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If something works "out of the box", then you unpack it and can get started right away. This experience inspired the acoustic quartet from the Black Forest and can be heard in the music. With the goal of an authentic recording alone in mind, ten songs were recorded, which tell of losing and finding again and, above all, dynamic joy of playing can be heard again and again. You can hear the closeness to modern bluegrass, not only through the typical instrumentation (guitar, violin, double bass, alternating with banjo, mandolin and dobro), but also through catchy melodies and four-part refrains.

01 Better Days
02 Rain And Snow
03 Forgotten Dreams
04 Callings Of The Soul
05 Lucky To Be With You
06 Water Under The Bridge
07 Precious Memories
08 November's Fog
09 good night
10 Wash You Out
11 Outro

Laino & Broken Seeds is a project born in New York City in 2013 when an Italian man arrived at a crossroads in his life in a smoky blues bar on the Upper West Side. He returned to Italy with a notebook full of stories and turned them into songs on a resonator guitar, which he then brought to the people as a busker on the streets of Bologna.
“Born on the sidewalks of my city, this project is deeply rooted in the tradition of street music. I sing songs about everyday life, dreams and personal myths. In keeping with my musical roots (Delta Blues, Primitive American), I prefer to compose my pieces in a single open guitar tuning (Open G tuning) and try to illuminate the songs in a variety of ways. For me this is a kind of 'land' in which I sow mysterious seeds; sometimes they are mistreated by time, burn or break. And yet they grow fruit.”

01 Bo Weavil
02 Boogie Tale
03 Fate of a Gambler
04 Old Tape of Memories
05 The Dust I Own
06 On the Wood
07 What Once Was Dead
08 Can't Wake Myself Up
09 Payday

Almost eight years have passed since the debut “Readings Of Lethargy”. Francis Aeol looked at things within his reach and examined them piece by piece. The result is a warm, fringing maturity that is accompanied by the feeling of a mudflat hike. “Assisting Fortune” is the name of the almost four-month phase in the life of the singer/songwriter. In a few steps and concrete, clear arrangements, the listener is led through the rigging of an uneven deck to the bow, and in the process increasingly perceives the feeling of his own freedom of action.
From rainy car rides on the highway of lost owners, in which the protagonist deals with the left behind parts of his life circumstances ("Lost Property Highway"), to the fictional idea of ​​what can grow from a well-intentioned gesture ("Random Act Of Kindness") , this work is very close to the title.
In the home studio (Local Leftovers), the versatile artist has once again dealt with the promises and slips of the tongue of the possible interpretations of being. In "Finders Keepers" a place that is inaccessible to strangers is created, which promises the safety and security that a wandering biography worth protecting has earned. Then, when it is safe outside again, the return can be considered. Together with a judgmental, negative self-image, "Beautiful Boy" sings about an intrapsychic discussion about the fact that one should have had doubts about others.
Between light-footed piano runs, supporting strings, double bass, mandolin, banjo and percussion in the style of a safe companion, the daydreaming of 'would be - could have - could' is hidden. "Maybe I" as a piano ballad stands next to the duet "Random Act Of Kindness" and flows into "A Maze In Greys" as a spray-dividing element of the regrettable melodramatics of the wayward son. Between affirmation, transformation and the caressing of the comforter, the imprint of a kiss of hope remains faded on the hold of the caravel of conscience.

1. Say Something
2. Lost Property Highway
3. Maybe I
4. Finders Keepers
5. Next Of Kin
6. Assisting Fortune
7. Beautiful boy
8. Random Act Of Kindness
9. Foreign State (Of Altered Consciousness)
10. A Maze In Grays

His album of the same name captures the Stuttgart singer-songwriter's creative world of ideas in an amazingly authentic way. The likeable artist skilfully uses his own life experience to put energetic songs on paper; with an inspiring, calm manner. The 32-year-old Konstantin Kenntner has been showing great emotions on the Stuttgart stages for years. His ability to pack German pop songs with a loop station and his guitar into a well-rounded package is what makes the live performances so special. He started making music as a child with his favorite instrument, the guitar. Beyond all conventions, the album refreshes in an uninhibited way.

