Folk

The pianist Klemens Kaatz presents his new solo album "Speaking in Keys". In his own instrumental compositions he tells musical stories, poems, anecdotes and aphorisms. They are pieces that speak, acoustic narratives that seem to have a life of their own. The music is inspired by Balkan folk music as well as fusion jazz and modern classics. Sometimes it sounds weird and scratchy, sometimes light and lively, sometimes opaque and gloomy, sometimes rhythmic and tempting to dance, and it's always beautiful.

01 A Tribute to Ernst Toller
02 Strange Blues for a Strange Country
03 Ithaca
04 Prelude
05 Lady Princess
06 Maybe
07 Aux étoiles
08 Rondeau Oriental
09 sick
10 Short Times of Happiness
11 Visiting Crete
12 Lament No. 7
13 Song of Changes
14 In Love
15 May Day
16 Once Upon a Time

Every few years it is tipped in Berlin that Moabit could become the next trend district. But it never happened; no matter how many artists and students here prepare the ground for an environment worthy of gentrification; Moabit remains exciting in a charming way and nonchalantly combines multiculturalism, down-to-earthness and the artist scene. Marco Ponce Kärgel has his rehearsal room here, to which he invited Sven Schneider one day to indulge in a "Moabiter Romance" with both acoustic guitars, a first sketch of a composition of the same name. In the basics, the two discover almost endless stylistic possibilities, so that the arrangements of their own compositions cheerfully explore the transitions between classic and jazz. Twisted rhythms throw them onto clear structures, startle beguiling melodies with offbeat tones. Experimental noise meets jazzy harmonies, dynamic breaks and rocking riffs. Two listen to each other and throw the musical snowballs around each other's ears like two professional jugglers. In nine original compositions, stories and fantasy soundtracks, the two musicians now tell of this turbulent "Moabit Romance" as ilimitado on their debut album.

Very old school, after a few intensive performances, we went straight to Dietrich Petzold's tonus arcus studio to take energy, excitement and excitement into the recordings, to record everything live in one go. In Dietrich Petzold, the violinist, composer and producer, they found the man with the right ear and a great deal of experience in musical pieces arranged in a reduced manner. There were no overdubs. Just two steel-string guitars and two musicians who concentrate on the essentials - telling their story, listening to each other and playing together.
The word "ilimitado" comes from Spanish and stands for the unlimited. A bit like the origin and the musical work of the two musicians.

01 Bregoran
02 From active life
03 Wrist can wait
04 Beautiful Elise's dress
05 The memory of water
06 Early Easter
07 The Black Forest is on the Bosporus
08 poodle bites
09 Once upon a time there was a hybrid

The repertoire of the JOBIM sessions is remarkable: 14 popular and well-known songs by the Brazilian composer Tom Jobim - however not interpreted in the usual bossa nova sound, but creatively and fearlessly placed in new musical contexts, completely rearranged, partly alienated and in time signature, groove , Melody and harmony sequence abstracted. “We wanted to respectfully deconstruct Jobim's music and rearrange it in a surprising way, technically and artistically at a high level, but still audible to a wide audience,” says Andreas Schulz. The spectrum ranges from the economical 'Favela' with Steelstring, Dobro and Udu to the densely arranged and with over 8 minutes playing time, probably the most ambitious song 'Demais'. Even songs like the world-famous 'Girl from Ipanema' experience an exciting reinterpretation, in which you only recognize the original title after almost 2 minutes of playing time. Other notable tracks are 'Agua De Beber' as a funk shuffle, 'Once I Loved' in the Americana sound, 'Chega De Saudade' with echoes of Tango Nuevo or 'How Insensitive' with drum loops in a chill-out atmosphere.

01 Corcovado
02 Once I Loved
03 Dindi
04 Look To The Sky
05 Modinha
06 Demais
07 Favela
08 How Insensitive
09 meditation
10 O Grande Amor
12 double rainbow
13 Agua de Beber
14 The Girl From Ipanema

"Pax Nicholas and the Ridimtaksi" is an 11-piece band from Berlin, which performs classic and modern Afrobeat with a good portion of soul and funk under the experienced band leader and showman Pax Nicholas (aka Nicholas Addo-Nettey) from Ghana.
The coming together of professional musicians from Berlin and West Africa in this project guarantees rousing grooves and a perfect show. Ridimtaksi has been active in this formation since 2008 and has played in the Berlin locations of Pfefferberg, Acud, Bar 1000 and in October 2010 as the support act for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Daptone) at Huxle's. The repertoire consists of Nicholas Addo-Nettey's own compositions and highlights from the program of Fela Kutis Afrika 70.

