Excerpt: “Blessed with a welcome sense of space and noirish atmosphere, it’s aged very well indeed… Although the thickly enunciated German language doesn’t lend itself to romantic notions, here the precise and cool delivery of Carsten Sandkaemper has just the right amount of gravitas; the singer only really baring his soul for the angst-ridden title track. As with most trip-hop, the controlled percussion is a key element as are some choice brass and string samples… Eine Kleine Traurigkeit is a proper album, whose moody, chilling demeanour runs consistently from beginning to end; where even instrumental interludes like ‘Das Juengste Geruecht’ are crucial in maintaining the atmosphere.”
Hidden Shoal MixTape
