Plattrock " A Little Cup of Sausagewater" Calling Card Musikproduktion GmbH
Release date: 24 February 2012
Running time: 51:59, 15 tracks
The German band Plattrock was founded in 1979 as a three piece and they used to play blues, rock’n’roll. Then, in 1989, they evolved into a 7 piece folk-rock band and they labeled their music as “Northernchurchesdoublefuckingspeedfolkrock". The band was on hiatus for six years and the reunion took place in 2003. “A Little Cup of Sausagewater” was released last year and the current line-up is Matthias Kersting (lead vocals, banjo, guitars), Christian Zimmer (mandolin, guitars, bass, trombone, background vocals), Dieter Schlierkamp (guitars, bass, harmonica, background vocals), Sabine Kersting (accordion, flute, background vocals) and Martin Hagedorn (drums, percussions and background vocals).
Plattrock play their own folk-rock music with a comedy twist. Their songs are sung in four different languages: English (12/15), French (1/15), Spanish (1/15) and Plattdütsch (1/15). Yes, it’s not Celtic rock. Anyway, don’t worry: they don’t play the usual “kitsch” German folk music.
IMHO, the best tracks on the album are “Rulla Tirulla” and the opening number “One Wild Night”. The former is the only song that is sung in the Northern German dialect (Plattdütsch). It features awesome banjo and mandolin arrangements, has a Johnny Cash sound and a kick-ass brass band at the end of the song. The latter is a catchy song featuring a great flute sound similar to the German band Mutabor.
Other tracks to check out should be the rock’nroll numbers “Every Day” (a cover) and “A Little Cup of Tea”. This one is a little bit slower , has some pop music background vocals and interesting accordion arrangements. Moreover, the lyrics are really funny. Track no. 5, “The Silent Water” features a guest cello and the sound is more Oysterband oriented. “Against the Wind” can rival with their German colleagues The Shanes and “No Longer Me” is another interesting song with great female background vocals and a rocking attitude.
Tracklist:
01 - One wild night 3:15
02 - How 2:22
03 - Every day 4:36
04 - A little cup of tea 2:15
05 - The silent water 2:14
06 - Lilli is waiting for me 4:43
07 - ¿Yo soy molesto? 3:07
08 - Outside 2:20
09 - The voice 2:37
10 - Against the wind 2:08
11 - La douleur dépasse 5:31
12 - Don’t leave me 4:56
13 - No longer me 3:43
14 - Rulla Tirulla 3:58
15 - I shout out 4:08
http://www.plattrock.de
http://www.reverbnation.com/plattrock
http://www.facebook.com/Plattrock
http://www.myspace.com/plattrock
https://twitter.com/plattrock
Click to buy:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0077YSUPE/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1329560093&sr=1-1-catcorr (mp3)
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/a-little-cup-of-sausagewater/id500715738 (mp3)
Review by Kinksmarkham
Release date: 24 February 2012
Running time: 51:59, 15 tracks
The German band Plattrock was founded in 1979 as a three piece and they used to play blues, rock’n’roll. Then, in 1989, they evolved into a 7 piece folk-rock band and they labeled their music as “Northernchurchesdoublefuckingspeedfolkrock". The band was on hiatus for six years and the reunion took place in 2003. “A Little Cup of Sausagewater” was released last year and the current line-up is Matthias Kersting (lead vocals, banjo, guitars), Christian Zimmer (mandolin, guitars, bass, trombone, background vocals), Dieter Schlierkamp (guitars, bass, harmonica, background vocals), Sabine Kersting (accordion, flute, background vocals) and Martin Hagedorn (drums, percussions and background vocals).
Plattrock play their own folk-rock music with a comedy twist. Their songs are sung in four different languages: English (12/15), French (1/15), Spanish (1/15) and Plattdütsch (1/15). Yes, it’s not Celtic rock. Anyway, don’t worry: they don’t play the usual “kitsch” German folk music.
IMHO, the best tracks on the album are “Rulla Tirulla” and the opening number “One Wild Night”. The former is the only song that is sung in the Northern German dialect (Plattdütsch). It features awesome banjo and mandolin arrangements, has a Johnny Cash sound and a kick-ass brass band at the end of the song. The latter is a catchy song featuring a great flute sound similar to the German band Mutabor.
Other tracks to check out should be the rock’nroll numbers “Every Day” (a cover) and “A Little Cup of Tea”. This one is a little bit slower , has some pop music background vocals and interesting accordion arrangements. Moreover, the lyrics are really funny. Track no. 5, “The Silent Water” features a guest cello and the sound is more Oysterband oriented. “Against the Wind” can rival with their German colleagues The Shanes and “No Longer Me” is another interesting song with great female background vocals and a rocking attitude.
Tracklist:
01 - One wild night 3:15
02 - How 2:22
03 - Every day 4:36
04 - A little cup of tea 2:15
05 - The silent water 2:14
06 - Lilli is waiting for me 4:43
07 - ¿Yo soy molesto? 3:07
08 - Outside 2:20
09 - The voice 2:37
10 - Against the wind 2:08
11 - La douleur dépasse 5:31
12 - Don’t leave me 4:56
13 - No longer me 3:43
14 - Rulla Tirulla 3:58
15 - I shout out 4:08
http://www.plattrock.de
http://www.reverbnation.com/plattrock
http://www.facebook.com/Plattrock
http://www.myspace.com/plattrock
https://twitter.com/plattrock
Click to buy:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0077YSUPE/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1329560093&sr=1-1-catcorr (mp3)
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/a-little-cup-of-sausagewater/id500715738 (mp3)
Review by Kinksmarkham
Thank you very much for this great review!
ReplyDeleteIn a review like this you can see that the author listened to each song and made his mind.
Sometimes we receive reviews like "Plattrock is a Band with 6 members, the record contains 15 songs and it sounds a bit Irish like the music from The Pogues".".
A review like this shows that more facets can be found on this record, and this is described excellently.
Actually we changed our Line-Up in the last time. Since Summer 2012 Cello-player Christian Bartelt is a permanent member, and since the end of last year we have a new drummer Ralf Hoof. He was already our first drummer from 1979-1988, and it's so great he's back.
But never mind, it doesn't matter, because this review is for "A little cup of sausagewater", which was recorded with the mentioned Line-Up.
So thank you again, reviews like these animate to go on for the next 30 years.
All the Best, Matthes