Swiss neo-kraut/instrumental rock duo JeGong unveil new single and music video »An Oval And A Star«

Swiss neo-kraut/instrumental rock duo JeGong has unveiled new single and music video »An Oval And A Star« taken from their upcoming album, »The Complex Inbetween«, set to release on June 23rd, 2023 via Pelagic Records.

Video by Reto Mäder & Daniel Steffen.

Tracklist:
01. Come To The Center
02. Clear The Way
03. KurkOM
04. Night Screaming Moves
05. Former Wish
06. Focus Defocus
07. An Oval And A Star
08. We End Here – We Start Here

Courtesy of Push Media Promotion:

New JeGong single & video »An Oval And A Star«!

The band states: “With the video of »An Oval And A Star« we complete the travel diary of Dofi to America and back to little Switzerland. In this final part of the journey Dofi drives to JFK airport in New York to fly from there back to Zurich. This journey home is characterized by letting go – processing impressions and dreaming. These three stages are also reflected in the song arrangement.”

Stream the single on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer here!

“Two musicians bridge the gap between kraut and post-rock, reminding us of what sets great albums apart from the good ones: depth, clarity, and adventure.” — Visions Magazine

“I love how this band has decoded the dance vibe that exists within krautrock!” — CVLT Nation

“As on their debut, JeGong go beyond mere mundane neo-krautrock on »The Complex Inbetween« and create incredibly powerful and ominously captivating sonic landscapes, enriched with original layers of sound and held together by a tight rhythmic foundation.” — OX Fanzine

JeGong continue their musical journey inspired by the experimental spirit of early electronic music and krautrock. With »The Complex Inbetween« Reto Mäder and Dahm Cipolla put a dazzling spin on the timeless music of such innovators as Can, Faust and Neu! incorporating noisier and more abrasive elements to create a mental odyssey into the uncanny. »KurkOM« is a krautrock reprise of Swans’ most punishing moments cast in the textural palette of acts like Author & Punisher and The Body.

JeGong return with their second full-length album which sees them continue their musical journey inspired by the spirit of krautrock, early electronic music and experimental rock. With »The Complex Inbetween« Dahm Majuri Cipolla (Mono, Watter) and Reto Mäder (Sum Of R, Ural Umbo) put a dazzling spin on the timeless music of genre innovators like Can, Faust and Neu!, incorporating noisier and more abrasive elements to create a mental odyssey into the uncanny. Born from the collision of the most unreal moments of Mäder’s freeflowing musical associations with Cipolla’s stick-wielding hands, these eight compositions form the duo’s own mythical realm after the rhythm has been set.

As the cradle of electronic music, krautrock is often viewed by outsiders in terms of the mechanical rather than the human, yet Mäder and Cipolla manage to uncover a human side that has always been present in the music of their forebears. That driving beat which powers album opener »Come To The Center« was never meant to be called ‘Motorik’, as explains its inventor Klaus Dinger of Neu! in one interview. “It is very much a human beat. I like to call it the endless straight. It’s a feeling like a picture.” With Cipolla behind the kit the machine becomes human, testifying to the power that rhythm can hold over us as a deeply communal obsession.

“Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill” is a remark famously attributed to David Hockney, and in »The Complex Inbetween« that sentiment gets a sonic gestalt. Along the endless straights ofmechanic-human drum beats and pulsating sequencers JeGong unveil vibrant vistas painted with meticulous attention to detail. Perhaps, besides meditating to it, you should be taking notes while listening to these tracks. Regardless of your style of listening, whether intu- itively or intellectually, »The Complex Inbetween« is a deeply introspective afair for everyone, as by inviting you into their circle JeGong unearth a deeper shared humanity that touches the core of all of us.

Buy / Download / Stream here: listen.pelagic-records.com/jegong

Mixed by Reto Mäder.
Mastered by Jaakko Viitalähde.

JeGong is:
Reto Mäder – Bass, Guitar, Analogue Synth, Electronics, Mellotron, Effects
Dahm Majuri Cipolla – Drums, Percussion, Effects

FFO: Swans, The Body, Author & Punisher

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well