorbild David Bowie zu versuchen. Da gibt es diese typischen E-Gitarren über treibenden Bässen und E-Drums, da gibt es aber auch The Mission-artige Akustikgitarren, Folk-Geigen und jede Menge Mut zur tatsächlich authentisch kitschigen Wave-Ästhetik. Während der Sprechgesang an Andrew Eldritch gemahnt, erinnern die gesungen Passagen hier und da wirklich an den Bowie der 70er-Jahre. Zuweilen hört man am (Sprech-)Gesang zwar doch, dass Peter Field aus Deutschland kommt, aber das soll ja angeblich in England zu Zeit auch sehr beliebt sein. Alles andere an der sehr britisch klingenden Platte wird auf der Insel ohnehin gut ankommen. Nur mit der Namensgebung, die wahrscheinlich weniger von jenem Kölner Stadtteil als von der Vorstellung eines wortwörtlichen Ehrenfeldes inspiriert ist, können die Briten eventuell weniger anfangen, es sei denn, man betont den morbiden Charme der ehemaligen Arbeitersiedlung.

Artist:

Ehrenfeld

Release:

Who's That Boy?

Label:

Echozone

My first conclusion concerning this disc,was that the artist/project behind it,was of Teutonic origin-something safe to conclude,given the fact that there are some tracks sung in german,contained herein.

The majority of the included songs,however,are delivered in english.On a second note,Ehrenfeld appears to be a solo project in particular,as Peter Ehrenfeld seems to be the mastermind(or driving force,if you may)behind this project.In other words,Ehrenfeld could be regarded as a vehicle for Peter,in order to project his personal feelings and thouhts.In terms of music,there is plenty of variation here:for example,the album opener,"Millionar An Zeit" presents a mid paced groove,based on german speaking vocals."One Half Of The Moon",on the other habd,showcases an emotionally ladden mood,enriched by soothing vocals and attractive melodies.There are also two cover tracks included here:"Small And Tired"which was originally written by Silke Bischoff,and Shock Therapy's "Come And Dance With Me".Both are performed smoothly,in my opinion.The main factor here though,is Ehrenfeld's vocals.Changing styles constantly,from whispering to screaming,they provide a much needed variation tool,upon these compositions.

All in all,this is a nice,overwhelming recording.While stepping on well known terrains,"Who's That Boy?"manages to sustain its authenticity.That alone,should be enough.

6.5/10 Isabelle S.

EHRENFELD "Who`s That Boy" Album www.deadaudio.com

Released: 05-09-2013

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I have been waiting for this album for quite some time and it is finally here! Peter Ehrenfeld’s album Who’s That Boy? arrived in my mailbox today and I cannot say enough good things about it. I suppose the frequency with which tracks from it keep showing up in my live Dj sets and recent mix compilations ought to be a good place to start. One of the tracks “Stay With Me” was originally released on a free compilation "Glasklinge Vol.1" (click for free downloads of all three compilations) quite a few years ago and I have been waiting for the full length ever since. That day has finally arrived.

This CD goes from heavily rock influenced tracks to acoustic ballads and everywhere in between effortlessly, some synthesized sounds sneak in and out of the album on occasion and tie the tracks together. At times tranquil, at other times chaotic, the album tends to calm the listener, then set him right back on edge again which creates a manic effect that is quite nice.
As the album progresses it becomes familiar very quickly, while being a new experience, there are often points at which a familiar element from the past seems to float up to the surface, most notably two imaginative covers, that of Silke Bischoff’s Small and Tired and Shock Therapy’s Come and Dance With Me but also in choice of sounds and song progression. Often I get the impression that I am hearing ideas that have been around for a long time but were only recently captured and set to music.
Ehrenfeld’s use of different vocal styles is something I enjoy a lot on the album, ranging from simple storytelling to manic screaming, often layered over each other. Felix Flaucher of Silke Bischoff and 18 Summers provides backing vocals in a handful of tracks as well which lends a tenderness that is almost heartbreaking.
Overall, the album is dark and brooding, nostalgic and yet completely new, as if somehow the album is meant to rewrite long lost memories.

