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Golden Disko Ship 'bumblebee behind a tree' EP
Golden Disko Ship is better known to kith and kin as Berlin based musician Theresa Stroetges who to date has firmly tucked beneath her waistband the 'there's a chaos' EP (which we will do our level best to track down for future appraisal) and the forthcoming 'lonesome cowboy / Christmas tree'. Utilising an array of instruments, found sounds and non melodic objects, Ms Stroetges crafts dinkily drawn sweetly sensitive shy eyed cascading collages of irresistibly beguiling strange pop, combining a disarming hybrid of lucid folk motifs bleached, torn and interspersed with ether emerging electronic transmissions and hiccupping time signatures that impart a feeling on more than one occasion of being afloat some chemically enhanced dream like boat trip - our reckoning is that if this had arrived adorned with the seal of approval of either Fat Cat or Static Caravan then there would be much head nodding glee in certain quarters of the press and media. In terms of reference points 'bumblebee' had me recalling very much Takako Minekawa's excellent 'fun 9' set from 1999 while creaking eerily to resemble in terms of the dislocated textures - Serefina Steer's recent debut 'cheap demo bad science'. Coming housed in a beautifully looking hand crafted package - each of the six intricately layered and willowy cuts here appear to restlessly terra-form to evolve in real time almost giving the impression of works in progress, for the listener its like walking through a maze and finding the pathways and hedgerows dissolving haze like to re-appear re-aligned in differing formations. 'you blurry dream' opens the set to an array of deceptively lilting digital chatter before emerging from the haze into a twin tracked overlapping vocals and daintily drawn punctuated pastoral acoustic gem that's as good as anything we've heard since Lucie Wren's delectable 'a wall, a hole, a daydream' debut - did we mention it was unsettling enchanting and liberally threaded with delicate Neil Young like motifs (which strangely appear to be a re-occurring pre-occupation throughout). 'I wanna keep this as something that I don't understand' along with the closing 'wake / sleep' perhaps provide the set with its finest moments. The former an ethereal nugget that ventures into realms of Syd Barrett-esque laziness, squealing and pining riffs fracture and tear through the lysergic haze into warping moments of serene head tripping bliss while the aforementioned 'wake / sleep' is a sumptuously flirty and flighty mallowy slice of delicious dipped crooked romance cultured with looping beats and nursery room twinkling which to these ears sounds like an orbiting cavalry of Clangers tripping to montages speckled with 'Camberwick Green' accents. Elsewhere there's the gorgeously shanty like 'insane adventure poem' with its spring boarding clattering electronics that dissipate in time into a delicious side winding groove while the d_rradio like crunchy electro folk rustics present on (trying to decipher the writing here0 '19th floor eshockes' neatly exemplify Ms Stroetges attention to detail when trying to convey space / distance in terms of switching the vocals from the fore to the back. All in all a very beguiling release of disarming childlike naivety and considerable understated beauty. Single of the missive. www.myspace.com/goldendiskoship
- also check out her video collage at http://youtube.com/watch?v=84_4oXqfZW0
Mark Barton, Losing Today (UK)  www.LOSINGTODAY.COM

Golden Disko Ship - Bumblebee Behind A Tree EP
Fragmentary But Spellbinding
No stop checking your CD, it's meant to sound like that! Golden Disko Ship's EP opens with a track that instantly catches the listener's full attention as they fumble around with their stereo, before releasing that the first minute or so of the record is a fragmentary blur of backwards sound with a splintering of electro noise. So we're listening, but why should we?
Firstly because what follows is a sweet and affective folk song that ploughs all the depths of human emotions in its 4 resplendent minutes, 'Your Blurry Organ' is a fine introduction to Theresa Stroetges aka. Golden Disko Ship's delicate and charming tunes that play with tempo and effects like toys.
'I Wanna Keep This As Something That I Don't Understand' breezes in as a mellow guitar melody breaking through a fuzzy background before Theresa's ethereal vocals rise from the murky depths to soar with grace and beauty. In case you were drifting off, 'Insane Adventure Poem!' will shock your into action with an orchestra of squeaking and clattering toys, progressing to a repetitive and soothing vocal melody, although don't accept anything for too long in the world of Golden Disko Ship as soon there's a flood of churning strings and restless guitar. It's not the most inspiring of tunes and I'm not sure if it's even worthy of your attention except for its inventiveness, but it is unique.
Everything in Golden Disko Ship's repertoire needs to take its time to sink in and be deciphered, even the song titles hand written in messy red pen which take several attempts at translation, but more often than not it's worth the effort. One real stunner is, 'Wake/Sleep' the charismatic closer with a mixture of splattering water effects, rippling guitars and sighing vocals, it's an echoing collection of comforting but misplaced sounds that are woven together into a fascinating plot.
Jo Vallance, room thirteen online music magazine (UK) www.roomthirteen.com