01 Make It Right
02 Secrets Of Baby
03 Mind Your Business
04 Wickedness
05 Terror Warning
06 Better Check It
07 Endi Awereho
08 Stubburn Sons

André Simão portrays the contemporary trends in Brazilian guitar music at the highest artistic and technical level. In doing so, he opens up completely new sound worlds for us, away from the bossa nova clichés. In addition to works by established guitar composers such as Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira and Sérgio Assad, this CD gem also includes premiere recordings of works by Alberto Mejia and João Luiz.

01 Emboscadas
02 O choro de Juliana
03 Baião Cansado
04 Rapsodia dos Malacos
05 Dois Lugares
06 Appassionata
07 Batuque
08 Chuva

The elegance of Latin jazz, smooth and energetic at the same time, played by virtuous musicians and interpreted with the beautiful and expressive voice of Felicia Touré ? that is MANTECA. Renowned outstanding artists from the Cologne (Germany) Jazz scene express themselves through their music entertaining with style and class. The charming voice of the singer is breathtaking. She presents the highlights of Brazilian Jazz, Samba and Bossa Nova seducing the audience with great emotions and a touch of Latin joyfulness.
The band was founded in 2004 featuring saxophone player Gabriel Perez. In 2007 Juergen Peiffer reorganized the band together with singer Felicia Touré with whom he has been working as a drummer and musical director ever since.

01 Outro Lugar
02 On My Mind
03 Feliz E Triste
04 Águas De Março
05 Se Depender De Mim
06 Fly Me To The Moon
07 Lobo Bobo
08 First Cut
09 Eu EO Meu Amor
10 sad
11 Forca Da Imaginação
12 Ode To Samba
13 Take Me To Aruanda
14 Session Tune
15 Garota De Ipanema
16 Aquarela Do Brasil

Bohemian brass music served in a sophisticated way, the Bohemian Three-Ten have dedicated themselves to this motto with heart and soul. 15 musicians present Bohemian and Egerland brass music: sophisticated and cheeky interpretations.
Even though your style was influenced by the "early" Ernst Mosch, you nevertheless lend the catchy melodies your very own refreshing note. This can be heard on their debut work "Ein Groove aus der Küche", a CD that is a colorful mixture of well-known classics and rarely recorded works.
The Bohemian Three-Ten promise good entertainment on stage. The show is not neglected and the spectators can look forward to smart excursions into jazz. Whether Oktoberfest, morning pint or evening event - the Bohemian Thirteen provide exciting and atmospheric concerts.

01 Pepper & Salt
02 Mushroom Polka
03 By candlelight
04 Dampfnudelpolka
05 A groove from the kitchen
06 poppy seed box
07 Egerland delicacies
08 children's eyes
09 A toast to coziness
10 We are very thirsty
11 A Groove From The Kitchen (Instrumental)
12 A Toast to Coziness (Instrumental)
13 We Are Thirsty (Instrumental)

The singer & songwriter Daniel Green from Schleswig-Holstein presents 2023 new music on his Hotel California album "Family", which will be released on April 7th, 2023. As on the previous albums (Orange and Vanish Like A Cloud In Sunlight), the family affairs set to music are located in the area of ​​folk music / Americana. With polyphonic English-language pieces and varied song structures, Daniel Green entangles his listeners in his world, which seems strangely familiar to us - just like a family.
The ten folk songs were created in cooperation with friend and companion Carl Albrecht from Hamburg. Already 20 years ago the two were on stage together on tours in Europe but also on the Vans Warped Tour in the USA and have been working together again since the beginning of the Corona Pandemic. The newly found friendship significantly inspired the process of creating the songs. Carl is responsible for drums, solos and production - Daniel composes, sings and plays all instruments.

