Casting Shadows

Wolfsheim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 8, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00008NRLH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,317 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Everyone Who Casts a Shadow

2. Care for You

3. I Won't Believe

4. Kein Zurück

5. And I...

6. Underneath the Veil

7. Find You're Gone

8. This Is for Love

9. Wundervoll

10. Approaching Lightspeed

11. In Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy popmusic, June 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Casting Shadows (Audio CD)

When I heard first the voice of singer Peter Heppner in a duet with another german vocalist Witt in the radio I coudn't forget this voice (this was beside the single "Dream of you" with dance-masters Schiller one of his single projects without bandpartner Markus Reinhardt). This soft deep voice made my heart open and there are many with me having this opinion. On this new album now Wolfsheim completed themselves. There music varies from soft chilling melancholic beauftifully arranged songs like Everyone Who Casts A Shadow, Care For You, Kein Zurück and And I... to midtempi songs with a very interesting individual sound like I Won't Believe and Underneath The Vail to danceable tracks like Wundervoll, Find You're Gone and Approaching Lightspeed. It's a CD that warms up your heart and rotates at my home instandly. I also can recommand every other CD from Wolfsheim esp. Spectators and Dreaming Apes. Give yourself time to listen to this music, let the feelings flow into you. It helps to clean up your mind to find your truth. It's just the best therapy against sadness. Even if you're not know german language it doesn't matter. But here I will give you a short translation for "Kein Zurück": There is no way back, take your steps forward, live your dreams even if you sometimes want to turn back the time, there is no way back, what you did you did, there is always a new way. To the song Wundervoll: "Imagine yourself in a club, you're dancing but you're not sure if you really enjoy it, dancing by yourself with no connection to others, lonely. It's a ironic song that you might think that something is wonderful but in fact it isn't. That's a very brief translation and everybody can make there own impression of their songs anyway. With regards from Germany

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, Beautiful and Unique, April 6, 2004

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SandmanVI (Glen Allen, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casting Shadows (Audio CD)

Do you ever get the feeling that most artists have lost all ability to do anything original or interesting? That they try to grab attention by employing gimmicks or creating some image backed up by no substance? Worse, do you also feel that most people don't even care anymore? Well check Wolfsheim out - they are the antithesis of all these disgusting things. With simple melodies and disarmingly wondrous lyrics they manage to create amazing music unlike any you've heard.

Having been a synth fan since the age of Kraftwerk and the electronic new wave of the early/mid 80's, to the various sub-genres of today, I've heard hundreds of groups traversing this niche. Few have ever honed the craft this well. There are a number of strong electronic artists today: the electroclash of Ladytron and Fischerspooner - the indie electropop of Postal Service - the new nu wave of Ganymede, Iris or Freezepop - to the electro industrial of VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Assemblage 23 or newcomers like Seabound. All excellent.

Still, of all of the great modern synth bands, there are only 2 (IMO) that are truly transcendent with life-affirming power and splendor: VNV Nation and Wolfsheim. VNV fills your mind with grand visions, bigger than life concepts and the idea that you too can be majestic. Wolfsheim is equally powerful, but approaches it from an entirely different direction. Wolfsheim will make you feel that the real beauty and pleasure of life may rest in the smallest of things, that possibly the wonder lies in the subtlety and nuance.

Let's talk about the specific high points here. "Kein Zuruck" (No Return), the first of the German-sung tracks, features Peter Heppner's voice and lyrics woven together at their most hypnotic. As others have said, it really won't matter whether you 'sprechen sie Deutsch' or not - you'll be hooked. Peter really is incomparable; I've never encountered a singer remotely similar in vocal timbre or delivery. "And I...", like most of their stuff, leans toward the softer side with its gentle rolling bassline, warm vocals, and toned down brush beat - a marvel. "Underneath the Veil" picks up the intensity with a heavier beat and a sense of urgency. "Find You're Gone" is a mid-tempo dance song with a rock beat and synths that snake through the mix rather than taking it over. "Wundervoll" is absolutely lovely. The melody is simple as are the lyrics, yet the impact is stunning. Over the past 2 months this has become my favorite I think. "Approaching Lightspeed" is an obvious choice as a single. This embodies the Wolfsheim approach to the music as well as any. The rhythms are infectious yet understated while the percussion is fresh and danceable but never distracts from the vocals. Perfect.

There is only one thing that I find slightly awkward about this album. "Everyone Who casts a Shadow" is the leadoff song and the de facto title track, yet this is the only song on the whole CD that doesn't really strike me. Anyway that's just me being picky.

To put it very simply, this is a band at the top of their game and in prime form. If you thought that they couldn't top "Spectators", well I think they did. And if you've lost faith in the music of today... try Wolfsheim.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wait I Won't Take Back, October 18, 2003

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"rhaeve" (Berea, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casting Shadows (Audio CD)

The moment I discovered Wolfsheim would be releasing a new CD, the moment I knew the date, I pre-ordered my copy and began selling old CDs to the store to get the money for it. The day of its arrival, I drove early to the store with my car jury-rigged to play CDs through the tape player and I parked with bated breath, trying to anticipate just what this CD would sound like.

My trouble was well worth it.

The first track blew me away. I circled town three times to be sure I heard the entire CD before I reached home.

Peter Heppner's voice touches deeply into the soul with every note he sings, and has ever sung - this album is no different. In fact, it emphasises the emotion even more; the tracks are slower, more melodic, and more expressive than the more dance-oriented albums Wolfsheim has released in the past. I could relate each song to a moment in my life and, best of all, even with the passage of time, none of the tracks lose their poignancy. Wolfsheim's Casting Shadows, though a deviation from their accepted norm, is well worth the investment.