What started out primarily as a kind of solo experiment in his basement in Wurzburg, Germany, looking at different methods of recording various instrumentation, it wasn’t until guitarist Christian Kasperbauer enlisted the help of good friend and fellow guitarist Thomas Rauh and drummer Dominik Hartlieb that post rock project Administration Shock Him really began to take shape. After honing their sound with numerous live shows in their hometown and surrounding areas the band self recorded and released their debut EP 39:03 in March of this year. Taking its influences from a wide range of styles and genres including black and death metal, psychedelic jazz and according to Christian even some weird krautrock stuff, the EP was recorded live in Kasperbauers living room with a large amount of improvisation.
Currently home to the likes of Collapse Under the Empire, Long Distance Calling and Daturah, the band are proud to be part of the ever growing post rock scene in Germany. “There are some very good bands in Germany at the moment that are really pushing the German post rock thing to a higher level,”, Christian explains, “but this is not just here in Germany the scene all over the globe has just exploded, thanks in a huge part to the platform smaller bands are now able to access with the web.”
Administration Shock Him are at present intensively working on material for their upcoming debut album which is penciled in for release early next year. And after missing the festival season this year due to other commitments the band are planning appearances at a number of German festivals to promote their new album in 2012. For the moment however, you can check out their excellent EP 39:03 below.