01 Greater Love
02 I Need A Vacation
03 Be Friends Again
04 Magical Grandma
05 Living Life More Fearlessly
06 I Choose To Sing
07 Some Of You Remember Me Like This
08 Trust
09 Manipulate Time
10 Stillness Of Things
11 This world wants peace

01 Come, come, you people
02 Ov crooked or across
03 Oh, how nice it used to be in Colonia
04 Homesick for Cologne

<p>Here it is, the ninth album from the &ldquo;oldies&rdquo; The Keltics.<br>After five studio CDs, two live CDs and one ballad CD, the first album &ldquo;9&rdquo;, recorded entirely with their own composed and texted songs, was released. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered at Echolane Recording Studio at the end of 2021.<br>&bdquo;We've been on the road for 30 years now and spreading fun&szlig; and delight in Irish folk rock. If you haven't seen us live yet, you've missed something. The pandemic has forced us to break new ground,&rdquo; said the singer and veteran of the band, Thys Bouma. &ldquo;We were completely &ldquo;underplayed&rdquo;, as was the entire music scene, and we suddenly had time. We made the best of it and worked on our own ideas. None of us would have thought that a whole album would come out of it.<br>Unfortunately there was a problem. How should we pay the production costs?<br>During the pandemic there were no opportunities to perform, so the costs for the production of the CD could only be covered by successful crowdfunding. A big thank you to all&rsquo; our fans for their financial support.<br>We are very happy about the result and hope that you will remember the lyrics well so that we can have a nice choir for the coming live season have in the audience. ;-).&rdquo;</p>

01 My Father Always Said
02 Endless Time
03 Moby Dick (Wooden Leg)
04 Flowing Down The River
05 The Tick Song
06 moonshiners
07 Drunk Lazy Bastard
08 Nine Pints ​​Of Beer
09 All Ends Right
10 The Captain
11 The Gap
12 Waltzes In The Snow

For four years now, Queen of the Meadow has been enchanting us with their delicate folk songs which have often been compared with the works of Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Elliott Smith or Judee Sill. But it is high time we move away from those tutelary figures to recognize the fair value of the acoustic cathedrals erected by the discreet yet passionate duettists, as well as acknowledge the almost child-like joy experienced while hearing them sing in harmony.
Helen Ferguson is a late bloomer who started writing a few years ago, driven by a profound impulse to depict her inner demons through radiant melodies.
On the other hand, Julien Pras has been known for almost 25 years as one of the deftest craftsmen when it comes to sensitive song writing. Together, they adorn of the finest fabric the songs that she prefers to compose in her native language. They overstitch the instruments, the sound of which he meticulously works on until a refined and elegant gown is obtained, meant to stand the test of time. The challenge was successfully met from the beginning with their debut album Aligned With Juniper (Tiny Room Rds, 2016) and more particularly with A Room to Store Happiness released in 2018 on Only Lovers Records which allowed them to tour and win the hearts of a wider audience beyond the scope of their original hometown Bordeaux, France.
All the subtleties of the 10 songs of their third album Survival of the Unfittest resulting from an asserted maturity and the obvious complexity of the duo, cannot be translated here. But right from the very first song "Smother", we are charmed by the agile intertwining of the guitars, the flight of vocals gliding above the clouds dripping crystalline notes of piano, the aptness of the rythmic beats paving the space until a tidal wave of panting voices bring the song to its climax to finally end in a peaceful acoustic arpeggio.
From a few dark-red drops in the snow, Helen observes, imagines, builds connexions with the blood shed by wild animals driven out of their territories ("La Louve"), the fear aroused by the heavy step of a familiar man one does not dare rebuff ("One More Chance"), the tormenting hunger on the path of exodus ("Rose of Sharon") or the irreversible power of an electroshock ("Dishonorable Discharge").
Thereby, the title Survival of the Unfittest was inspired by biologist Hebert Spencer's expression referring to the natural selection which condemns the ones who were not born with the same chances to remain at the bottom of the ladder. But if we dig a little deeper into Helen's lyrics, we see that she expands the definition to all marginals and other whipping boys. Or if we dare say « whipping girls » since women are another claimed source of inspiration : women who fight in their own ways to be heard and respected. Womanhood is explored through the themes of reverie ("Moonchild"), violence ("Princess Pride"), manipulation ("The King and the Hoe"), sensuality ("Modesta") or dancing (illustrated by the superimposition of the collodion photograph on the covers). Adopting at an intimate point of view, Helen does not hesitate to call her
own family at the witness stand to reconcile substance and form in an ode to the strength of intergenerational bonds ("Honey"). And when the lyrics reveal too little, the sound effects chosen by Julien take over, drawing the missing words, building enchanting or menacing worlds but never imposing any unilateral interpretation.
Survival of the Unfittest is a new stone in Queen of the Meadow's Garden of Delights which will hopefully serve as a talisman to repel depression and light the path for those who will have the curiosity to visit it.

