Hermetica＜限定盤＞

ドイツ/ザクセン州出身、ベルリンを拠点に活躍する美麗エレクトロニック・プロデューサー/DJ、 アネグレット・ペレル・フィードラーによるプロジェクト、ペレルのデビュー・アルバム!
ユーリズミックスの影響を感じさせる80年代初期のサウンドが全体に散りばめられており、そこにペレルが愛するダンス・ミュージックと、アニー・レノックスのようなはっきりとしたヴォーカルが合わさっている。前述のデビュー12インチからのファースト・シングル「Die Dimension」も収録。彼女のDJスタイルは即興が特徴的でいて、そのサウンドには様々なジャンルが融合している。

Annegret Fiedler grew up listening to the Eurythmics and learning the piano before playing in punk bands as a student, and eventually discovering the club scene and house music. By 2018, she was well established as a DJ and producer, going by the moniker Perel, and her debut full-length arrived on indie-dance institution DFA. Hermetica is a slowly boiling cauldron of space disco and new wave influences, with arpeggios slowly creeping in over steady heartbeats and cold, austere vocals appearing like flashes in the night. "Alles" is one of the most successful marriages of Fiedler's influences, with Moroder-esque suspense enhanced by New Order-like bass guitar, and Fiedler's haunting vocals pushing it over the top. "PMS" is a slow, industrial throb, while "Signum Viridi" is a calm, starry late-night cruise. The album returns to the disco with the straightforward chug of "Myalgia," and brings it all home with the single "Die Dimension," blending divine vocals with one of Fiedler's most immediately striking rhythms. ~ Paul Simpson