1st world
2. Flower Universe
3. Good time
4. Better two again
5. Thank you
6. Sun and rain

Lady, from Hanover, was founded by Werner Nadolny after he left Jane. The record, which bears only the name Lady, was first released in 1976.

1. Midnight movers
2. Give yourself a chance
3. Without You
4. Sailors
5. On the road
6. World of Fantasy
7. Sixteen
8.Lonesome

Coal Creek balancing act between modern rock and heavy metal; catchy, song-heavy and complex. Dirty, rusty metal, with all its rough edges, meets the dynamics of modern stadium choruses, which gives the songs an unexpected scope and at the same time makes them accessible to a large audience.

01 Dreaming
02 Black Dream
03 Till We Can Forget
04 Dead
05 From The Inside
06 New War
07 Closer
08 I Am Forever
09 Slow Down
10 Hold On To Hope
11 White Eyes

Can a rock group from the outskirts of Berlin hold its own against the competition from the capital? BUSSARD seems to have the necessary talent for this. With their debut album, the band undertakes a journey to the origins of rock music - exclusively with guitars and drums, as it should be.
A selection of his own compositions shows that good music does not have to fall back on foreign stylistic elements. "We are one step ahead of you" - a guiding principle that BUSSARD makes clear in every piece.

01 Revolution (Intro)
02 Curtain up!
03 We are not alone
04 hearts in the sand
05 Little boy
06 song of the buzzard
07 Empty spaces
08 Into the light
09 Fire of Life
10 heads or tails
11 The sea

After a few years, with many - also international - tours, it's finally done: The album "Movements" by the renowned sideman guitarist Mickey Meinert, which has been polished down to the smallest detail, is available. He has collected 14 songs on his record, which can best be summarized with the term "global singer/songwriting". Mostly in German, but also enriched with French, English and, thanks to guest musicians, also with Corsican and African vocal passages.

01 movements
02 Lone rider
03 Orion
04 Melancolie feat. Stephane Mangiantini & Gilles Chabenat
05 Byestehn
06 Love Implanted
07 Verita feat. Cesar Anot & Stephane Mangiantini
08 Rock 'n' Roll Monument
09 Stella From The Stars
10 Jimi
11 After the Storm feat. Stephane Mangiantini
12 Good Sun
13 Cesar's Bike feat. Cesar Anot
14 Alex The Wolf feat. Laurence Dupuis & Loic Taillebrest

One can get angry about the injustices in life, complain about them, surrender to them - or one declares war on them! Michael van Merwyk opted for the second variant. With "Fight The Darkness", the 2-meter man with the emotional, rough voice presents his first solo album. And that's uncompromisingly reduced - one man, one guitar. Everything recorded "live" in the studio. One take per song, no overdubs.

01 The Well
02 Tell It LIke It Is
03 Fuck You, Mr Trouble
04 Heavy Load
05 Fight the Darkness
06 Just One Lie
07 Coffee
08 Motormouth Baby
09 Diddley Boogie
10 Count Your Blessings
11 The Way You Cook
12 So Endless The Night
13 Every Once In A While
14 If I Die Tomorrow

Agentpunch is a heavy metal band from Osnabrück. Agentpunch was founded in 2016 to play authentic, handmade music. Agentpunch combine different influences from the rock and metal genres: starting somewhere between Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, mediated by Iron Maiden and Saxon, the band's style finally rounds off with a concentrated portion of Motörhead.

01 Stranger Demon
02 Hunting Souls
03 Revolution
04 systems
05 Marching East
06 Thunderbolt
07 Pulling the Beast
08 In The Wind
09 Do You Wanna Know?
10 investigation
11 Punished
12 Judgment Day
13 Falling Down

Richie Necker can't help it. He has to make music. Around 200 times a year he is in the limelight. Ever since he got hit by the rock'n'roll virus as a teenager, his workshop has been his studio.
Richie Necker is a music man. A guitar man. A storyteller and a rocker. A sensitive entertainer. One who captures the spirit of the world language of music.

