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Electronic · 1998 · 10 tracks

Shrink

The Notwist

A pivotal bridge between punk roots and digital futures. Fractured jazz rhythms meet breathy vocals and glitchy, rain-soaked electronics.

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It's like a jazz band playing inside a broken computer on a rainy night.

A tense, rain-slicked meditation on isolation and digital fragmentation.

Shrink · vs · The Notwist
Analog Warmth+1.1σ

The production is pushed notably harder into analog warmth than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Day 7
5:55
02
Chemicals
5:15
03
Another Planet
4:30
04
Moron
4:46
05
Electric Bear
4:28
06
No Encores
4:25
07
N.L.
5:36
08
Shrink
4:25
09
Your Signs
6:46
10
0–4
2:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the organic jazz drums on 'Chemicals' collide with abrasive digital static
The haunting, skeletal saxophone melody that drifts through the title track like smoke
The sudden shift into a driving, krautrock-influenced groove halfway through 'Day 7'
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