S Olbricht – Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie /Opal Tapes, 2013/

Published June, 2013
by Easterndaze

Martin Mikolai, S Olbricht, is one of the staples of the burgeoning new Budapest electronic scene, which manages to thrive inspite or thanks to the alarming political and societal situation in this country, as the label head of the Farbwechsel imprint, that has been championing and releasing several noteworthy musicians since its inception a couple of years ago. Martin studies electronic music and media at the academy in southern Hungary in Pécs.
S Olbricht – Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie by Opal Tapes

Though his own music, especially under the S Olbricht moniker – he also has several musical collaborations, for instance the hardware-driven SILF – shies away from sonic academism, and instead favours the emotional, a lo-fi romanticism that’s geared for the body and heart.

His latest release is out on the acclaimed Opal Tapes imprint, and fits in here perfectly, it sounds as if it was tailor-made for the lo-fi dance imprint. S Olbricht – Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie by Opal Tapes

Injected with customary oddness, but with enough danceability, it sounds as if it was played through a subaquatic speaker. In a way, it follows in a similar path as OT’s label boss’ Basic House, with its predilection for ambient-like soundscapes, abstract sonispheres and ephemeral atmospherics, it never gets heavy, it floats and seduces. DAT is a journey cloaked in an opium haze. 

S Olbricht – Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie by Opal Tapes S Olbricht – Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie by Opal Tapes