01 Smother
02 moonchild
03 Dishonorable Discharge
04 Honey
05 La Louve
06 Rose of Sharon
07 Princess Pride
08 One More Chance
09 The King and the Hoe
10 Modesta

For four years now, Queen of the Meadow has been enchanting us with their delicate folk songs which have often been compared with the works of Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Elliott Smith or Judee Sill. But it is high time we move away from those tutelary figures to recognize the fair value of the acoustic cathedrals erected by the discreet yet passionate duettists, as well as acknowledge the almost child-like joy experienced while hearing them sing in harmony.
Helen Ferguson is a late bloomer who started writing a few years ago, driven by a profound impulse to depict her inner demons through radiant melodies.
On the other hand, Julien Pras has been known for almost 25 years as one of the deftest craftsmen when it comes to sensitive song writing. Together, they adorn of the finest fabric the songs that she prefers to compose in her native language. They overstitch the instruments, the sound of which he meticulously works on until a refined and elegant gown is obtained, meant to stand the test of time. The challenge was successfully met from the beginning with their debut album Aligned With Juniper (Tiny Room Rds, 2016) and more particularly with A Room to Store Happiness released in 2018 on Only Lovers Records which allowed them to tour and win the hearts of a wider audience beyond the scope of their original hometown Bordeaux, France.
All the subtleties of the 10 songs of their third album Survival of the Unfittest resulting from an asserted maturity and the obvious complexity of the duo, cannot be translated here. But right from the very first song "Smother", we are charmed by the agile intertwining of the guitars, the flight of vocals gliding above the clouds dripping crystalline notes of piano, the aptness of the rythmic beats paving the space until a tidal wave of panting voices bring the song to its climax to finally end in a peaceful acoustic arpeggio.
From a few dark-red drops in the snow, Helen observes, imagines, builds connexions with the blood shed by wild animals driven out of their territories ("La Louve"), the fear aroused by the heavy step of a familiar man one does not dare rebuff ("One More Chance"), the tormenting hunger on the path of exodus ("Rose of Sharon") or the irreversible power of an electroshock ("Dishonorable Discharge").
Thereby, the title Survival of the Unfittest was inspired by biologist Hebert Spencer's expression referring to the natural selection which condemns the ones who were not born with the same chances to remain at the bottom of the ladder. But if we dig a little deeper into Helen's lyrics, we see that she expands the definition to all marginals and other whipping boys. Or if we dare say « whipping girls » since women are another claimed source of inspiration : women who fight in their own ways to be heard and respected. Womanhood is explored through the themes of reverie ("Moonchild"), violence ("Princess Pride"), manipulation ("The King and the Hoe"), sensuality ("Modesta") or dancing (illustrated by the superimposition of the collodion photograph on the covers). Adopting at an intimate point of view, Helen does not hesitate to call her
own family at the witness stand to reconcile substance and form in an ode to the strength of intergenerational bonds ("Honey"). And when the lyrics reveal too little, the sound effects chosen by Julien take over, drawing the missing words, building enchanting or menacing worlds but never imposing any unilateral interpretation.
Survival of the Unfittest is a new stone in Queen of the Meadow's Garden of Delights which will hopefully serve as a talisman to repel depression and light the path for those who will have the curiosity to visit it.

01 Smother
02 moonchild
03 Dishonorable Discharge
04 Honey
05 La Louve
06 Rose of Sharon
07 Princess Pride
08 One More Chance
09 The King and the Hoe
10 Modesta

The composer, guitarist, singer and lyricist Eckhardt Günther is one of the first protagonists of German-language pop jazz. 1979  he recorded the LP "Da Sein" with a clearly jazzy touch. For vinyl lovers, a limited edition of this LP is offered by the Bynja Production label (distribution: Timezone-Records).
Eckhardt Günther presents an exciting, virtuosic and surprising juggling of jazz, blues, rock, ballads and bossa nova. These are pieces with stylistic and compositional finesse, in which the excellent musicians are given plenty of room for improvisation.
The German lyrics are pretty biting, pictorial, self-deprecating, playful; sometimes painfully direct. Or the songs only tell about relationships under different weather conditions or about enjoying. These finely spun lyrical lyrics are included with the LP.
Some titles have been digitized or partially reworked and can be heard on the worldwide available double CD "Eckhardt Günther - 24 songs and one song".
The record cover of the vinyl LP "Da Sein" was designed by the artist and Folkwang lecturer Klaus-Uwe Schlueter.

