Excerpt – “Hailing from Germany, Sankt Otten does a slightly grungy brand of jazzy, electronic soundtrack music that wouldn’t be out of place in the worlds of , Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone. String sounds are effective although understated, and the electric guitar lines have a suitably cinematic twang that evoke a wide range of images: sleazy motels, baking desert vistas, doomed French love affairs. These twelve instrumentals are retro of sorts but Otten is cleverer than someone merely quoting the past. His brittle and sometimes thundering drum loops are very much of the digital age, as are the subtle bleeps and lo-fi synthetics. There’s also a bristling tension just below the surface that seems ready to explode but never quite does. Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben is imaginary movie music for the mind, an often striking if uneasy listen.”
Hidden Shoal MixTape
