This collection includes the original version of klangstabil's most well-known track, which captured the attention of listeners world-wide right from its first release on a compilation in 2002.
Besides that You will find eight interpretations of 'Vertraut' demonstrating the versatility of work that can be extracted out of the catchy, familiar motif.

Some of the artists who have remixed the track have based their interpretation on intelligent dance music: the breakbeat-framed Somatic Responses version, a hybrid of breakcore and idm by u.s. project Access to Arasaka, Keef Baker's metric electro background, which turns into post-rock with dense guitars, and Architect's Daniel Myer gives us dancefloor-capable pounding beats topped with a plausible new melody line to complement the original theme. Torben Wendt (Diorama) turns 'Vertraut' into beautiful melodic body music, while Synapscape keep the original track structure but replace the instrumentation and beats, turning the theme into a heavy electronic floorburner.
KSDJ is Maurizio Blanco himself, adding some newly faceted rhythm patterns and melody lines, making his version a contemporary DJ anthem. L'Ombre from Canada ends up the remix section with lush ambient electronica at its finest. the melancholic ambiance of 'Zweiter Schritt' and 'Ein Schritt weiter' not only close this release, but also mark the end of one of the most important chapters of klangstabil's existence.

In 2002, the album 'Kopfmusik' would have been published on ant-zen but only 6 tracks were produced to completion, one of which was 'Vertraut'. The project was eventually renounced for personal reasons and 'Vertraut' was the only track published in its original version. The artwork was already completed by Aiga Rasch, an old friend of klangstabil's, famous for her illustrations for the youth series 'Die Drei ???' in which, with her very distinct technique, she has achieved great success. After 'Kopfmusik' klangstabil started straight away with 'Taking Nothing Seriously' (2004) and incorporated some elements of 'Kopfmusik' into it. The track 'Ein Schritt weiter' is an early, incomplete version of 'Away'. Other elements of 'Kopfmusik' can be heard in 'Lauf, lauf!' and 'Beziehungsohr' from the album 'Math & Emotion' (2008).

This release is not an album, it is the end of the story for 'Kopfmusik' and its history, which accompanied klangstabil for ten years. Finally, they close that book and put it on the shelf. Detailed information on 'Vertraut' and 'Kopfmusik' will be found in the enclosed cd booklet.

Biography:
klangstabil was founded in 1994 by Maurizio Blanco and Boris May. Maurizio Blanco and Boris May met in 1994. Before then, Maurizio Blanco had already spent most of his life experimenting with electronic music and expressing his own ideas, however Boris May had only been listening to music up to that point in time.

Both of them soon realised that they were communicating on the same level. Soon, a new vision was formed: to make people see music in a different way by employing new techniques and ideas. The name, klangstabil, more or less came off the top of their heads, but it fit quite well for both of them.

They started producing without ever having the intention of having anything released; in their opinion, they were merely researching personal expression. Their main inspiration was and is still Kraftwerk. Not after long, they were performing in small live-acts which resulted in a record-label showing interest in them. Their first production was released on Vinyl, and you can expect to see more of the same in the future.

klangstabil's work ethic can be accurately defined as: one step back, two steps forward. With this attitude, klangstabil is creating their own niche by taking principal elements of the very beginning of electronic music and relating these elements to the modern times today. In order to understand what surrounds us day by day, one has to see things from the perspective of creation. As more progress is made, more questions arise. To put it simply: how does a tune get created, what is its meaning and what is its sound there for? In order to understand, one has to go and live through the decades of a wide musical spectrum.

klangstabil continues to give an acoustic answer to the question: "what's next?"

Bandmembers:
Maurizio Blanco
Boris May

Genre:
Industrial / Electronica / Experimental

Tracklisting:
01. Vertraut - Original version
02. Vertraut - Nostalgic remix by Somatic Responses
03. Vertraut - For a friend remix by Torben Wendt
04. Vertraut - Neural Chernobyl remix by Access to Arasaka
05. Vertraut - Wizballs out! remix by Keef Baker
06. Vertraut - Ostball remix by Synapscape
07. Vertraut - Renegade of noise remix by Daniel Myer
08. Vertraut - What do you want remix by KSDJ
09. Vertraut - Rejected remix by L'Ombre
10. Zweiter Schritt - pre-version of Away
11. Ein Schritt weiter - pre-version of Beziehungsohr

Release-Date:
June 16th, 2010

Year of foundation:
1994