page A
01 Spring morning rendezvous
02 Dozy afternoon
03 Flowering time in autumn
04 Full of comfort right up to the top
05 Prelude for Wuseline
06 rhythm of existence

Side B
01 Tender exploiter
02 Nice to bite into
03 Today her loneliness takes her for a walk through the city again
04 A bit of sweet time
05 It used to be reassuringly monotonous
06 I feel so good

Rhythms, melodies and music riffs were created more than 10 years ago that led to finished songs in 2021.
An album of inspiration for life and music. After all, only life writes stories and music is there to have fun and enjoy. With "Part Of Me" an album was created that is equally interesting for young and old as it is for black and white.
The CD contains 10 songs and has a running time of about 30 minutes. All songs have come into being as far as I know what instruments and composing songs have to do with. Musical role models for the CD are Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury, Linkin Park, Billy Talent and many more.

01 Big Bang
02 Music
03 Harmony
04 love
05 Lonely
06 Believe
07 Lost
08 happy
09 Drama
10 forever

Eckhardt Günther is a German composer, guitarist and author. He was born in Perleberg/OT Schönfeld/Brandenburg and has lived in Osnabrück since 1975. His work includes pieces of almost every genre: orchestral works, stage works, chamber music but also pop-rock-jazz songs with their own lyrics...
This double album ON ALL NOTES,17 PRELUDES AND FUGUES FOR PIANO is so titled because the Preludes and Fugues are composed on all notes along the chromatic scale (from A to G#). All movements have neither "major" nor "minor" and each end on neutral chords without being atonal. Strict order and freedom are combined in a meaningful way, leaving room for improvisation.
In the present digital version, it is not the organic musical expression that is in the foreground, but the motor pulse. This work is also intended as an offer to pianists to expand their repertoire and to give these pieces their own personal touch and more "natural" character.

01 Prelude On A
02 Fugue On A
03 Prelude On Bb
04 Fugue On Bb
05 Prelude On A#
06 Fugue On A#
07 Prelude On B
08 Fugue On B
09 Prelude On C
10 Fugue On C
11 Prelude On Db
12 Fugue On Db
13 Prelude On C#
14 Fugue On C#
15 Prelude On D
16 Fugue On D

Two new songs from Kreuzberg!

01 I don't know
02 Jean Greed Daughter

The music can be downloaded at the end of the order.

The Berlin pianist and composer Leonhard Baumert composed the 15 imaginative piano pieces for his new piano album "Sehnsucht" in 2020, the year when so many people around the world had to suffer from the terrible virus pandemic.
As with his previous published piano albums, the piano virtuoso Leonhard Baumert also dispenses with any digital post-processing on his current piano album in order to offer his listeners an unadulterated musical experience as in his countless successful live performances.

CD1
01 longing
02 desire
03 tenderness
04 Cheerfulness
05 Confidence
06 melancholy
07 Euphoria
08 Encounter

CD2
01 Together
02 trust
03 happiness
04 Plaintive
05 doubts
06 Hopeful
07 Conclusion

The press reviews of Daniel Green's 2019 album "Vanish Like A Cloud In Sunlight" clearly show that the subject of death can touch musically. 15 months and all the more dark thoughts later the B-sides of this album are released. The focus is on "Family Man", because when families lose their fathers, the world shakes. Thoughts from "Vanish Like A Cloud In Sunlight" are taken further on this EP.
These songs were recorded in the corridors of an old school building in Schleswig-Holstein.

01 Lonesome person
02 Family Man
03 Autumn
04 Your World Shall Be Young Forever

The songs can be downloaded at the end of the order.

2021 is off to a good start, because Baby Kreuzberg continues to provide us with his music!

The music can be downloaded at the end of the order.

