GÖRL - Dark Silver Moon Light

Despite the passing of Gabi Delgado in 2020, Robert Görl has somehow tried to keep the historic Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft project afloat, first with a fairly decent new record (“Nur Noch Einer”) and then with a series of celebratory concerts that unfortunately lacked the restless presence of the late frontman. Better, then, to focus on a solo album under the name Görl, recorded for the occasion in cahoots with DJ and producer Sylvie Marks, a leading figure on the German clubbing scene.

Marked by an unmistakable analog minimalism, “Dark Silver Moon Light” offers ten fairly varied compositions: it moves from the EBM debris of the stiffer “So Wie Du Bist”, “Falscher Ton” and “Wir Brechen Aus” (where the spirit of D.A.F. still looms undeterred) to more elegant, sophisticated passages, such as “Don’t Stay At Home” (where the German musician's attitude seems to chase after a certain Bowie, the Berlin one, especially in the melodies). Robert Görl also reminds us that he's still a capable experimenter: take “Der Fluss” (crossed by an instrumental skeleton devoted to the cosmic couriers) or “Bänder Im Haar”, an obsessive midtempo track in which the work of subtraction lets corrosive traces of acid seep through.

For the German musician, born in 1955, this record stands as one of the best works he's made outside his extraordinary partnership with Delgado, a pleasant surprise surpassed only by the synth-pop of the dated yet still relevant “Night Full Of Tension”, an album released in 1984 (under the name Robert Görl) featuring Annie Lennox as a guest on a few tracks. A bit more variety, at least on the vocal front, wouldn't have hurt, but “Dark Silver Moon Light” remains a solid, intriguing and well-produced record all the same. Electronic body music never dies.

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19/06/2026