Inland
Pyrolator
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"“Inland” provides the musical commentary on the late seventies in West Germany, with its undercurrent of paranoia and violence. “Inland” is one of the most radical, modern and unconciliatory albums of its, or any other, time. The cover for “Inland” perspicaciously illustrates this atmosphere: tones of grey and brown instead of seventies bliss. The political situation in West Germany is at its most volatile. The war between the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF) and the State escalated two years before. The spirit of departure which characterized the early years of government by Willy Brandt and the socialist-liberal coalition, dissolved in the so called “years of lead”. Taking part in a demonstration against occupational bans could lead to the very same, and the chances of falling into a terrorist manhunt or staring a gun in the face were not so slim, particularly for young people. Pyrolator’s aim was to make a protest album, one detached from all convention. A total absence of common musical structure and an unfiltered rush of sound recordings create a nightmarish, claustrophobic atmosphere. Pyrolator used a Korg MS20, SQ10 sequencer, B20R home organ, a Davolisint synthesizer, a Logan string orchestra and a dual-channel tape machine. “Inland” is both a rejection of the new form of protest song, the throaty, dispairing scream of punk rock, and a rejection of the traditonal form of protest song as nurtured far into the 1980s by the bards of the green, alternative milieu. Furthermore, there is another side to “Inland”: a desire for something new, a passion for experimentation, seeking to extend one’s own horizon and that of others. This desire runs through all of Pyrolator’s work, from his “Inland” debut to his latest release “Neuland” (issued by Bureau B in 2011). Thus “Inland” remains, in spite of its protests and rejections, a positive album. For inherent in every “no” is a “yes” to something else. Maybe to something better." (Label PR)
