Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld

Band: Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld
Label: Specula Records
Title: Nerissimo

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Band:Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld
Title:Nerissimo
Reviewed By:Maarten Schiethart
Date Published:30/05/2016

Label:Specula Records
Format:CD
Release Year:2016
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Italy's Teho Teardo and Germany's Blixa Bargeld are somehow the equivalent of Leonard Cohen and Howard Devoto. They cross borders as if they are in a Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht theatrical play.

At times deceptive but all too often too less than spectacular, Teardo's clumsily worded English narrative, however, prove why Latin and Italian ought to remain his tongue of choice. Seamlessly changing between Italian and German, it becomes obvious Teardo's decision to also babble and ramble in English is quite a mistake. 'Nirgendheim' comes pretty close to perfection. It is sung as it ought to be. At least we get the idea of what the album could have sounded like.

Yet his clumsily worded English lyrics should never have seen the light of day. Contrarily, Teardo's words in German sound far more convincing. Whilst undermining his voice of authority, and thus running short of words, Teho Teardo manages to express himself, singing narratives in German in more than a decent fashion. But that's about it. "Abwarten und Tee trinken."

Track Listing:

01) Nerissimo (English)
02) DHX 2
03) Ich Bin Dabei
04) The Empty Boat
05) The Beast
06) Animelle
07) Ulgae
08) Nirgendheim
09) Give Me
10) Nerissimo (Italian)

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