Golden Diskó Ship (Theresa Stroetges) is a Berlin based musician named after a golden ship found rotting round the harbour of Reykjavík. We're delighted to have her back over in Leeds as part of her second UK tour. She combines a mass of instruments and found objects (guitars, viola, glockenspiel, sticky tape, compact disc cases, toys…) together with perfectly crafted laptop electronica to form a world of beautiful, original and individual music - "…dreamy, experimental folk electronica that sounds like walking on the beach with the sun in your eyes." "If Four Tet disfiguiring the dreamy outpourings of vintage troubadours or an organically uncluttered singer-songwriter bitten by the techno bug sounds like an attractive prospect, the Packhorse is the place to be..." Janne Oinnonen, Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)

About Golden Diskó Ship: "The first demo of this project, 'Bumblebee Behind A Tree', is already an impeccable work, which somehow expands on the mix of the singer-songwriting and noisyness that Dutch singer Solex introduced in the late 90's. With her bright voice and her clearly acoustically based melodies Theresa might on some level appeal to old fans of Suzanne Vega. But at the same time her songs are dominated by so many backward played effects, cut-up beats and other odd ideas, that she manages to produce a particularly modern kind of freak folk. The six tracks move from the totally acoustic and minimal to the big frenetic cut-up of acoustic sounds ("You Blurry Dream"). The best songs are the ones like the strumming, but loud "Wake/Sleep", where the pattern in her complex web of voices, samples and strange ideas gets its time to settle. Here she is herself without any fixed ideas about avantgardism or traditionalism. A fascinating presence between chaos and poetry - if you can separate the two at all. It makes one want to taste more of this - and luckily more is already on the way!" Sound of perpetual astonishment (DK) www.sopa.dk

"Auf der Brücke des goldenen Diskodampfers steht ein Mädchen und sucht den Horizont nach LIedern ab, und findet sie eins, werden aus Abenteuern verrückte Gedichte, oder verwaschene Träume suchen die Tür zwischen Wachsein und Schlaf, und manchmal möchte sie etwas behalten weil sie es nicht versteht. Aus dem Schiffsbauch weht der letze Hauch vom Rave, die Beats klingen wie Elektrosmog, das beschwipste Schiff kennt nur einen Kurs, die Küste ist weit, und hinter der Krümmung der Kugel warten noch viel mehr Lieder, die gefunden, gesungen und gehört werden möchten." falko teichmann, goldmund festival 03 heft (GER) www.goldmundfestival.kliklak.net