01 Odysseus
02 night in May
03 The River Flows (From The Fountain To The Sea)
04 dreamer
05 Goodnight sweetie
06 Likewise (Ogni Singolo Moment) Featuring Rocky
07 Kira
08 Hotel (At The End Of The World)
09 miracles
10 Puffer Fish And Mermaid
11 Seen like this
12 Usedom

In the 15th year of their band history, the Osnabrück band Rozencrantz shows a completely new side of their music with their fifth studio album "The Vacuum of Silence". The new album focuses on acoustic sounds and conveys a sense of timeless quality.
It's worth listening carefully, because the music draws soulful mood pictures with a melancholic undertone. Rozencrantz is a band that has been proving to us for over a decade now that creative music knows no bounds.

01 Loose Control
02 My Time
03 Still Belong To You
04 Embress
05 Beyond Emptiness

In 1999 the two Jane musicians Peter Panka and Werner Nadolny were looking for new musicians and found them in Gaby Neitzel (guitar) and Petra Rick (bass). With the new fellow musicians came a new name: Lady Jane. The formation existed for around two years before Gaby Neitzel moved to Spain, where she opened a recording studio. During this time, many live concerts were played and the CD "Back Again" was recorded in the Staccato Studio, which is now available in pressed form for the first time.

01 Back Again
02 Love me or leave me
03 Believe me
04 fall in love
05 In my life
06 Here i am
07 Do you remember
08 Feelings (Instrumental)
09 Be to see
10 Back Again

Gregor Arnsberg, born in Munich, initially worked with the pedagogue and composer Dafydd Llywelyn, then continued his education at the music academies in Hanover (concert graduation with distinction) with David Wilde and in Essen with Michael Roll. Since then he has worked as a concert pianist.

01 Beethoven Andante Sonata No.15,D major Op.28 Pastorale
02 Mozart Rondo in A minor, Kv511 Andante
03 Beethoven Sonata No.27, E minor Op.90 1 movement
04 Beethoven Sonata No.27, E minor Op.90 2mov
05 JS Bach Prelude E flat minor No. 8, BWV853 WTK 1
06 Chopin Polonaise in C sharp minor.26/1
07 Chopin Mazurka in F sharp minor Op.6/1
08 Schumann From Children's Scenes No.1 Op15 Of Distant Lands And People
09 Schumann Happy Farmer No.10 For Young People Op.68
10 Schumann Toccata C major Op.7
11 Schumann Soldiers' March No.2 For Young People Op.68
12 Schumann Stranger Man No.29 For Youth Op.68
13 Schumann Strange Story - Children's Scenes No.2 Op.15
14 Schumann Reverie - Children's Scenes No.7op.15
15 Scriabin Opus 61 Nocturne

The Rhaeto-Romanic have three things in their blood: music, the Grisons mountains and a quiet, enigmatic sense of the revolutionary - slow and powerful like their glaciers. All of this can be heard translated one-to-one into sound on the new CD by Pascal e Rees – Veta gloriusa.
The "glorious life" (the German translation of the title) comes unplugged, acoustically and uncouth. With depth, alpine heights, wit, a very unique view of life, but above all with Pascal's experimental singer-songwriter and guitarist qualities and with Rees' warm jazzy bass. The original, soft and very musical sound of the Rhaeto-Romanic language, which Pascal intersperses with English according to need and mood, is always surprising.

01 Spargnus amurus
02 I'm On The Roof
03 My soul
04 Jeda jeda
05 Punk traditional
06 Vusch's senz'umbriva
07 Fo in punct
08 Non mi amo piu
09 My Other Side
10 Out of Sight (Versiun 3)
11 Art
12 Il filosof
13 Going To Town
14 Anavos è nagliu

The greenbeats are currently one of the most popular percussion ensembles in Europe. What defines us? In addition to a sophisticated musical performance, a breathtaking show is always guaranteed, with funny choreographies and surprising effects.
So every performance becomes a unique experience. In addition to our stage show, which is played by either 7 or 12 musicians, there are mobile performances, tailor-made performances on everyday objects or unusual instruments and for the really big stage there are also shows including a 5-piece rock band! The best live and studio recordings from 10 years of greenbeats on one CD!

01 Mayweek
02 Mozambique
03 ANY
04 Seven Nation Army
05 eagle owl owl
06 Africa
07 Samba No. Green
08 Rock Four
09GG Intro
10 The Shuffle

After two years of production it's finally here, the debut album of the post-rock trio Suntrigger from Munster. Even before its release, the album "Interstellar" attracted attention by winning the 34th German Rock and Pop Prize in the category "Best Instrumental Album". Nine progressive, purely instrumental rock stories fuel your imagination and take you to other spheres.

