Sankt Otten “Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben“ – Textura
Excerpt – “Throughout its twelve pieces, Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben (Let’s Remain Friends) exudes a ‘high plains drifter’-styled ambiance, with Oliver Klemm’s twanging guitars stretching their tremolo sound across the panoramic desert of band leader Stephan Otten’s simpatico drumming. In operation in various forms since 1999, Sankt Otten (bassist Volker Schumacher and keyboardist Fredy Engel in addition to Otten and Klemm) creates brooding, cinematic moodscapes from a core of guitars, bass, and drums augmented by atmospheric strings and keyboards; the group’s soundtracks for imaginary films may drink from Labradford’s evocative and desolate well but add considerably more heft along the way.”