“My new single 'Still Walking' was created during a phase in which I was in a dead end both privately and professionally. So at that time I decided to give up my apartment, sell everything I didn't need and go abroad for a while to regroup. This decision was like a liberation for me and was to be the best of my life. After that, only good things have happened to me.”
On "Still Walking" the German composer, guitarist and tin whistle player Olaf Sickmann combines classical influences with soundtrack-like music and traditional Irish sounds to create a kind of New Celtic Music. The piece begins with a slightly jazzy, spherical keyboard/piano sound, which is later joined by an intensely played e-guitar. On the other hand there is a melodic, virtuoso tin whistle thunderstorm, which draws its inspiration from Irish instrumental music and continues to increase through continuously increasing polyphony. "Still Walking" finally ends in a hypnotic hurricane of sounds and tin whistle sounds and gives the listener an emotional and unusual piece of music that reflects the liberation described above very well. In order to give the production that very special something, Olaf Sickmann has teamed up with Marcus Praed, who among other things is the guitarist of the American cult rockers Tito & Tarantula (became world famous through the Roberto Rodriguez film From Dusk Till Dawn), an experienced and musically open co- Producer brought on board who recorded and mixed "Still Walking" in an ancient water mill.
In the last 15 years, Olaf Sickmann has created his very own niche with timelessly beautiful instrumental music. His works are regularly played on radio and television and are increasingly used for corporate promotional purposes.

The song can be downloaded at the end of the order.

Dissonant melodica clouds hover over stoic guitar chords, underlaid with a threatening bass line. Much Better, Thank You open their second album powerfully and wildly.
The band first drew attention to themselves in 2015 with "Concrete Memories", their single "against forgetting - on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz".
Now the five musicians present nine new songs, including two cover versions, which, in contrast to their own compositions, come with German lyrics. One almost has the feeling that the band uses these songs to locate themselves between "Das Model" by Kraftwerk and "Zu Asche, zu Staub" from the Babylon Berlin series; Originally not exactly songs you could imagine a guitar band playing, but MBTY have expanded their musical vocabulary so much that they seem to master it with ease.
"The House is Moving", the title track of the album, impressively reflects the artistic potential of the band. It starts in the living room, at least that's what the intro sounds like, played on a lonely acoustic guitar. Timidly, first searching, then clear and powerful, a violin joins them, then an electric guitar. A lot of time passes before the drums and bass kick in and the door to the song's sound fully opens.
Heidi's voice, haunting and deeply sad, carries through the sparse lyrics. From the third verse, a blood-red, sawing guitar increases the intensity. The good feeling quickly disappears; the violin does not donate power, but absorbs it. At some point you no longer know: Is that one violin, are there two? Is that pure beauty or dissonance?
"Two Yellow Lanes" dreams in 5/4 time. The offbeat of "Summerland Suite" invites you to dance between lust and melancholy. "Kite Runner" sneaks up, with a hint of tango, and swings - between thoughts of the human being and his reference group - to a pompous wall of sound in which a bass clarinet breaks up the guitar walls and lets in Irish melodies and French chanson. At some points one listens in surprise, for example when an archaic automatic accompaniment from the 70s sounds in “Hot Deal”. "Fishtank", a somewhat forgiving waltz, closes the dance - Happiness comes only at the bottom of a bottle, when you forget that you had bigger dreams. You always wanted more than this.
Afraid of breaks in style? No never! The band has consistently developed a compact band sound that knows how to challenge its listeners, but never overwhelms them. Skillfully arranged guitars, dynamic drums, driving bass lines and above that the ethereal voice of Heidi Engel.
Much Better, Thank You have landed, miles from where they came from, but happy in their daily unhappiness.
The house is burning, my head is spinning. An album full of power and disturbing beauty.

01 Secret Service
02 The house is moving
03 To ashes, to dust
04 Summerland Suite
05 Kite Runner
06 Hot deal
07 Two Yellow Lanes
08 models
09 Fish tank

The classic shirt is adorned with a print of the hand-drawn Wippsteert coat of arms with the name-giving wagtail and chic Wippsteert lettering on the front. Straight white bird on a black unisex shirt - that always works.

