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Tomorrow 05:06
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Pilgrim 05:59
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Who Is She 03:25
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Musentod 04:07
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Hello 04:18

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What happens when Elliott Smith’s love of harmony combines with Tropicalismo’s delight for sonic madness and then appears in the mystical twilight of Twin Peaks? You get the best-kept secret in the German indie scene: Fabian Simon & The Moon Machine.
The trio, formed around jack-of-all-trades leader Fabian Simon, wryly refers to its style as „utopian Kraut-Folk“, and that’s exactly how it sounds: like a wild mélange of 60s psychedelia and classical chamber music, with songwriting from Nick Drake to Syd Barrett. Spacey synths juggle with desert guitars while Hammond organs meet rumbling surf drums and ask for a tipsy waltz. It’s sensitive, funny, poetic and always surprising.
This enigmatic mixture is carried by Fabian Simon’s baritone voice, sometimes fragile in timbre, sometimes deep with impulsive emotion in painting beautiful crooked pictures of love, death and the absurd in-between. Live, the band’s latticework arrangements, extraordinary sounds and a noticeable joy in musical experimentation make for a touching, anarchic and essential experience.

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released April 24, 2020

Music & lyrics by Fabian Simon.
Arranged & produced by Fabian Simon & The Moon Machine.
Engineered by Nicolas Schneider at Trafo of Love.
Mixed by Joe Joaquin at Custom Mojo.
Mastered by Philipp Welsing at Original Mastering.
Cover photo by Andrej Glusgold. Design by Neuhaus & Kadegge.

Fabian Simon & The Moon Machine are
Fabian Simon - guitar, vocals, keys
Nicolas Schneider - Wurli, organ, synth, back vocals
Sebastian Kunas - bass, synth, guitar, back vocals
Jakob Dinckelacker - drums, perc, keye, back vocals

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Joel Siepmann - cello on Tomorrow
Rebecca Czech - violin on Tomorrow
Charlotte Brandi - vocals on Pilgrim and 73mm From Lover No 27434

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What happens when Elliott Smith's love of harmony combines with Tropicalismo's delight for sonic madness and then appears in the mystical twilight of Twin Peaks? You get the best-kept secret in the German indie scene: Fabian Simon & The Moon Machine.

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