This is C.A.R.

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The Cologne Krautjazz band C.A.R. has been around for ten years now. It's a good reason to go into the studio with old and new friends. The "psychedelic four" (Die Zeit) invited singer Pegelia Gold, synthesizer veteran Max Loderbauer, and percussionist Niklas Wandt for joint sessions at the Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin-Tempelhof, simply to record without a specific plan. The chemistry was right, and the result is an album in which the guests can leave their individual marks within the C.A.R. band sound, which acts as a unifying element and sometimes embraces both ethereal and quirky passages. The album spans from the ambient pop of "A Signal From a Mouth" with Pegelia Gold's whispered vocal passages to the percussive eccentricities in "Major Step In Your Career," reminiscent of Niklas Wandt's solo work, all the way to cosmic explorations with Max Loderbauer, as heard in "Osaka Highway" with its stream of consciousness-like collective improvisational world. The band's first round birthday party seems to have been a success, and they're toasting to the next ten years with filter coffee cups and whiskey tumblers with anyone who wants to join!

Release December 8th 2023 on Bimba Music. Vinyl and digital.

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Shiva & The Destroyer – Casa Banchel

Shiva & The Destroyer is the ethereal parallel identity (seventh astral level of the M'Lu-Chi scale, beta incarnation) of the Krautjazz group C.A.R. from Cologne-Berlin. Their creative crucible melds the essence of ancient mysticism with the avant-garde spirit, invoking the very essence of Kabel (energetic conduits), Kostüme (metaphysical attire), and Klangschalen (resonating vessels).

Released September 2023 on Planet Akwa. Digital only.

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Any Percent

After their 2020 garage-psy-jam-jazz album „Befunde ab 1999“, Cologne-based kraut-jazz outfit C.A.R. entered a proper studio again (the incredible „Candy Bomber“ Studio in Berlin) and asked legendary Krautrock and Neue Deutsche Welle producer René Tinner (known for his work with Joachim Witt and Trio among countless others) to join them to create their new full lenght „Any Percent“. Mixed with elaborate care by Ingo Krauss, the result is a more structured and brilliant sounding piece of music, more akin to their 2018 album „Look Behind You“. But beware, what might seem simplistic at first sight, unveils more and more layers of detail with each listen. Between the motorik-induced but playful drum beats and the delay-bathed synth and sax sounds, there is a whole sonic universe to be discovered.

Release November 19th 2021 on Bimba Music. Vinyl and digital.

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Elektronik / Erlösung

On »Elektronik / Erlösung« the Cologne-based kraut jazz group C.A.R. plunge deep into their collection of synthesizers, tape delays and space echoes to take a journey inwards in the form of two extended improvised musical pieces.

The title track starts off as an exercise in musique concrete, slowly and steadily pulling the listener into a dizzying vortex of sound and noise, until eventually finding sonic redemption in an extensive percussive spaced-out coda.

Second tune »Quintessenz« is no less immersive, wandering through soothing drones of sound, keeping the listener captivated by its constantly evolving flickering synth sounds and vocal melodies, subtly building in complexity and urgency as it evolves.

Released February 26th 2021 on *akʷā music. Digital only.

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Limited edition pillowcases by artist Tina Kohlmann

In response to the release of »Elektronik / Erlösung«, artist Tina Kohlmann created the cover artwork for the record as well as a limited edition. Ousia is a series of hand-bleached pillowcases in various colours, all taking you one step closer to the EP’s eponymous redemption – set and setting, here we go.

Kohlmann's pillowcases and the »Elektronik / Erlösung« Poster are available through *akʷā music's website.

Befunde ab 1999

The Cologne-based kraut jazz formation C.A.R. present their new album „Befunde ab 1999“. While its 2018 predecessor„Look Behind You“ was quite polished and Hi-Fi, „Befunde“ is a beast of a different spirit – this time the C.A.R. went to the garage to jam! The result is a collection of freely improvised pieces which range from afro-tinged sequenzer-grooves to extended psych-rock jams and motorik-beat workouts, loosely following the kraut-commonplace of "scream your heart / wreck your brain".

Released July 10th 2020 on Bimba Music. Vinyl and digital.

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Look Behind You

C.A.R. is presenting their second album „Look Behind You“. After the field trips into the world of Pop and Electronica covers on their 2017 EP „Interlude“ the band returns to original compositions again. It was recorded and mixed at the Dumbo Studios in Cologne by Jan Philipp Janzen and Phillip Tielsch, also known as members of the Post-Krautrock outfit Von Spar. Yet another band, whose sound is hard to pin down to genre conventions.

On the album you can find all the sonic elements that C.A.R. has adopted in the course of their seven year existence so far. From composed melodies to improvised sounds, from ambient collages to Duesseldorf beats. But all of this comes without conceptual limitations or formal orchestrations, always focused on the natural flow of music.

Released July 13th 2018 on Bimba Music. Vinyl, CD and digital.

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Interlude EP

Covering other people’s music is a great way to expand your own musical horizons; to explore what makes these compositions tick; and to let them shine in a new and (hopefully) interesting light by giving them your own individual coloring. This is why we always took joy in spicing up our live shows by covering tunes by some of our favorite artists. This is a collection of some of them.

Released in September 2017. Limited to 500 pieces. CD in hand printed sleeve, made with a lot of love in collaboration with Lorenz Klingebiel. Because of the special printing process (using a risograph) every individual copy looks slightly different and unique.

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Limited Edition Poster »Interlude EP«

The beautiful cover art of the Interlude EP as a high quality print poster. Due to the special printing technique, using a risograph, every print looks slightly different and unique. Limited to 100.

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Beyond The Zero

Our album debut. Recorded May 2014. Released October 2014 by Unit Records.

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