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Kadavar Post Video for “Reich Der Träume” from Berlin Visual Album

Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 6th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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I had been kind of curious to see how Kadavar might handle their Nico cover as they continued their ‘Visual Album’ project for their 2015 third full-length, Berlin (review here). The closer of the record, “Reich Der Träume” is a pretty significant departure from cuts like “Lord of the Sky,” “Filthy Illusion” and “Pale Blue Eyes” — each of which has also already received its own video (posted here, here and here, respectively) — and caps Berlin with a mellow, melancholic, psychedelic vibe. They may have remixed the track for the video — the vocals seem more forward than I recall from prior listens, though that could also be my laptop speakers, which as we all know is no way to hear anything correctly, ever — but the mood is much the same, and in this case, the mood is everything.

One could say that of much of Kadavar‘s work, I guess, but it’s what that mood represents that’s shifted here. Where “Lord of the Sky” or “Last Living Dinosaur” or “The Old Man” bask in uptempo bounce and highlight the German trio’s ultra-catchy songcraft, “Reich Der Träume” willfully represents another take entirely. It might be most closely related to their tripped-out split with Aqua Nebula Oscillator, but is less lysergic in its substance if still dreamy. I’d have sworn I saw “Reich Der Träume” listed as a bonus track for Berlin at some point, so didn’t know if the band would include it in the ‘Visual Album’ collection — their stated intent to make a video for every song on the album within the span of a year — but they give it a suitably fluid visual accompaniment here, working once again with artist Nathini van der Meer as they have throughout the entirety of the project.

Enjoy the clip below, followed by some comment from the band via the PR wire:

Kadavar, “Reich Der Träume” official video

We have released the fourth video for the »Berlin« visual album concept.

Together with long-time friend and collaborator Nathini van der Meer (http://nathinivandermeer.com), who has created artwork and videos for them in the past, Kadavar are working on their first “Visual Album”- 12 short films accompanying each of the albums’ songs, to be released once a month throughout the entirety of the year.

Commented the band: “The song was originally written for Nico by Lutz Graf (LÜÜL), known for his work with bands like ASH RA TEMPEL, AGITATION FREE or 17 HIPPIES. It is the first song Lupus sings German on. We liked the heavy mood of the song. Within the music as well as in the lyrics. It’s one of the most beautiful Nico songs which unfortunately was barely recognized until now. We were very proud when we got LÜÜL’s blessing to cover the song.”

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