01 Unbreakable
02 Seven Deadly Sins
03 Lost
04 Go Ahead (Make My Day)
05 sun trigger
06 Deep Black Sea
07 The Next World
08 Mojave (The Unheard Call In The Desert)
09 Interstellar

"Then the world is in order" impresses with its complexity, depth and absolute authenticity. Woven into balladesque robes, the sensitive, partly bluesy songs are driven by progressive rhythms.
In the sometimes unusual framing, some pieces surprise with the use of groovy organs, Rhodes, the crystal-clear sounds of a glockenspiel or the artist's incisive piano and guitar playing.

01 NEW!
02 I'm waiting here
03 Too much wind under your wings
04 You look tired
05 Then all is right with the world
06 When the light comes on
07 Better
08 Balance
09 I was always just asking
10 The humidity isn't enough tonight

With respect for the originals from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Panama, Spanish Mode created harmonious arrangements for their instrumentation and added suitable original compositions for "Ay Ay Ay!".
The band wants to create a synthesis with jazz and creates space for exciting improvisations within the poetic songs.

01 Cancion de lejos
02 Pajarillo verde
03 Tonada de luna llena
04 Cielito lindo
05 Leipzig Tango
06 Aqua de rosas
07 Nostalgia
08 My Own Song
09 Se dice de mi
10 Rabo de nube
11 Spanish mode
12 volvers
13 Cucurrucucu paloma
14 Gracias a la vida
15 Historia de un amor

In 2011 Michael van Merwyk made his debut with his top-class band Bluesoul, around two and a half years ago. You should keep that in the back of your mind and, if necessary, read aloud every now and then if you feel disbelief at how Bluesoul spent these two years. The quartet played its way into an international league from scratch, with this formation alone van Merwyk is now releasing the third record. In 2013 there was a sensation that cannot or should not be downplayed at all. At the 29th International Blues Challenge in Memphis / Tennessee, the world's largest musicians' competition, Bluesoul was the first European band in the 29-year history of the competition to reach the finals. Your "American Blues - Eurostyle" struck a nerve with the decorated jurors in the motherland, with Bluesoul everything simply and simply fits together too well.
The audience-oriented performance was praised by some, others emphasized the outstanding skills of the musicians involved, and everyone was able to agree on the independent band sound and the high-quality songwriting. It starts with the extremely accomplished and eclectic game of Merwyks. Whether Diddley Bow, Squareneck, Roundneck, Lapsteel, or electric, Michael van Merwyk knows his instrument inside and out and has made it an essential part of his artistic voice. His immense repertoire and deep knowledge of the music he has dedicated himself to, he apparently effortlessly processes into his own songs, the origin of which can always be identified as blues. But the quartet's sound has long since outgrown the tight corset of “blues” and has never seen itself as a revival band. Rather, the four musicians draw without blinkers and a keen eye for the present from the rich fund of many styles that can be found in the basin of american roots music. Bluesoul manages the apparently paradox of modern and tradition-conscious guitar music without ever drifting into solo complacency - there is no need for name dropping with references or influences, Merwyk is without a doubt a songwriter with his own identity.
Na gut, eins: „Your songwriting and your playing is really something special. The world needs more bluesmen like you“, konstatiert Louisiana-native Larry Garner.
The much acclaimed debut “New Road” was followed in 2014 by the acoustic EP “Ease My Pain”, recorded in record time, on which the band sound is enriched with mandolin and banjo. Drummer Bernhard Weichinger sees the cajon, snare and cymbal as a reduced, effective backdrop Jochen Bens' and Merwyk's eloquently interlocked guitars, while, not least, Olli Gee's masterful bass playing, thankfully, everything sounds so wonderfully easy. And every child knows that make it look easy is incomparably easy. So now follows on February 27th, 2015 with “New Shoes” on GrooveStew Records, the third outing of the busy band. There's a reunion with the EP's “Happy Man” and the electric garb looks great on him.
In terms of sound and play, Bluesoul deliver their very own "American Blues - Eurostyle" in 2015. The heavyweight title track comes towards you as a Catfish Blues Jam, the giant from Rheda intones threateningly and threatened, "Heal My Wounds" underlines that you are dealing with a sensitive singer and lyricist who is generous enough to let us - the listeners - in . His powerful voice covers a spectrum from ballad-like, clear singing to Waitsesquem rumble. The depth of his songs and lyrics is conclusively staged with adequate vocal finesse. If there was ever any doubt about that "New Road" that Michael van Merwyk & Bluesoul hit not so long ago, you can calm down. You are doing everything right. And at the speed that you lie down on your journey, your footwear suffers first. With “New Shoes” this problem should also be eliminated.

