SAMSAS TRAUM – “Tineoidea” (20-year classic)

SAMSAS DREAM
„Tineoidea oder: Die Folgen einer Nacht. Eine Gothic-Oper in Blut-Moll“
CD (Trisol/EFA)

Samuel and Lilith (as well as a few other not-so-insignificant beings) have a problem, and this is a godsend for all fans of Samsas Traum. For what difficulties the protagonists have, how they overcome them and what it all has to do with dead cats, Poland and a fairy in the TV set, Alexander Kaschte tells on his latest work „Tineoidea oder: Die Folgen einer Nacht. Eine Gothic-Oper in Blut-Moll“. In order to be able to implement the complex and multi-personal plot appropriately, he has secured the vocal support of a whole host of scene celebrities. Chris Pohl and Constance from BlutEngel, Celine from Sanguis et Cinis, Asp from ASP and Susanne Stiehrle from Ophelia’s Dream are just a few of those involved. Musically, mastermind Kaschte again moves more away from the almost too clean sound of the last Fulltime album and combines his origins with the skills he has gained since then. “Tineoidea” is as symphonic as it is straightforwardly rocking, disturbingly real and yet fairytale-like, is at the same time Gothic, Neo-Classical, Industrial, Black Metal, Dark Wave, not for the faint of heart and yet actually only one thing: Samsas Traum and thus a universe of its own, more diverse and worthy of exploration than ever before. Listen, marvel, enjoy – and perhaps, also with the help of the elaborate and detailed booklet, begin to understand! The first edition of the silver disc will be available in a limited edition including a bonus CD, which, to the delight of owners, will include unreleased Samsas Traum songs as well as a track by Kaschte’s side project Miime and a complete Weena Morloch EP. (10)

Axel Schön

(The review was first published in the Orkus! issue September 2003)

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