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Zum Goldenen Schwarm is a rarely-spotted alias on Giegling. It's only been seen a couple of times before: once on Vril's Flux EP on Semantica in 2012, and again on the Die Wolke EP, which came out through Giegling in the same year. With eight tracks spread across two 12-inches, Aufgang explores the kind of dubby, atmospheric techno that's synonymous with Giegling and its various offshoots. March 2015.

Tracklist

01. Windung

02. Schwelle

03. Aufgang I

04. Wirbel

05. Aufgang II

06. Weltentor

07. Aufgang III

08. Uebergang

The work of Vril, Kettenkarussell, and Prince of Denmark and a growing collection of aliases have helped ease the rustic charms of Giegling into wider conciousness, yet the Weimar collective still like to occasionally dabble in electronic mystery. As RA report, the unknown quantity Zum Goldenen Schwarm has been tapped for an album length adventure on the Forum sister label that has previously been home to fine long players from Vril and Prince of Denmark. The site suggest Zum Goldenen Schwarm to be the work of Vril, though this has not been confirmed to us.

Entitled Aufgang, the eight-track album is the most substantial release to date from the Zum Goldenen Schwarm name, with previous output restricted to a 2012 12″ on Giegling as well as one track on a split Semantica release with Vril the same year. Previews of the album over at the Giegling site suggest it fits snugly within the collective’s sonic universe.

Forum will release Aufgang by Zum Goldenen Schwarm later this month.