Search - Witt :: Bayreuth 1

Good, if a bit overly dark

J. Rabideau | Stuck in the Loser State | 09/26/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Taking a trip into gothic Techno, Joachim Witt's 1998 effort "Bayreuth Eins" provides an interesting starting point. The most-played song upon this album is the fourth track, "Die Flut" (The Flood), sung with Peter Heppner (the music video, I assure you, is suitably bizarre). The musical quality is so overpoweringly dark, however, that very many of Witt's motifs are lost. As an interesting, driving set of music, this CD fills the bill. For a better look stylistically at Witt, and what his music is about, try the followup album to this, the 2000 release of "Bayreuth Zwei"."