To Go by Donkmeister

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Gruselthon, home of unusual sound carriers, finally has the pleasure of presenting the CD “To Go” by the exceptional artist Donkmeister. He has already delighted the countless friends of our house with his contributions to the two Gruselthon compilations “Empire of the Four Moons” and “My Universal Hammer”.

With his unusual synth sounds, he whisked us away as “Verhülsdonk” into the cobwebbed walls of mysterious old castles, but also into the neon-lit cockpit of a space cruiser, which he was able to steer through the synapses of the listener with spooky precision.

In his early youth, characterized by free play on watering cans and garden hoses, inspired by the childish longing to develop a Lego sequencer, our young hero set out to put his gigantomaniac fantasies into practice with the help of pig organs and all kinds of soldering. Unfortunately, the early recordings are still under lock and key. There are whispers of enormous orchestral opulence, like the struggle of eons-old androids for power at the Tannhäuser Gate, to put it mildly.

Then the eighties, Donkmeister becomes a member of the “Lawyers of Death” (single releases 1985 “Thoughts”, “What's Life” - Raffgier Records) synthesizer, guitar, electric drums. Darkest synthwave against the cloudy sky of coughing coal and steel industry. Sisters of Mercy without Mercy. Hard to find single. Countless other bands and projects followed (“Seething Floors”, “The Great Destroyer”, “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”, “Flagstaff”). In my opinion, “Reverend Parsley's Bible Society” is particularly worth mentioning, as in their best moments they were Zappa, Gong and Camper van Beethoven at the same time. The few existing recordings are recommended to every music lover.

In recent years, Donkmeister worked almost exclusively within his own four or five walls, hidden behind towers of antiquated keyboards, organs and plugs, between flickering lights, spiders and spinet. Life took its daily loop until Enko Landmann discovered his recordings in the depths of Facebook. Unashamedly direct, often raw miniatures, but also elegiac, sprawling compositions. After the two sampler contributions mentioned above, Gruselthon came to the conclusion that the beauty and unpredictability of the sound and the ambience of melancholic self-doubt should be given a place in the label family.

The company wishes you much pleasure with the Donkmeister debut “To Go”, as usual in the opulent and loving Gruselthon CD set.

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