STAR'S END Update 07.20.25

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TOTE WINKEL (43:46) may propose something of a new beginning for fans of Spacemusic. Taking flight on the feathers of the Phoenix, Stephan Otten & Oliver Klemm collaborate on this release under the name Sankt Otten. The overtly German duo propels the genre onward with talent, technology, personality and a respect for the intelligence of the listener. Their vertical journey emits a tight, polished energy on well-crafted climbing chords and refined arrangements. Artfully activated above arpeggios of dancing notes, the striving forms echo and swirl together in a sound ever so synthetic and synchronized. As sequencer patterns motor through imaginative progressions, lead lines flash and flare. The more upbeat tracks tend toward density, giving rise to a palpable sense of propulsion. With dashing drums and skirling synths powering our ride outward, every resolution points to a finer future ahead. While such urgency animates TOTE WINKEL quite well, further in it is the light textures and fleet tempos that better explore ideas of proportion and scale - offering a dreamland where electronic emanations enchant as much as they inform. Like the prayers of the parents this album's seven songs of uplift are tempered by darker themes of struggle - and played with a creative verve felt fully throughout this resounding monument to the imagination.

Please tune in to the 07.20.25 broadcast of STAR'S END for music from the recent release TOTE WINKEL by Sankt Otten, and much more...

For more on TOTE WINKEL, please access: http://www.denovali.com

For more on Sankt Otten, please access: http://www.sanktotten.de

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