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Since his last album for CCO (Flavour has no name, Towerblock 014) Hanno Leichtmann spent some time working and writing in Vienna where he had a stipend at the Museumquartier, one of the largest cultural districts in the world. It was a good opportunity for him to start piecing together material for his new album, meeting with long-time collaborators and admired musicians in their own right Christof Kurzmann and Martin Siewert. Their songs here form the central identity of this excellent album, long forgotten melodies realised through samples of neglected, dusty classical records woven into layers of guitar strums played by Martin Siewert and decorated with Kurzmann's flamboyantly odd vocal delivery. Add to this piquant blend a pop song Hanno wrote together with Tarwater/To Rococo Rot's Ronald Lippok for a special performance at the infamous Pompidou Centre in Paris (album opener "return of she") and Leichtmann's intended theme is realised perfectly - pop music derived by uncompromisingly innovative means. And as if to reiterate the popular fascination at the heart of proceedings, as well as the album title's preoccupation with memories, Hanno recorded his first ever cover version for this album - a daring, beautiful take on The Assembley's 80's hit "never never". Talk about memories indeed.
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