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RAPOON - Moka 24

Format: CD

Label & Cat.Number: Klanggalerie - gg479

Release Year: 2024

Note: inspired by the ficticious nightclub "Moka Efti" in the "Babylon Berlin"-series, this album interpretates the 1920era in connection to the demise of the West in 2024... - *Tracks vary wildly but are all unified within the same setting. An aural cabaret of sounds that depict and define a certain moment. A moment that has already existed in the past, exists in the present and will exist in the future..*

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Sein Soloprojekt Rapoon gründete Robin Storey 1992, nachdem er die Post-Industrial-Legende Zoviet France verlassen hatte, es entwickelte sich bald zu einem Dark-Ambient / Ethnobeat-Projekt, das seitdem auf der
ganzen Welt Kultstatus erlangt hat. In den letzten 30 Jahren wurden mehr als 80 Alben veröffentlicht, einige mehr beatgetrieben, andere verspielter
und mit Field Recordings und ethnischen Einflüssen. Rapoon hat nie aufgehört, sich weiterzuentwickeln - man denke nur an "Cultural Forgeries", ein Album voller rein akustischer Musik, oder "Downgliding" mit seinen Kavierkompositionen. "Moka Efti" ist der fiktive Name eines Nachtclubs in der Serie "Babylon Berlin", die reale historische Ereignisse in der Dekadenz und den Wirren der 1920er Jahre mit Fiktion verbindet: die Tracks interpretieren diese Ära vor der Kulisse des "untergehenden Westens" von
2024. Ein akustisches Kabarett aus Klängen, die Momente illustrieren, die in Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft gleichermaßen stattfinden. "Moka
24" markiert mit zwölf Tracks eine eskapistische Welt, die außerhalb der vorherrschenden sozialen Aufgeregtheit existiert.

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"Founded in 1992 after Robin Storey left Zoviet France, Rapoon soon became an outstanding ethno-dark ambient project that has gained a cult following all over the world. More than 80 albums have been released over those nearly 30 years, some more beat driven, others more playful and with ambient sounds and ethnic influences. Rapoon has never stopped evolving - think of Cultural Forgeries, an album full of unplugged acoustic music. Or Downgliding, full of compositions on the piano. Recent Klanggalerie albums include Waiting by the River, an album that introduced vocals to the Rapoon sound, or Little Rocket Man which was inspired by the political situation in 2018 with Trump as president in the United States. Moka Efti is the fictional name of a night club in the series Babylon Berlin. Set in the decadence and turmoil of the 1920’s the series incorporates real historical events into an imaginary narrative. This set of recordings is a modern take on that era set in the declining West of 2024. Tracks vary wildly but are all unified within the same setting. An aural cabaret of sounds that depict and define a certain moment. A moment that has already existed in the past, exists in the present and will exist in the future, varying only slightly in time and space, the expressions are the same in intent and purpose. Moka 24 is an escapist world existing outside of the prevailing social clamour. Not in rebellion against the contemporary moire, but rather ignoring it. “Time is a flat circle. Everything we’ve ever done or will do, we’re gonna do over and over and over again….for ever.” - Rust Cohle/Nietzsche. Full tracklist: 1. In This Time... 2. Some Days 3. Eyes Of Diamonds 4. The White Line To Horizon 5. That Dirty Road 6. Angel Rain... 7. The Emptiness Of Dreams 8. Night Train In Europe 9. A Veil Passes... 10. Said You Were No-One 11. A Faded Glory... 12. Dance In Dreams.

"The most striking thing is that its very much different from what I know to be Rapoons music. (...) On Moka 24, we find Storey singing, mostly in a soft-spoken manner, almost like ballads, complete with piano sounds. Of course, there are also pieces with rhythm, and here too Rapoon doesnt sound like his usual self, but with rhythm machines and electronics reminding me of the best of Pan American, which is always a good thing." [Vital Weekly]