There
were times, blessed times when man had not
yet lost the sense of his connection to
both Nature and the Sacred, when church
bells used to be heard across the
countryside to banish approaching storms
from hamlets and villages. In our Teutonic
regions, this was called “Wetterläuten” –
the “chiming away” of bad weather. Anyone
who ever had the privilege of experiencing
the ecstatic and all-embracing live
improvisations of WERNER CEE (e-chin /
lapsteel guitar / electronics), NORBERT
GROSSMAN (synth / church organ) and EVA
KORN (gongs), will understand why the
South-German trio choose this archaic name
for their project. WETTERLÄUTEN’s
atmospheric manipulations range from
dreamy sunset drones to heavy pre-storm
electricity to apocalyptic orchestral
deluge, penetrating and bringing into
motion the very cosmic fabric around them.
Their unmistakable sound owes much to
their unusual instrumentation, especially
the combination of e-chin (an electric
version of the ancestral Chinese Guqin
zither) and live electronics, and of
course Eva’s virtuosic gong playing.
Understanding themselves more as a musical
concept than a band, WETTERLÄUTEN
regularly involve other musicians,
especially Norwegian guitarist ALF TERJE
HANA and drummer MICHAEL HOFMANN. Reue um
Reue is excessively proud to present their
first ever official release. Welcome in
the eye of the cyclone.