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KRÄLFE - the duo that invented minimal noise rock!The rhythm section extracted from the classic rock band line-up raises the synergies between drums and bass to euphoric, dystopian derailments. Brachial, driving, delicate and swinging on harmonics, the music goes straight into the legs.

KRÄLFE was founded 2012 at Hamburg as in instrumental bass & drum duo. Minimal noise rock is what they call their genre. The band consists of Cläre Caspar: drums and Ralf Küster: bass.Since 2013 the band works and lives in Berlin.

2014 the first KRÄLFE album had been recorded and mixed at the funkhaus Berlin by Kozmicsound of Mischkah Wilke. There KRÄLFE fo-cused on their musical line, on a powerful sound of their instruments as being the main part of their music and tried to transport it as good as possible to vinyl.

2016 the second album KONSERVE (engl.: tin) was recorded and mixed analogue again by Mischkah Wilke.KONSERVE is the concept of this album. There KRÄLFE does not focus so much on the life-character than more on the possibility of adding other ingredients to the tin. Next to the KRÄLFE songs known up to

now as bass + drums songs, there were also added vocals and guitar to real classic post punk, post rock, noise rock pieces. Cläre Caspars voice referes to influences such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, X-Ray- Spex and the B52s. She sings in german, english, romanian and japa-nese. The guitar play of Ralf Küster stilistically leans on Sonic Youth, The Wipers and 80ies Thrash-Metal bands.

The KONSERVE consists of 13 pieces and a running time of 52 minutes. At May 2017, the album is published again by tumble-weed records.

KRÄLFE on Konserve are:Cläre Caspar: Drums and VocalsRalf Küster: Bass and Guitar

Internet und Streams:

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Tumbleweed Records:tumbleweedrecords.de

Reviews KONSERVE

This is definitely a big step forward. The minimalistic noiserock merched into a gloomy, pressureful and energetic postpunk and nothing like out of the „tin“ (= KONSERVE). The songs do im-press strongly and I can nothing but congratulate the band to this course.33rpm / may 2017

Bands like Messer and Karies would or will ask KRÄLFE to support their program. Allthough they sometimes do sound like an overheated noisepunk version of Xmal Deutschland. (…) music which in the 80ies you could listen to in-between cold and wet concrete walls at the Tacheles or SO36 while waiting for Gang of Four or Fat Gadget. No doubt that John Peel would have invited the duo spontaneously to one of his legendary sessions.Markus Kolodziej / OX Fanzine.de / june 2017

Threatening is the sound of the first song presented by KRÄLFE on their second album KONSERVE . (…) pop just sounds a bit different. But nevertheless KONSERVE is to be recommended especially to those readers who are interested in punk apart from the sad boys with their ever and everlasting bassparts.Postpunk.de / may 2017

Hard, edgy, brachial but nevertheless weird. Much is still there and KRÄLFE ist to be recognized at once on their second album KONSERVE. All the same it is a gigantic jump. Such the inclined listener of postpunk enjoys a new crude version of this playing. On the whole KRÄLFE sounds more like a somewhat rough version of bands like Die Nerven and Friends of Gas. KONSER-VE is not a record for a careless flirt but more a kind of love at second glance that lasts.jmc Magazin / may 2017

First there is a musical love-letter gently whispered and second the full orcan-like atac with postpunk and screamcore ambition. Allthough KRÄLFE with their more conventional adjustment made themselves more comparable, the work is nevertheless convincing. No question: by this record KRÄLFE matured from an abstract idea into a proper band.Ullrich Maurer / Gästeliste.de / may 2017

You get something completely wrong if you expect a simple kind of guitars-drums-bass-vocals-album. It is amazing to see what a variety of ideas KRÄLFE draw out of their new possibilities. Above all there lingers the shellac-character of noiserock. The more of instruments and above all the singing does a lot of good to KRÄLFE. Carry on!Volker / Kind Revolver Club / may 2017

Exciting to see that by this action the two deliberately infiltrate the well-known appearance of a two-men-band with traditional roles (bass/drums and instrumental) and just overstep the expected limits. It is different in a refreshing way, becau-se normally ones ears are burning by the total sound of the 2-men-combos.True Trash Magazin / may 2017

(…) they´ve got more frantic postpunk songs now. This means good news for the band, so does the singing of Cläre Caspar which sounds a bit vicious, but suits quite well to the whole sphere. It often reminds you of Siouxsie Sioux. Let´s say KRÄLFE are this time even more approachable and versatile then 2014. Hauke Heesch / Fördeflüsterer august 2017

Reviews KRÄLFE debut

It´s minimalistic noiserock celebrated by Krälfe on their debut, it

strikes especially by a variety of compositions, creating thus an

intensive experience of listening, which even in infinite loop does

not bore but is fascinating and gripping.

Those who like the crudeness of punk, who love the melodiousity of

stonerock and appreciate the charm of noiserock, will experience in

the Krälfe debut an entertaining treat for the ears.

Résumé:

Krälfe presents on this likewise named debut a very intensive

noiserock, which is gripping and delights every second - my absolut

recommandation!

P.S.: It needs a lot of skill and effort to get the optimum out of a

minimum.

Kulturterrorismus.com / july 2015

Krälfe is a duo whose psychodelicness erases out of persevering

work on rythm and riff. The drummer Cläre Caspar and the bassist

Rlf Küster have worked out at the studio Nalepastrasse ten

extremely varied instrumental tracks for the debut album. One

should listen to them loud and in calmness. Then surely a

meditative condition will arrive. Küster lets his bass rast, Caspar

beats her drums stoicly like a metronom and the listener can forget

about the joint.

