Elektrohasch 012 – Colour Haze - Life
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The work on our new album is going ahead well and is especially delightful for us this time. We think this will become an exceptional record. More about that later. CD and download will be released in autumn. I can‘t say yet if vinyl can be pressed fast enough to be released until the end of the year. In march we will be on tour with the new album… and until then we play live:28.09. Villingen-Schwenningen, Kulturzentrum Klosterhof
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Die Arbeit an unserem neuen Studioalbum geht zügig voran und bereitet uns allen diesmal ganz besonders viel Freude. Wir meinen, daß dies ein herausragendes Album wird. Mehr dazu demnächst. CD und Download werden auf jeden Fall noch im Herbst erscheinen, ob das Vinyl so schnell gepresst werden kann ist noch offen – Im März werden wir dazu wieder auf Tour gehen... und bis dahin spielen wir:
28.09. Villingen-Schwenningen, Kulturzentrum Klosterhof
03.10. CH - Pratteln, Up In Smoke
05.10. NO - Oslo, Hostsabbat
09.10. Bonn, Harmonie, WDR Rockpalast
12.10. München, Feierwerk, Keep It Low
26.10. Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Rotor XXI
Tourdates Fall 2019
03.10. CH - Pratteln, Up In Smoke
05.10. NO - Oslo, Hostsabbat
09.10. Bonn, Harmonie, WDR Rockpalast
12.10. München, Feierwerk, Keep It Low
26.10. Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Rotor XXI
Live Vol. 2 Duna Jam 2007
OUT NOW! Please check out our Shop.
The legends gonna celebrate 25th years of Colour Haze in 2019 and invite YOU to celebrate with them! Tour dates below.
DATES:
02.05.19 Nürnberg | Hirsch *
03.05.19 Berlin | Desertfest
04.05.19 Nijmegen | Sonic Whip
05.05.19 London | Desertfest
06.05.19 Paris | Petit Bain **
07.05.19 Aachen | Musikbunker *
08.05.19 Hannover | Musikzentrum *
09.05.19 Leipzig | Werk2
10.05.19 Stuttgart | Universum **
11.05.19 Passau | Zauberberg
* with monkey3
** with The Devil And The Almighty Blues
MORE INFO | TOUR DATES:
https://www.soundofliberation.com/colour-haze
25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Elektrohasch Newsletter Frühling 2018
Liebe Freunde,
trotz momentan keiner Neuveröffentlichung (kommt wieder : ) sind wir in der letzten Zeit sehr fleißig und so wird es Zeit für einen Newsletter.
Dear friends,
It has been quite a while since my last newsletter and though there are no new releases yet, I haven‘t been lazy:
Tour May 2018!
We're on tour in may. we looking forward!
Aarau
Desertfest Athen 2017
"Skydancer" & In Her Garden!
COLOUR HAZE LEAKS!
Friends & followers: some of you might have found the new COLOUR HAZE track already in the world wide web & YES (!) it's our fault! It could be possible that we simply forgot to push the "private" button. Ha! But hey, nobody is perfect! ;)
So now, officially from us to you: Enjoy the brandnew COLOUR HAZE song "Skydancer"
In Her Garden
new album out now!
MSK - Colour Haze Tour 2017
We are on tour with our friends My Sleeping Karma in March 2017.
Las Vegas Psycho - Las Vegas
Due to circumstances with our immigration process, we are unable to make the trek to perform at Psycho Las Vegas. We as well as the festival extend sincere apologies at this unfortunate turn of events.
Uis Vol. 5 - Update // Stonerrock.eu Trailer
2011 seems like yesterday when we decided to pack up 3 to 4 awesome bands in a bus to tour Europe and rock your ears! 4 editions have gone by, 2 packed indoor festivals have witnessed your love for the music and the concept, so ladies and gentelmen, get ready!
On the other shows, Colour Haze and Radio Moscow will go with other outstanding special guests. Watch the amazing TRAILER made by Stonnerrock.eu, and check-out the listing below for details and tickets' links. We invite you to join the trip! Come on and blow up your mind at the UP IN SMOKE ROADFESTIVAL!