Track Listing

01. Millionär An Zeit

02. Funkelnder Stern

03. I'm Okay

04. One Half of the Moon

05. Small and Tired

06. The Great Manitou

07. Sacred Tree

08. Kingdom of Love

09. Come and Dance with Me

10. Stay with Me

11. Shiva Moon

With Fill of the Summer- Ehrenfeld presents a piece that works its way up from deeper layers of consciousness - darkly shimmering, evocative, existential. It is less a song in the classical sense than a vision turned into sound: a dirge to the present and at the same time a ritual call to recapture the living. An atmosphere between ecstasy and exhaustion unfolds in slow waves. The voice seems to be summoned from another space, carried by echoing rhythms and deep resonances. The result is an aesthetic of the in -between - between underworld and utopia, between dream and collapse. The dark, the lost, the unspeakable are not mere themes here, but the basic mood. Ehrenfeld creates a nocturnal sound that defies linearity. Repetitions become magic formulas, fragments become signs of an inner movement. It is a dance on the ruins of cultural certainties - cool, sensual, radically subjective. There is a peculiar beauty in this aesthetic tension: austere, melancholic, almost trance-like. Fill of the Summer - Flowers is not a song to sing along to, but an acoustic ritual. It is aimed at those who walk through the shadows with open senses and do not shy away from the darkness - not out of pessimism, but out of a longing for depth, truth and transcendence.

Ehrenfeld - Fill of the Summer (Flowers)

By the time when Ehrenfeld released his first single 'We Eat Each Other Up' from his upcoming album 'Curiousness', it was clear that the Stuttgart-based artist had more in his arsenal than just shock tactics or passionate convictions, declarations of intent aimed solely at destroying the beauty of his work. With 'Incredible American Sadness' the current, third single release, he proves once again that he is continuing on this path of engaging in the art of traveling, into the inwardness, the depths of existence, the abysses of human existence.

Ehrenfeld - Incredible American Sadness

EHRENFELD - Finsterwalde Album (CD/LP/Digital) Musically there are many variations: All in all beautiful, overwhelming recordings "Finsterwalde" is so surprisingly diverse and refreshingly original, with razor-sharp lyrics about truth, drugs and rock'n roll, it can't be defined as some ordinary pop music, but with years of experience, pure beauty in the absolute depths of the heart and the mind. It combines poetry and music. Influenced by great fellows and the sound of the future, this album will not just create a memory, but a new way, and yet unmistakably an Ehrenfeld.

"Finsterwalde" by Ehrenfeld

Ehrenfeld - Who's That Boy? The CD title says it all.... one could almost say about Peter Field aká Peter EHRENFELD. The South German is the co-producer of the gothic-electro institution SHOCK THERAPY, which released numerous albums until the end of the nineties, including a collaboration with Felix Flaucher (ex-Silke Bischoff, 18 Summers) on the album “No Fear Of Death”. Following the release of his debut album “Keep the Fire Burning” - still under the name Peter Field in 1999 - the EHRENFELD project now presents its strongest work with “Who's that boy”. The gloomy basic character of the debut album has given way to a versatile and cross-style sound that is fully convincing both in atmospheric moments, such as in “Small and Tired”, and in heavy riff-rockers of the “I'm Okay” brand. In the darkly pop “One Half of the Moon” and “Funkelnder Stern” as well as “Stay with Me” you can hear 18 Summer's mastermind Felix Flaucher in a duet and the Shock Therapy cover version “Come and Dance with Me” is hypnotic electro-rock that is in no way inferior to the original. Here you can hear EHRENFELD's emotional and musical connection to bands like Shock Therapy or Silke Bischoff, whose second voice Peter contributed to some of the songs. The opener “Millionär an Zeit” also bears witness to Peter's collaboration with “Fliehende Stürme”, for whom he worked as a musician in the 90s. “Who`s That Boy?” is a versatile, sophisticated work performed in German and English, which was impressively staged with the help of co-producer Anton “Toni” Fischer. For lovers of clever British-style dark rock, with a hint of JOY DIVISION here and there, this album is an absolute must.

Who's that boy? by Ehrenfeld