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PAROV STELAR - THE DEMON DIARIES label: ETAGE NOIR (ENCD-017)

 

The Demon Diaries” doesn’t just reveal both faces of the beast, the double album, like previous works “Coco” and “The
Princess” also reveals two different aspects of Parov Stelar’s musical genius. The package contains 24 songs with nine guest
vocalists.

 





TRACKLIST CD1
01. Demon Dance 03:30 play button
02. Keep This Fire Burning 03:14 play button
03. Hooked On You feat. Timothy Auldt 03:30 play button
04. Clap Your Hands 03:17 play button
05. Hit Me Like A Drum feat. Timothy Auldt 03:36 play button
06. The Green Frog 03:10 play button
07. I Need L.O.V.E. 03:42
08. Djangos Revenge 04:00
09. Gin Tonic 03:19
10. Don´t Mean A Thing 03:30
11. Josephine feat. Anduze (1930 Version) 04:34
12. Berlin Shuffle 05:14
13. Hit Me Like A Drum feat. Timothy Auld (Club Version) 04:08
TRACKLIST CD2
01. Six Feet Underground feat. Claudia Kane 03:19 play button
02. The Sun feat. Graham Candy 02:55 play button
03. Summertime feat. Maya Bensalem 04:45 play button
04. Walk Away feat. Anna F. 03:48play button
05. Josephine feat. Anduze (Candlelight Version) 03:24 play button
06. Magenta Rising 03:32 play button
07. Golden Arrow feat. Lilja Bloom (The Demon Diaries Version) 03:08
08. Don´t Believe What They Say feat. Angela McCluskey 04:33
09. The Sea feat. Harald Baumgartner 04:03
10. Keep This Fire Burning (Stelartronic Remix) 05:35
11. The Lonely Trumpet (The Demon Diaries Outro) 05:5

Over the years Parov Stelar has meticulously sampled, remixed and referenced some of the most influential sounds of bygone eras, injecting them with a new lease of life and bringing them into modern times. It has become the definition for a certain style, a certain sound, THE Parov Stelar sound. Undeniably unique, countlessly copied but never equalled. He was the gentleman of
electro-swing, the soul brother and the phantom of the disco, but now, Parov Stelar is simply himself. Three years after his last album, Parov Stelar returns to the world he created with “The Demon Diaries“, his sixth LP.
The musical demons are not always so dark and evil as they may at first appear. The artist’s restlessness is the driving force in “The Demon Diaries“. While often seen as an affliction, here it acts as the catalyst for creativity, the desire to push things further,
to go faster and fly higher than ever before. Where would we be without our inner-demons? Without that desire to test our limits, to go that one-step further than anyone has even been before? But where there is light, there is darkness, something Parov Stelar knows only too well. Those that give themselves fully to the creative Zeitgeist, to the pressures and the strains risk being
taken over by the demons inside. Broken promises, dead ends and sleepless nights full of doubt cloud their psyche. The line between party hedonism and melancholy is often a very thin one.

The “classic” Parov Stelar sound can be found of on the first album, dominated by the crackling and hissing of old vinyl and timeless samples. It is another tour de force of the club music that has sent fans in arenas and on dance floors the world over
into musical ecstasy. Hundreds of thousands of fans take the pilgrimage to Parov Stelar shows every weekend, and have been doing so long before the media caught hold of the music. Music for the here and now, the joy of life and ability to let go and be free all come to the forefront.
The 2nd album goes in the opposite direction to its electro-heavy brother. The eleven tracks take the live route, incorporating over 25 musicians using live instruments and often playing in small orchestral formations. Parov Stelar’s darker, more melancholy side shows its face, the dancing shoes have been put swapped for a glass of red wine and a thoughtful, reminiscent mood. Parov Stelar takes his listeners on a journey through the night, and covers them in a warm musical blanket to shield them from the piercing wind, and the demons that rattle against the windowpanes. Their attempts to get in are futile, the music is too powerful, and soon, the sun will rise on another day.