Thomas Winkler / TAZ / 25.06.2015

To play a dry as well as a bulky instrumental rock the berlin duo

renounces of tiresome rockstar-poses. The noiserock of Krälfe is not

effective by an over-puffed-up sound, but rather by a sovereign

corporation of two musicians who gained a lot of various

experiences by playing in different bands of electro-metal up to

dialect-ragga.

Gary Flanell / Zitty / edition 15/2015

A cracked but very catchy name of a band, an amazing concept,

that is instrumental music just with bass and drums and a

completely unconceated oerformance.

It´s because of this that a unique attraction is caused by this

music. All the other instruments can just be imagined. Thank you

for this splended experience.

Benjamin Walter / Intro / july 2015

Krälfe von Berlin cannot easily be classified. Yes, energy and

pressure is present in all the songs of Krälfe. In contrast to other

postrockbands the two do not walk in the trap of „long-loud-soft-

songs“ which make so many of the genre dreadfully boring. Ten

songs, twentynine minutes, powerfully straight on. That´s the way!

Fine thing, this debut!

Volker Kindt / Revolver Club / september 2015

The way these two play their instruments can be called nothing

but virtous. And there is no neglect of melody or drive. Very good!

Better: realley good! I would declare this record as a must-have for

your vinyl collection.

True Trash.com / august 2015

Concerts, on air a.s.o.

11 I 2019 Sonic Ballroom, Köln08 I 2019 Hangar-Festival, Dahme/Mark08 I 2019 Krawall im All-Fest, Hamburg06 | 2019 Hangar, Berlin05 | 2019 Antikörper Session auf ByteFM bei Mark Kowarsch 05 | 2019 Frappant, Hamburg05 | 2019 Lichtenberg, Berlin01 | 2019 Kulturkirche St. Stephani, Bremen

11 | 2018 Science Fiction Festival Berlin, Screening BCT 24 10 | 2018 Vid & Sound Bime, Bilbao, Screening BCT 2410 | 2018 Marie Antoinette, Berlin08 | 2018 Schaulust, Bremen08 | 2018 Hafenklang, Hamburg 08 | 2018 Schokofabrik, Dresden 08 | 2018 Schokoladen, Berlin 06 | 2018 Rote Insel, Berlin05 | 2018 Trickster, Berlin 04 | 2018 Bei Ruth, Berlin

12 | 2017 Zur Alten Börse, A++ Festival, Berlin12 | 2017 Trickster, Berlin11 | 2017 Intertank, Berlin10 | 2017 Tsunami, 200 Jahre Tumbleweed Records, Köln 07 | 2017 RBB Ulli Zelle with KRÄLFE in the rehearrsal room for the broadcast Heimatjournal08 | 2017 Qlosterstüffje, Strassenfest Ehrenfeld, Köln 07 | 2017 Güterbahnhof, Bremen06 | 2017 Trickster, Berlin05 | 2017 Tsunami, Köln04 | 2017 HNGAR, Berlin04 | 2017 Schokoladen, Berlin02 | 2017 Intertank, Berlin

08 | 2016 Gängeviertel, Hamburg Gängeviertel-Fest 07 | 2016 Wagendorf Wuhlheide, Berlin07 | 2016 Breminale, Bremen, Himmelwärts-Bühne 07 | 2016 Loophole, Berlin07 | 2016 Hoyershagen

06 | 2016 Intertank, Berlin 06 | 2016 Cortina Bob, Berlin06 | 2016 Rauchhaus, Berlin 05 | 2016 Spelunke, Leipzig04 | 2016 Überraschung, Berlin 01 | 2016 Funkhaus, Berlin01 | 2016 Intertank, Berlin

12 | 2015 Zielona Gora, Berlin 12 | 2015 XB-Liebig, Berlin11 | 2015 Schokofabrik, Dresden 10 | 2015 Loophole, Berlin10 | 2015 Trickster, mit Lauter Bäumen, Berlin09 | 2015 Tiefgrund I Kino Zukunft Vorsicht Volk!, Berlin 07 | 2015 RBB C. Tietze in the Studio with KRÄLFE for the broadcast Abendschau07 | 2015 Funkhaus, Berlin06 | 2015 Wabe, Berlin04 | 2015 Güterbahnhof, Bremen04 | 2015 Druckerei Gängeviertel, Hamburg04 | 2015 Café Brazil, Lübeck03 | 2015 Spelunke, Leipzig03 | 2015 CKN Centrala, Grozów Wielpopolskie

12 | 2014 Kino Zukunft A++ Festival, Berlin10 | 2014 Vorwerkstift, Hamburg10 | 2014 ZAKK, Bremen09 | 2014 Sichtbetonung 9.2, Zentralwerk, Dresden 07 | 2014 Funkhaus, Berlin05 | 2014 Beiruth, Berlin05 | 2014 R19, Berlin04 | 2014 Funkhaus, Berlin 03 | 2014 Dete, Bremen03 | 2014 Gun-Club, Hamburg

08 | 2013 Strassenfest Ehrenfeld, Qlosterstüffje, Köln 09 | 2013 Vorwerkstift, Hamburg07 | 2013 Sommerfest Frappant, Hamburg05 | 2013 Mononale, Vorwerkstift, Hamburg04 | 2013 Sichtbetonung, Friedrichstadtzentral, Dresden