After Anemones, DJ Bunnyhausen, aka Xylitol, also moves on her second long-player for Planet µ through richly detailed jungle tracks marked by a self-assured, unpretentious fluidity. Blumenfantasie does not bundle its compelling breakbeats and heavenly synthesiser surfaces into a merely eclectic collage, but into a self-contained sound that spreads out like a mosaic of memories: elements of GDR aesthetics, 70s psychedelia, 90s and 2000s jungle/grime, as well as kosmische and krautrock, are combined in such a way that past and present become audible at the same time.
This is especially clear on »Mirjana«, where the tempo is reduced for the first and only time, and the krautrock reference is used not as a decorative gesture but as a structural intervention. At the other end stands a dark, disorienting breakbeat piece with bowed clusters – created in collaboration with post-rock band The Leaf Library. In between, tracks such as »Chromophoria« and »Lights« show how confidently Xylitol connects springing jungle programming with dreamlike synthesiser colours. The album closes with »Falling«, with pitched vocals and unmistakable dancefloor energy.
Blumenfantasie is physical, richly detailed and marked by a rare, unobtrusive emotionality. Its energy and technical sophistication, combined with its compressed breakbeat language, leave behind a remarkable intimacy.
Blumenfantasie