Projet solo d'une jeune et talentueuse Berlinoise, Golden Diskó Ship
surprend par la richesse et la simplicité de son univers. Armée d'une
guitare, d'un bazar de machines et de jouets, l'Allemande décline un
monde fragile et inventif marqué d'une sensibilité troublante.
Trifouillant instruments, objets et samples, la jeune compositrice
fait émerger des mélodies étranges et réconfortantes oscillant entre
pop, folk et électro-acoustique. Rappelant parfois, par des touches
discrètes, CocoRosie, Devics ou Leila, Golden Diskó Ship se détache
pourtant rapidement de ces références pour s'envoler (naviguer ?)
d'elle-même. Pleine de timidité et de discrétion, elle susurre du bout
des lèvres des textes personnels et touchants, dérivant parfois vers
des rengaines obsédantes et sensibles, empreintes de sincérité et de
douceur. Jouant avec les sons, les bruits et les rythmiques,
bidouillant et déstructurant ses accompagnements, Golden Diskó Ship
impose un univers personnel et original qui interpelle et séduit dès
la première écoute.
Si la présentation de "Bumblebee Behind a Tree" peut à premier abord
surprendre, il ne faut pas s'arrêter aux apparences : En enveloppant
simplement son Ep dans une feuille de papier kraft crayonnée, Golden
Diskó Ship a choisi en connaissance de cause la simplicité et
l'efficacité du Do It Yourself. Et sous son design quelque peu
rudimentaire, cette pochette fait-maison ne fait qu'ajouter une touche
de naïveté charmante et délicate à l'univers de l'album qu'elle
renferme.

Hélène Berthe, PopNews, http://www.popnews.com/popnews/golden-disko-ship/

Golden Diskó Ship – efter sigende opkaldt efter en skude, der rådner op i havnen i Reykjavik – er endnu et Berlin-baseret projekt (bestående af sangerinden og multiinstrumentalisten Theresa). Og i øvrigt endnu et hjemmebrændt projekt, som SOPA har distribueret et mindre oplag af. Mere skulle være på vej gennem sammen kanal, men projektets første demo, Bumblebee Behind a Tree, er allerede et formfuldt værk, der et eller andet sted bygger videre på den blanding af singer-songwriting og skrammel, hollandske Solex introducerede sidst i 90'erne. Med sin lyse stemme og sine tydeligt akustisk baserede melodier kan Theresa måske på ét eller andet plan appellere til gamle Suzanne Vega-fans, men samtidig er hendes sange domineret af så mange baglæns afspillede effekter, opklippede beats og andre mærkværdige indfald, at hun står for en særdeles moderne freak folk. De seks numre her veksler fra det helt akustiske og minimale til det helt store, frenetiske cut-up af akustiske klange ("You Blurry Dream"). Bedst er dog numre som den klimprende, men høje "Wake/Sleep",
hvor mønstret i hendes komplekse væv af stemmer, samples og sære indspark får tid til at bundfælde sig. Her er hun helt sig selv uden fikse idéer om hverken avantgardisme eller traditionalisme. Et fascinerende nærvær et sted mellem kaos og poesi, om man overhovedet kan adskille de to ting. Det smager efter mere – og det er heldigvis allerede på vej! Alt i alt en fin bunke – igen – fra SOPA og omegn. Vælg 9, hvis du vil have det sikre og lettere ujævne, men kvalificerede. Vælg Delay Lama og Golden Diskó Ship, hvis du vil have lyde og stemninger, der kradser smukt i sjælen på nye måder. Vælg Girls Love Rallie, hvis du vil have et stærkt lo-fi album – småfejl eller ej. Og vælg The Cille, hvis du vil opdage et stort sangskrivertalent under foruroligende hurtig opsejling. Men først og fremmest: Vælg eventyret. Geiger Magazine (DK) www.geiger.dk

A me ricorda un Four Tet donna, oppure i suoni della stessa tedesca Morr Music. Sconosciuta ai più, Teresa aka Golden Disko' Ship (proposta dalla Fooltribe di Tizio/Bob Corn) ci ha fatto parecchio sognare con i suoi pezzi tutti scaricabili dal suo myspace... voce, chitarra, laptop and visual, ad offrire ricami di chitarra riprocessati, rumori di fondo (giocattoli?frattaglie?) e coprire il tutto con la sua spendida voce, chitarra (o basso) in una forma di canzoni squisitamente pop in chiave elettronica. Infine le proiezioni trasformano il tutto in un lungo viaggio presumiamo intimo ma molto molto affascinante. giovedì 10 gennaio, Lego Café, Cesena (IT)

"it was the best self-expression i have ever heard" 16 year old czech exchange student after gig at studenternes hus, naestved, denmark