Text: Sound of Liberation
UP IN SMOKE VOL. 5 - press release
Psychedelic stoner rock composers Colour Haze are renowned for their magnetic melodies and soundscapes that draw you in. Sweltering, dramatic guitar solos as well as minimalist and perfectly balanced riffs stand shoulder to shoulder in songs that are heavy from warmth, buzz and exotic Eastern influences. Colour Haze doesn't bury its songs under a pile of Black Sabbath-esque riffs, but is able to use one key melody to great effect. Colour Haze explores sound, instruments and … silence. This type of retro-rock goes beyond the genre's boundaries and creates an exciting, unique style.
Psychedelic Roadfestival 2015! Up in Smoke Vol. 5
2015 is the year of the return! The fifth edition of the UP IN SMOKE ROADFESTIVAL will feature 3 awesome bands for your pleasure: Europe's most well known psychedelic institution COLOUR HAZE; America's most heavy blues machine RADIO MOSCOW; and UK's fuzz driven psych rockers CHERRY CHOKE (from March 1st to 7th only - special guests will be added on the other shows)!
27.02.2015 (GER) Stuttgart - Universum
28.02.2015 (GER) Cologne - Live Music Hall
01.03.2015 (UK) London - The Garage
02.03.2015 (FR) Paris - Le Divan du Monde
03.03.2015 (BEL) Brussels - Magasin 4
04.03.2015 (GER) Hamburg - Markthalle
05.03.2015 (GER) Berlin - SO36
06.03.2015 (A) Vienna - Arena
07.03.2015 (A) Salzburg - Rockhouse
08.03.2015 (GER) Leipzig - Taubchenthal
09.03.2015 (GER) Munich - Feierwerk
10.03.2015 (IT) Milano - Lofi
11.03.2015 (GER) Frankfurt - Das Bett
12.03.2015 tba
13.03.2015 (GER) Würzburg - Posthalle
14.03.2015 (GER) Hannover - Faust
NEW LP! TO THE HIGHEST GODS WE KNOW
we will release our new album "To The Highest Gods We Know" on December the 15th 2014 with vinyl to follow on February the 23rd 2015. we are set to mark the occasion with a European tour t.b.a.
Stoned from the Underground 2014
Text vom STFU: Wir hoffen ihr hattet alle einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! Damit 2014 noch besser anfängt, gibts jetzt gleich noch eine ordentliche Ansage. Wir sind froh euch auf dem Stoned From The Underground 2014 COLOUR HAZE präsentieren zu dürfen. Nach mehr als einem halben Jahrzehnt (das hört sich länger an) wird es auch mal wieder Zeit die Münchner-Kraut-Rock-Institution dabei zu haben.
Headliner - Blue Moon Festival 2013
Where? Cottbus
When? Friday, 29th November 2013: La CasaSaturday, 30th November 2013: Glad-House
Colour Haze & My Sleeping Karma
Una de las bandas más destacadas del panorama actual dentro del stoner rock progresivo por primera vez en Madrid y Barcelona presentando su décimo primer disco "She Said" (2012 Elektrohasch Records), ocho nuevas composiciones donde el stoner rock de corte progresivo vuelve a ser el protagonista. Se formaron en 1994 en la ciudad alemana de Munich y actualmente el combo lo componen Stefan Koglek (voz, guitarra), Philipp Rasthofer (bajo) y Manfred Merwald (batería).
La experiencia Colour Haze en directo es algo indescriptible. Han girado y actuado en pequeños y grandes festivales de Europa y Estados Unidos. En España solo han actuado en una ocasión, fue en la segunda edición del Festival de Psicodelia Castell de Guadalest (Alicante) en 2009, por lo que la expectación por ver a este icono del stoner-psicodélico es máxima!
Aquamaria Festival 2013
Psychedelic and Stoner Rock festival in the oldest remaining watercastle in the North of Germany
Up in Smoke - Indoor Festival 2013
SOUND OF LIBERATION und Z7 KONZERTFABRIK PRATTELN präsentieren stolz das allererste UP IN SMOKE Indoor Festival am 5. Oktober 2013! 2011 geboren, heisst das anfängliche Konzept UP IN SMOKE Roadfestival und ist ein Tribut an die Wolken blauen Rauchs, die um die Dances und Trances von Musikliebhabern herumschweben...
