- Digital
Noayama
Consume Land Flea Market
Affine Records
- Cat No: AFF021
- Release: 2023-03-31
Track List
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1. Noayama - #1
00:31 -
2. Noayama - Get You Back
02:40 -
3. Noayama - War
03:00 -
4. Noayama - Stop Wars
00:41 -
5. Noayama - Lost My House in France (N.Yama Type Beat)
02:14 -
6. Noayama - Rosenheim Cops Arriving (N.Yama Type Beat)
01:37 -
7. Noayama - I Went Left
02:50 -
8. Noayama - 247 Turmoil Interlude
00:36 -
9. Noayama - Majesty
02:12 -
10. Noayama - There Were Times
03:03 -
11. Noayama - Flâner
03:00 -
12. Noayama - Consume Land Flea Market
00:50 -
13. Noayama - 83128 Halfing (N.Yama Type Beat)
01:52 -
14. Noayama - Crime Drift (N.Yama Type Beat)
01:25 -
15. Noayama - Ingozi
03:22 -
16. Noayama - Someone Killed Indiana Jones Rip (N.Yama Type Beat)
02:36 -
17. Noayama - Neon Soul
02:19 -
18. Noayama - Unpopular Nostalgia
02:48 -
19. Noayama - At 7AM (N.Yama Type Beat)
01:12 -
20. Noayama - Countryside
02:32 -
21. Noayama - Kellerfund
00:35
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On about 40 minutes, Noah Berger, who grew up near Munich, spans a wide musical arc with his alter ego Noayama. He combines Hip Hop aesthetics with playful Electronica and acts skillfully in the interstices of Pop. Hints of 70s Funk hedonism, Old-School House vibes and modern J-pop sensibilities can also be found on "Consume Land Flea Market." The binding agent of the album is Noayama's "Punk Attitude" which comes through clearly on his tracks and beats and is an elementary part of his producer DNA. "I just like to drift, it's very central to the way I work" adds Noah.
Just as important for him are intergenerational collaborations, which adorn his debut work in numerous ways. An illustrious round of artists is therefore represented on CLFM. It starts with young female rap artist Maassai from the New York underground scene who can be heard on the pulsating opener "Get You Back". Also from N.Y.C is Hprizm, a member of the legendary avant-garde rap group Anti-Pop Consortium, who is featured on the dark and gritty "I Went Left" and the bouncer "War." Funkstörung is also involved here. Not too much of a coincidence as Noah has been encouraged since his teenage days by his father Michael Fakesch, one half of the Glitch-hop pioneers who became famous in the late 90s. With "The Legendary Godmother of Japanese Electronica" Coppe' on "Majesty" and the German singer-songwriter her tree on the song "Flâner", introverted pieces have also found their place on CLFM. In addition multilingual verses with Silo Inf3rnx from the townships in Gugulethu on "Ingozi" and on top "the homies from the neighborhood" Anothr and Taprikk Sweezee who give the album further facets through their contribution.
Noayama combines elements and working methods of the last five decades in a relaxed manner and bundles them into a genuine piece of work. Emblematic of this approach is the choice of features. So is the gear he uses. He incorporates old synths (Roland Jupiter 8, Nordlead) and drum machines (Roland 808, Roland 909) with playful ease with common software tools. It's also pretty convenient that he's currently studying Digital Arts at the Kunstuni Linz. In fact, his semester project is the visualization of his own album which means that every single track and every interlude gets its own video. Well, Noayama is just a gambler.