Многие музыкальные издания публикуют статьи о выходе ТРОМ, но эти статьи – перепечатывание пресс-релиза, разосланного в прессу менеджментом Эмигратов. Часть этого пресс-релиза стоит в титрах видео FMM и YCRA. Нового здесь нет ничего, эти факты я уже анализировала. Крайне разочаровывает, когда видишь новую статью про Эмиграты, открываешь – а там этот пресс-релиз. Я его уже на память знаю. Но чтобы моя летопись была полной, я перекопирую его на днев.
В тексте стоит изначальная дата релиза 22 октября. Ну теперь это уже дважды не актуально.
Emigrate. The one-time project has become more than that. Much more. The three albums EMIGRATE (2007), SILENT SO LONG (2014) and A MILLION DEGREES (2018) prove that behind Emigrate is Richard Zven Kruspe, an extremely creative mind, who needs the freedom to be able to realize himself musically in other ways besides Rammstein. With Emigrate there are no limits, no barriers. Everything is possible, sounds are not limited - this shows especially THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, the new studio album, which will be released on October 22.
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY is a very special jewel, because the nine songs combine ideas that Richard has collected in almost two decades. The style direction is thus given: Industrial Rock, Rock with electronic elements, always melodic, rousing, deep. Almost the tracks saw the light of day only as an accessory: the original idea was to release a vinyl box of the first three albums with an additional disc. On this bonus LP songs were to be collected that had not been released. THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY thus offers nine tracks from the years 2001 to 2018.
Richard dove into his hard drives and heard ideas, songs, lyrics that were dying to be released to the public. Kruspe caught fire, working deep into his musical images of today, yesterday and the day before. "A good idea remains a good idea," he is convinced, and so he rearranged, rewrote lyrics, recorded parts fresh, had the mix renovated, and gave the nine songs at hand a contemporary yet timeless coat of paint. The songs were too good to remain in the archives.
It should not be too complex this time, the creativity flow, so Kruspe directed his main focus on pure, raw Emigrate songs. Kruspe sums up: "These songs were created at a certain point in my life, but ideas don't have an expiration date. Sounds, lyrics and themes, on the other hand, do." "Freeze My Mind", for example, is one of the first Emigrate songs ever, written in 2001. Now, 20 years later, it sounds fresh, close to the present and yet clearly like Emigrate. It's the same with the whole album. It is an up and down of supposedly known song structures, melodies, elements and new aspects, influences and musical challenges. You can literally hear the desire, the motivation, the depth that Kruspe has once again put into these songs.
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY doesn't have a big guest list like the last two albums. Only and only Till Lindemann interprets together with Richard the track "Always On My Mind" written by John L. Christopher Jr, Mark James and Wayne Carson. Better known to many as a cover version of Elvis Presley or as an interpretation of the Pet Shop Boys, who topped the charts with it in the eighties and delivered the mega hit of their career. "I always just thought of Elvis when I heard that song," Kruspe recalls. "Because he charmingly dominated the entire song with his voice. I thought long and hard about who else could do that, and then the obvious one came to mind: Till." A collaboration between the two friends is not a novelty on Emigrate, Lindemann already sang on "Let's Go" in 2018. This time it seems more intense, especially when Kruspe steps in vocally and finishes the song with Till as a duet. A more intimate, more familiar proof of a friendship was rarely manifested musically. "I'm totally happy with the result," says the singer and guitarist happily, adding: "Only with both voices did the part suddenly make sense: The song is not at all meant for one performer alone."
The cover artwork also plays big, grinning you can hear Kruspe say the word "megalomania", but as with the debut and A MILLION DEGREES we see Kruspe's head on the cover. This time detached, floating alone, surrounded by fields of stars, he looks out of the atmosphere to the earth. A symbol of the universal that plays such a big role in THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY. "It's about creating worlds and looking at things from a different perspective," Kruspe states explanatorily. THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY is primarily Kruspe's world of thought, but Emigrate naturally thrives on team effort as well. Captain Kruspe needs the reflection by other people, diverse opinions, friction points. "That's essential for me to move forward. A vacuum would be stagnation," he says of the collaboration with his teammates. In addition, the exchange brings him new impulses, an important elixir for Kruspe, who is open-minded and still willing to take risks.
Intense work with new Emigrate keyboardist Andrea Marino, who also works as a DJ in his native Italy, reignited Kruspe's love for electronic music, and he's already thinking beyond the release of THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY into the future. "Maybe the new album will be a closure and help me push aside an era and open new doors." Who knows better than Kruspe whether the band's future lies far from rock music. THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, like every other Emigrate record, lets you hear what Kruspe's mind is like. "I do hope that after listening to it, you get to know me better," Kruspe notes, pleased that the interpretations of Emigrate songs are individually changeable and listeners are touched by the songs. So far and yet so close. Emigrate 2021.