REBSTOCK FESTIVAL 2013
16 Years of Orange Factory
Colour Haze is a heavy psychedelic stonerrock group from Munich, Germany, consisting of singer and guitarist Stefan Koglek, drummer Manfred Merwald and bassist Philipp Rasthofer. Formed in the mid-nineties, Colour Haze is one of the oldest German stoner outfits
Keep it Low Festival 2013
SOL und Feierwerk präsentieren Euch das KEEP IT LOW Festival! Auf diesem Indoor Festival spielen über 15 Bands auf 3 Bühnen, aus den Bereichen Heavy Rock, Psychedelic und Doom. Zusätzlich feiert Elektrohasch Records 10 jähriges Bestehen auf dem Festival. Keep it low!
Headliner Desertfest Berlin
With last years's long-awaited 'She Said' LP released on Stefan Koglek's own Elektrohasch label, plus it's introduction of adventurous new instrumentation, the band stretched their sonic arsenal further than ever before and honed it to perfection with an extensive european tour of 3-hour sets.
"SHE SAID" VINYL RELEASE & BIG THANKS!
"SHE SAID" REVIEW (eng) by FAST'N'BULBOUS
New Album of the Week: Colour Haze – She Said (Elektrohasch) Posted on September 11, 2012 by A.S. Van Dorston
Over four years since All (2008) and two years since recording started, it’s hard to believe that She Said, the new album by stoner/heavy psych masters Colour Haze is here! It’s been a long, gnarly road for the band to get to its completion. Original plans was for a February 2011 release, until a January press release revealed that there were defects in the recordings and they would have to re-record most of the album. When I wrote the Colour Haze: Kings of Stoner/Psych Rock Mountain piece in March, I had high hopes the album would be out by summer! A September 2011 release date came and went, and Stefan Koglek’s update discussed issues with the mixing board, part of their newly built home studio. Sweet anticipation starts to become something else.At that point, us hardcore Colour Haze fans just had to take a breath and realize it’ll come when it comes. Meanwhile, as lot has happened in the heavy psych/stoner scene since 2008. After nine increasingly brilliant studio albums, the band’s influence became truly entrenched. While no one could really duplicate Colour Haze’s tones, you could hear their influence in Sungrazer, Causa Sui, The Machine, My Sleeping Karma, Hypnos 69, Arenna, and many more. They are all great bands that I listen to often, but Colour Haze remains by far my favorite because their music is so incredibly rich, despite normally sticking to a simple mix of guitar, bass, drums and occasional vocals. Every listening session feels like a journey, evoking geography such as deserts, mountains, oceans, whether imaginary or from experience and memory with all its inherent emotional triggers. Unlike some bullshit psychedelia that would sound empty without the enhancement of substances, Colour Haze’s music can plant the imagery in your brain using nothing but sound. To me, that’s truly psychedelic. And at their best, the songs have as much emotional impact as the melancholy music of Australian band The Dirty Three when they were at their peak in the mid-90s.
Some would say Colour Haze peaked with Los Sounds de Krauts (2003), a game-changing double album. She Said is also a double album, and makes a strong case that the band is still on top of their game, or are even better than ever. The beauty of most of their albums reflect some sort of evolution, even if it isn’t drastic, and offers a unique flavor each time. There will always people who are fans of particular albums (my favorite was All, and it will take more time to determine if She Said replaces that). I can’t imagine a fan not liking this album unless they haven’t liked anything by the band since 1999. While All dabbled with some subtle psychedelic production and even pop structures, the new one kicks off with the sprawling title track featuring piano playing by Christian Hawellek. Keyboards aren’t a completely new thing for Colour Haze, as Hawellek has contributed at least some Fender rhodes on all the albums since the self-titled Colour Haze (2005). However the string and horn arrangements are new. This is not to say that they’ve gone orchestral pop. Those elements, which also include some congas on the first track, are used sparingly but effectively, enhancing key moments on just a few tracks, like the horns making the crescendo on “Transformation” all that much more magnificent. At 18:48 and 16:53, “She Said” and “Transformation” are the band’s third and sixth longest songs in their entire catalog. You may have favorite songs where you wish the guitars would keep going a lot longer, like Television’s “Marquee Moon.” I used to be a pretty vocal opponent to jamming, but I’ll be damned if I’ve ever been bored by any of Stefan Koglek’s guitar solos.