01 Won't Get Any Better
02 Warm
03 Happy Man
04 Lullaby
05 New Shoes
06 At Least Some Day
07 Desire
08 Lonely Days
09 Heal My Wounds
10 Ain't No Use
11 Leaving

Dirty guitar riffs or goose bumps anthems: on his third CD "Red Alert" the musician from Cologne not only sounds the alarm with his catchy lyrics, but also musically, and easily combines rousing indie rock with vulnerable ballads.
Together with his band or sometimes just with an acoustic guitar in his luggage, Steve is touring all over Germany in 2017 and is guaranteed to play "next door" right next door.

01 Red Alert
02 mobile phones
03 Always Miss You
04 Burning Bridges
05 Step On The Edge

The blues vice world champions present their second CD "Ease My Pain". With their fresh and independent “American Blues - Euro Style”, MvM & Bluesoul attracted the attention of listeners and judges from the start in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge (IBC). Now the 2-meter-hen from Rheda-Wiedenbrück is on the road with Bluesoul on the European stages with the acoustic program of the mini-CD "Ease My Pain", which is suitable for the chilled summer feeling.
Like the previous CD “New Road”, “Ease My Pain” was of course completely self-made: recorded, mixed and mastered in “Skinny Joe's Roof” studio and provided with a beautiful cover by Michael van Merwyk. "In this way we can ensure that the finished product exactly meets our expectations," says Michael van Merwyk - the man is right! Musically, this band cannot be pigeonholed. "American Roots" is the musical title of this versatile band, which always packs various elements such as blues, jazz, soul and funk up to rock music in the guise of self-composed songs. “In terms of our musical development, I see this band in the category of“ collective singer / songwriters ”because we work on the songs together. Our origins in blues music are always palpable, although we as Europeans always fall back on different styles of music. This is part of our identity ”, says singer and guitarist Michael van Merwyk.
The reason given by the international jurors for the positive assessment of the band in 2013 in Memphis was, among other things, the originality of their own compositions. Permanent “standing ovations” from the audience in the final of the IBC also underpinned the lyrical qualities of the songs. The musical performance of the band and the sympathetic, always audience-oriented entertainment were also praised. Anyone who has ever seen this band live will understand what was meant by it.

01 Blues Keeps Calling My Name
02 Happy Man
03 Cheeky Darling
04 A Soul Ain't Worth a Dime
05 I Love Thinking About My Baby
06 Ease My Pain

They did it: after almost 20 years, the wild Westphalians have released their first CD called "The Snooks": "The Snooks - Greatest Hits". While other pop groups and pop starlets put out more or less superfluous CDs for years, only to bring out a "Greatest Hits" compilation after 20 years, the Snooks have decided to play concerts for 20 years and to celebrate with their audience and then to start with the Greatest Hits album. That saves a lot of money, doesn't take up so much space on the CD shelf and the listener saves himself the songs he wouldn't like anyway. So early 2016 there will be the ultimate Snooks CD - only hits - one party banger chases the next!
There are exciting and weird cover versions by the Talking Heads, Eurythmics, Joy Division, Johnny Freeman, Ben Harper, Depeche Mode and David Bowie.... and played by a rock 'n' roll band with two classic guitars, double bass and drums . Sounds weird, it is... but it's fun!

