When VON SPAR made their ciritcally

acclaimed entrance in the pop circuit in 2003 (e.g.

coverstory in SPEX Magazine) they were

regarded as the German answer to the Post-

Punk/No-Wave-renaissance. But their debut was

more a clever parody about eighties-style-hipster-

bands. In the meantime the former trio grew to a

five piece band which now (three years later and

wiser) returns with an uncompromising album

that gets ahead of all expectations. It will surprise

their audience and critics and maybe leave them

confused at first. Detached from the usual style

issues VON SPAR have exorsized the Zeitgeist

and overtaken the discourse. There is no scheme.

Anything goes. Their new musical language is

inspired by seventies Krautrock taking lines of

flight to Fluxus art, Minimal Music and early

TripHop. Apart from ringtone-compatible hits

VON SPAR reanimate the classical album-

format. The two 20-minutes songs combine the

spirit of exploration from CAN and

KRAFTWERK with the conceptual aesthetics of

György LIGETI and Steve REICH and techniques

of dark, psychedelic multi-layering as known by

NEUROSIS or GODSPEED YOU! BLACK

EMPEROR. All references are permantly

ruptured, adopted and newly interweaved.

Most of the Material was recorded in only seven

days at the legendary Electric Avenue Studio,

Hamburg, with producer Tobias LEVIN.

Their new labelbase TOMLAB offers the

congenial platform for this unusual journey. The

new album by VON SPAR reclaims music as a

truthful place of concentration and collective

energy from which newness enters the world.

01 Xaxapoya
02 Dead Voices In The Temple Of Terror

Total Running Time

40:00 min

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• Nationwide servicing to press and radio

• Retail posters, promotional CDs and

press kits are available upon request

• Second album from Von Spar

• Previously featured on the last Output

compilation “Channel 4”

Catalog:

TOM99CD / TOM99LP

Release:

JUNE 19, 2007

Formats:

CD / VINYL GATEFOLD LP (vinyl non returnable)

CD Packaging:

STANDARD JEWELCASE

Box Lot:

30 (CD) / 6 (LP)

Genre:

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

No Export.:

EU, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA

Key Markets:

NYC, CHICAGO, LA, SAN FRANCISCO,

PORTLAND, TORONTO (CA), MONTREAL (CA)

CD – UPC 656605669922

LP – UPC 656605669915