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German avant-garde darkwave icons Deine Lakaien, who will release on 16th April via Prophecy Productions, the new double album tellingly entitled Dual, have released a lyric video for their brilliant Kansas cover "Dust In The Wind". "Dust In The Wind" is yet another stunning revelation in the context of the overarching concept of an "inspirational cause and effect" that is fundamental to this double album.
With added melancholy and sounds inspired by dulcimer and bodhrán instead of the original's violin, the Germans adopted this classic as their own. While one album presents cover versions of artists and tracks that have inspired the legendary German darkwave duo, the second full-length contains the bands "replies" to each of those selected inspirational songs.
Deine Lakaien comments about the song: "Even when I was young, I already liked to sing this particular song, although I did not follow Kansas much", remembers singer Alexander Veljanov. "Now, it was crucial for me not to put too much thought into interpreting it vocally, but to follow my positive gut feeling from the start, which was certainly helped by the arrangement being so very well suited."
"As always, I tried to keep close to the structure, the sequence of verse, bridge and chorus of the original and then to go on and dress the song in our garb while taking certain liberties in the instrumental parts", explains Deine Lakaien main composer Ernst Horn. "In this case, I tried to build a way up with short motifs in counter-rhythms into a bright sphere of sound for the last verse. Those who know us well will certainly discover a, perhaps sometimes hidden love of folkish harmonies and melodies. Taking this into account, "Dust In The Wind" was a very obvious choice." Link
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