01 Burning Down The House
02 Sweet Dreams
03 Love Will Tear Us Apart
04 Do You Wanna Dance
05 Homeless Child
06 Enjoy the Silence
07 Heroes

Under the title "Day/Night", the chamber choir Vokalconsort Osnabrück, conducted by Stephan Lutermann, presents works from the Renaissance to the modern age. Light and darkness are the central themes of the selected compositions by Palestrina, Brahms, Whitacre, Britten and others, which let the listener experience day and evening, waking and sleeping atmospherically dense.
The Vokalconsort Osnabrück has repeatedly inspired concert audiences at home and abroad with its innovative concert formats and excellent choral sound. The chamber choir consists of 34 singers whose main discipline is a cappella singing. Several awards at international competitions speak for the high quality of the ensemble.

AMBROŽ ČOPI (*1973)
01 Sing joyfully (2015)
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525 - 1593)
02 Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes ARVO PÄRT (*1935)
03 The Deer's Cry (2007)
RENÉ CLAUSEN (*1953)
04 All that hath life and breath (1978) SOLO: MAREIKE SCHRÖDER ERIC WHITACRE (*1970)
05 Oculi omnium (2010) SOLO: CHARLOTTE ISBANER BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 - 1976)
06 Advanced democracy (1938) AMBROŽ ČOPI (*1973)

That moment when you feel like you could uproot trees and that everything starts anew, or the conversation with the guy in front of the bar who would do everything differently if he had the chance again. That's the life you immerse yourself in through the songs of the Hamburg band Mehrzweckheld. Since their first album, the band around songwriter Jens Bohn has re-formed and grown significantly. Markus Fiebig on drums and Lutz Krone on bass have laid the foundation for a musical reorientation towards German pop/rock on stage and in the studio since 2015. Since 2016, Frank Stange has shaped the music of multipurpose hero with the sound of his electric guitar. Jan Wölke again took over the production of the album and made sure that the singer/songwriter elements are combined with rocking guitars. Everything fits together. So "Because I feel like that" is the next step for the multipurpose heroes. Just music full of life.

01 Everything
02 Because I Feel Like It (Hero Version)
03 island
04 On fire
05 I know
06 Eventually
07 Because I feel like this

Exactly one year after her debut album, Katharina Westerhorstmann is presenting her second album, "You've seen me". Her unmistakable voice authentically sings about the presence of God in the world and in life. This time they surprise with a full band line-up. The songs are still reservedly arranged in a singer-songwriter style. The album offers everything a worship heart desires, from rousing, catchy worship songs to quiet, touching ballads.

01 You saw me
02 Freed from all fears
03 I would like to be
04 come and rest
05 A poor man
06 Let me be a guardian
07 My soul, praise the Lord
08 I remember exactly
09 How beautiful it is
10 all for you
11 More than 1000 words
12 nigun
13 Bonus Track: All For You (Lounge Version)

The mastermind of 3 Dayz Whizkey and busy savior of rock and roll, Tilo George Copperfield releases his first solo album "TG COPPERFIELD". It contains 12 tracks on which the talented songwriter explores the broad spectrum of modern Americana music as cool as a dog's snout.

01 Rolling Stone
02 Going Down Fighting
03 The Lowdown
04 3.30 Blues
05 El Paso
06 Life In Hell
07 The Fire Went Out
08 diabolo
09 Motorcycle Bandits
10 City Of Angels
11 Spoonful Of Blues
12 Headless Bill

What do you do when the hero of your youth dies? You remember, maybe a bit wistfully, but you can also get creative. At least that's how the Paderborn musician Manfred Jäger did it. The result of this creative mourning work will be released on CD in December and because he was not alone in this, the project is running under the label "jaeger und sammler. grassroots songs.”

01 Why – because of that?!
02 Land in sight
03 No sooner said than done!
04 Madness
05 Not with me
06 Do you think so?
07 The moon
08 That counts!
09 Was that all?
10 Come and see
11 Lullaby

The lute is perhaps one of the most personal musical instruments. The strings are touched directly with the fingertips and the sound can be shaped accordingly.
Gabriele Janneck has 24 strings available on her baroque lute, the silvery sounds of which offer many possibilities. Gabriele uses this on her new CD to tell stories with timeless baroque music.

