aaahh.002/aer014 (Releasedate: 29.08.2008)…

              

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Entertainment For The Braindead - Prologue [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Colours [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Resolutions [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Run! [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Mi Corazón [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Fences [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Hydrophobia [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - What you get [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - A Trace [MP3 | OGG]
Entertainment For The Braindead - Maybe [MP3 | OGG]
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Entertainment for the Braindead is Julia Kotowski from Cologne and her music can be considered as acoustic, private, fragile and touching. Therefore she coined the term “acoustic dilettante post-something”, which refers to her unique D.I.Y. attitude that goes all along in the process of creating her music.
Just like her debut “Hypersomnia”, her new EP “Hydrophobia” is full of heart and soul and was created in her parents’ living room. There she spent hours in front of her laptop, recording track by track with a simple USB-microphone. Behind closed doors - with an open heart and mind - these colourful sounds and melodies of “Hydrophobia” emerged. Ukulele, guitar and flute are ever-present instruments, just like her unconventional percussion that consists of jars, cans, boxes, drawers and peppermills. Her intimate songs are detailed snapshots of thoughts and feelings that are part of Julia and her surroundings - sometimes filtered and reflected, sometimes pure and transparent.

“Hydrophobia” is released in cooperation with our new friends from aerotone, a netlabel based in southern Germany and in our view one the best netlabels around.

http://www.entertainmentforthebraindead.com
http://www.aerotone.net

Coverartwork: Julia Kotowski
Mastering: Andreas Bonkowski

(33 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Gelegentlich jedenfalls stößt man in all dieser vermeintlichen Mittelmäßigkeit auf echte Perlen … Eine definitive solche Perle ist das Ein-Frau-Projekt Entertainment For The Braindead der jungen Kölner Kunststudentin Julia Kotowski. (KAMMERFLIMMER)

Esta mujer es de esos seres extraños que no abundan en la música.El album es de una calidez y belleza impresionantes. La delicadeza y la dulzura de su voz, así como sus instrumentaciones; atrapan desde el primer momento. (NUBEDEPOLVO)

kleine, schmucke lieder reihen sich aneinander und lassen bei sparsamer instrumentierung viel raum für eine klare und wandlungsfähige stimme. […] das gitarrenspiel ist versiert, jederzeit dezent, die einschlüsse aus flöte und allerlei passen gut ins gesamtbild. hier präsentiert sich in jedem fall eine junge künstlerin mit viel potential, die neben der musik auch für das artwork ihrer veröffentlichung verantwortlich zeichnet. alle achtung! (KLIENICUM)

Musikalisch bezaubernd – frühlingselfenhaft – verspielt und verträumt erscheint Entertainment for the Braindead als Botin der neuen Netlabel Kultur. Hinter dem Pseudonym steht die Kölner Studentin Julia Kotowski die mit aaahh records und aerotone neue Wege geht. (LIE IN THE SOUND)

Et si la mélancolie est un sentiment omniprésent dans ses compositions, il s’agit d’une mélancolie lumineuse. Certains de ses titres manquent sûrement de relief et frôlent la rengaine, mais ils n’en restent pas moins attachants, d’ailleurs on se surprend rapidement à les fredonner avec plaisir. Compte tenu de son âge, de ses moyens, et de sa générosité, Julia Kotowski aka Entertainment for the Braindead mérite d’être entendue. (JUNKO)

Um magnífico registo folk lo-fi gravado integralmente na sala de estar da casa de seus pais e captado com um único e simples microfone USB. Apesar da simplicidade de processos este é um disco cheio de alma, de cor e de melodia e apesar de ter sido gravado numa divisão fechada reflecte um coração e uma mente bem abertos. Belo e utópico. (BRAINDANCE)

Dabei überzeugt Julia mit einer sehr gefühlvollen Stimme und absolut umwerfenden Arrangements. Die Musik entführt einen aus dem Alltagsstress und passt wunderbar in die bald schon kürzer werdenen Tage. (GROOVE KANISTER)

German singer Julia Kotowski finds beauty in regret and retrospection as Entertainment for the Braindead. (IDYLLIC MUSIC PODCAST)

Hydrophobia’s sound is sparse - most of these folk/pop songs rest on a bed of guitar picking and fluttering flute, leaving the bulk of the work to a winsome voice that is judiciously chorused to lend emphasis when a song needs it. Ms. Kotowski sings close to the microphone so we can chew over her lyrics […] (CATCHING THE WAVES)

Atmosphärisch dichter, dennoch intimer Küchen-Pop, immer liebevoll und low-fi, in den es sich lohnt hineinzuhören. (PLATTEN VOR GERICHT)