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She Said - ROCKBLOG.BLUES REVIEW (Ger)
Wir, die Freunde des Stoner und des Psychedelic-Rocks, haben lange und sehnsüchtig gewartet – nun hat das Warten ein Ende. Und das Warten hat sich gelohnt. Ladies and Gentleman, Rockblog.Bluesspot proudly presents, die neue Scheibe von Colour Haze: SHE SAID, für mich ganz ohne Zweifel “Die Platte des Jahres”.
Darf man es wagen, weitgehend als Erster aus den Löchern zu kriechen und eine Platte öffentlich zu besprechen, über die die Rockwelt schon seit fast zwei Jahren schreibt und mutmaßt und ihr entgegen fiebert? Grundsätzlich ein gewagtes Unterfangen, aber was die Einschätzung dieses Werks angeht auch wieder nicht. Stefan, Philipp und Manfred servieren uns ein Sterne-Menü der höchsten Kategorie, sie präsentieren Colour Haze auf dem absoluten Höhepunkt ihres kreativen Schaffens. Und sie haben viel dafür getan, dass am Ende so ein meisterhaftes Kunstwerk entstanden ist.
In dem Projekt steckt ja wohl auch eine ganz erhebliche Investition in ein neues Tonstudio, ausgestattet mit den modernsten Errungenschaften der Technik, deren Tücken letztlich für die diversen Verzögerungen des Release verantwortlich waren. Ich hab da neulich Stefans Beschreibungen im Internet nachgelesen – von den technischen Details im Grunde kein Wort verstanden – aber wir alle dürfen uns gratulieren, dass all diese Rückschläge und Umstände das Projekt nicht haben scheitern lassen, dass die Jungs nicht die Nerven und die Geduld verloren haben.
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NEW TRACK from the upcoming LP!
Finally in our media section you'll find a NEW TRACK from the upcoming LP! Also you'll find in our Player on the right-hand side. Have a good flight, kiss the soil while you landing. & enjoy!
Tour-Trailer 2012!
Dear Friends
it took a long time and was a hard way but finally we made it: the recording, mixing and mastering of the new Colour Haze album is finished and in the end all turned out quite good I`d say
XXL TOUR-DATES Autumn 2012
Please, watch out the XXLTour-Dates in autumn 2012
COLOUR HAZE CONFIRMED FOR HELLFEST 2012!
It’s quite easy to think of Kyuss while listening to COLOUR HAZE’s modern psychedelic stoner. Nevertheless, the three-piece hailing from Munich has its own and very efficient writing style reinforced by long instrumental pieces and jazzy and experimental structures that provide an addictive groove. Hippy and 70s influenced, psychedelic: this is how to describe the sound of these Germans who managed to impose themselves as one of the most talented combo of the underground scene.
STONERROCK.eu INTERVIEW at Desertfest
Interview taken before the Colour Haze gig at the Astra Kulturhaus in Berlin. Philipp talks about the new record, a tour in Autumn, sound and newcomer bands. http://www.stonerrock.eu
Interview: Tim Bohnenstingl
ANNOUNCED FOR FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL
Festival host is the Freak Valley Festival club which is a union of music lovers from the greater Siegen area (GER). When people complained that there is nothing going on in Siegen, we decided that it is about to change that. After our successful concerts (www.rockfreaks.de) we wanted to fly at higher game - that's the reason for Freak Valley Festival.
Veranstalter des Festivals ist der Freak Valley Festival e.V., ein Zusammenschluss von Musikfreunden aus Siegen und Umgebung. Wir haben uns irgendwann mal gesagt, dass in Siegen zu wenig los ist und haben was dran geändert. Nach dem Erfolg unserer Konzerte unter dem Label Rock Freaks wollten wir noch ein Stück höher hinaus - daher nun ein Festival. All infos here: http://rockfreaks.de/festival
ANNOUNCED FOR HEADLINER-SHOW AT DESERTFEST BERLIN