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687 – 1750):
1. Ciaccone in E flat major
Esaias Reusner (1639 – 1679):
Suite in G minor
2. Allemanda
3. Courante
4. Sarabanda
5. Aria
6th jig
7. Aria II
David Kellner (ca. 1670 – 1748):
Suite in D major
8. Campanella
9. Courante
10. Sarabanda - Double
11. Aria
12. giga

Three busy hooligans, three chords - that's all it took to found Frustkiller in the summer of 1996. Started as a classic punk trio, it was quickly increased to four musicians and since then frustration killers have been hanging around all over Germany and neighboring countries.
Musically, US-oriented punk rock meets a voice that suggests many a night of drinking. Instrumentally far away from the 3-chord scheme of the time, the quartet captivates today with rousing and powerful songs with straightforward lyrics - without much excess and always to the point.

01 flotsam
02 Zahlemann & Sons
03 The moment
04 Serum
05 How it started
06 Hold me tight
07 A life of fear
08 110%
09 Long live the king
10 Polytoxic
11 Mucker Police
12 men of steel

After "Dreamworld", Joker's Paradise is now presenting its second album with this project line-up. The 49-minute work "Farewells" is dedicated to the subject of "farewell" in the most diverse musical and textual facets, divided into eleven self-contained music titles. As with the predecessor "Dreamworld", the listener immediately feels cinema in his head.
The exciting melodies of the electric violin invite you to dream, Katrin Mayer's powerful voice, shaped by the musical stage, envelops the listener with a noble coat of soulful, but at the same time powerful sounds. The serious-looking compositions by Georg Pfundtner and Thomas Sternfeld are sometimes hard, sometimes tender, sometimes childish, sometimes bombastic, staged by the protagonists.

01 Opening
02 Don't Touch Me
03 Slaved
04 Let Me Go
O5 Farewell
06 Fly Away With Me
07 When You Lose Your Best Friend
08 Billy's Serenade
09 No Return
10 Lost in Darkness
11 Billy

Inspired by the melodies of folk music, the ensemble creates a soundscape that on the one hand offers enough space for each melody and on the other hand gives the eight musicians room for creative improvisations. Both when selecting the songs and when arranging them, the aim was to portray the different moods and colors of winter and the contemplative nature of the Christmas season. The arranger Vincent Dombrowski used a wide variety of musical style elements for this. In addition to quiet, contemplative sounds, dark and stressful phases also find their way into the music again and again. The ensemble tries to present the contrasts of the cold season in their music and to show the magic of these very contrasts.
In addition to the melodic level, Helena Benkendorff's voice also brings the lyrical into play. She sings the well-known lyrics in English, German and Norwegian. Her voice, sometimes powerful and loud, sometimes fragile and magical, enchants the listener with the emotion of a clear timbre.
Nordsnø Ensemble uses the size of its line-up to create smaller ensembles from within. The right cast is chosen for each piece in order to create the desired mood and to awaken feelings or memories of winter and the Advent season in the audience.

01 Varvinda Friska
02 A rose has sprung
03 River
04 White Coat
05 What Child Is This
06 Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker
07 Fragile
08 Upraised
09 Maria went through a thorn forest
10 Maria Går Blant Tornekratt
11 Na Tennes Tusen Julelys

Exceptional, heartwarming and deeply impressive. At the age of seven, the medlz sang pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, etc. together in the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir. This classical training can still be heard today. In "From Mozart to Mercury" the four musicians sing their way through a good two hundred years of music history with passion. Enjoy the extraordinary stillness of a pin with Ave Verum (Mozart), snap along with "Mister Sandman" (The Chordettes), let yourself be seduced "from head to toe" (Marlene Dietrich) and recharge your batteries with good rock, e.g with "Kashmir" (Led Zeppelin) or pop, e.g. with "Man in the mirror" (Michael Jackson). Two hundred years of music history in two hours is also a very humorous journey thanks to the sympathetically direct manner of spokeswoman Sabine Kaufmann. Because this program also says: "A Saxon is always there." You can hear the selected songs of the 4 women from Dresden in the unusual and unique style and sound of the medlz.

01 Holberg Suite Op. 40 "Preludes"
02 Ave Verum
03 There were two royal children
04 Joshia fit the battle of Jericho
05 I'm set on love from head to toe
06 La vie en rose
07 Mister Sandman
08 What a wonderful world
09 swing medley
10 I'm always tired in the morning