Dissonant melodica clouds hover over stoic guitar chords, underlaid with a threatening bass line. Much Better, Thank You open their second album powerfully and wildly.
The band first drew attention to themselves in 2015 with "Concrete Memories", their single "against forgetting - on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz".
Now the five musicians present nine new songs, including two cover versions, which, in contrast to their own compositions, come with German lyrics. One almost has the feeling that the band uses these songs to locate themselves between "Das Model" by Kraftwerk and "Zu Asche, zu Staub" from the Babylon Berlin series; Originally not exactly songs you could imagine a guitar band playing, but MBTY have expanded their musical vocabulary so much that they seem to master it with ease.
"The House is Moving", the title track of the album, impressively reflects the artistic potential of the band. It starts in the living room, at least that's what the intro sounds like, played on a lonely acoustic guitar. Timidly, first searching, then clear and powerful, a violin joins them, then an electric guitar. A lot of time passes before the drums and bass kick in and the door to the song's sound fully opens.
Heidi's voice, haunting and deeply sad, carries through the sparse lyrics. From the third verse, a blood-red, sawing guitar increases the intensity. The good feeling quickly disappears; the violin does not donate power, but absorbs it. At some point you no longer know: Is that one violin, are there two? Is that pure beauty or dissonance?
"Two Yellow Lanes" dreams in 5/4 time. The offbeat of "Summerland Suite" invites you to dance between lust and melancholy. "Kite Runner" sneaks up, with a hint of tango, and swings - between thoughts of the human being and his reference group - to a pompous wall of sound in which a bass clarinet breaks up the guitar walls and lets in Irish melodies and French chanson. At some points one listens in surprise, for example when an archaic automatic accompaniment from the 70s sounds in “Hot Deal”. "Fishtank", a somewhat forgiving waltz, closes the dance - Happiness comes only at the bottom of a bottle, when you forget that you had bigger dreams. You always wanted more than this.
Afraid of breaks in style? No never! The band has consistently developed a compact band sound that knows how to challenge its listeners, but never overwhelms them. Skillfully arranged guitars, dynamic drums, driving bass lines and above that the ethereal voice of Heidi Engel.

Much Better, Thank You have landed, miles from where they came from, but happy in their daily unhappiness.
The house is burning, my head is spinning. An album full of power and disturbing beauty.

01 Secret Service
02 The house is moving
03 To ashes, to dust
04 Summerland Suite
05 Kite Runner
06 Hot deal
07 Two Yellow Lanes
08 models
09 Fish tank

The classic shirt is adorned with a print of the hand-drawn Wippsteert coat of arms with the name-giving wagtail and chic Wippsteert lettering. The shirts are slightly tailored, with a black bird on a white shirt. The logo is a bit more subtle than in the unisex version - chic!

"Australian one-man band Made for Chickens by Robots is at it again, this time with a brand new seven-inch musical disaster titled "The Wrong Brain, Episode 2". This one is a four-song cheese platter, and as usual it consists of all sorts of weird ingredients, like backyard blues slop, lo-fi somnambulistic ragtime, beer-soaked cartoon country, sizzlin' sausage-core, and lo-tech experimental noisemaking, all engulfed in an impossibly dense cloud of cigarette smoke. Indeed,
"The Wrong Brain" is a shit-kickin', guitar-pickin' good time, complete with such well-composed and highly original songs as "Backside Rag," "Barbecue Time," "Hammin Slaw," and "Bearded Lady. ” (No Depression blog)

01 Back side rag
02 BBQ time
03 Hamminslav
04 Bearded Lady

The German guitarist and producer Eddie Nuenning celebrates the 5th anniversary of his audiophile label "soundresort" in 2017 with 2 new productions.
"The Soundresort Recordings" is an EP of archive recordings from 2010 featuring the singer Filipina Henoch - winner of the German "Bundeswettbewerb singing" - on which she is accompanied on 5 tracks by Eddie on the guitar. The very personal interpretations of well-known titles - from John Denver's "Leaving on a Jetplane" to Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" - convey the essence of each piece through the individual, reduced arrangements and open a view into the soul of the pieces and the interpreters.

01 Leaving On A Jetplane
02 Sunny
03 Like A Lover
04 My Funny Valentine
05 Isn't She Lovely

Newest release of the Dad Horse Experience XL feat. Anto Macaroni (Made for Chickens by Robots/ Puta Madre Brothers) titled "In My Time Of Dying/ Folsom Prison Blues".
This was recorded in Italy during our XL tour 2012 & it is available in black or for a limited edition of one-hundred in orange transparent vinyl.
Either black or orange it comes with a download code plus bonus track "Away (broken string version)".

01 In my time of dying
02 Folsom Prison Blues

"Got lost" by Baby Kreuzberg can now be downloaded!

The song can be downloaded at the end of the order.

The second sampler from the Blomberg Song Festival has now been released. A compilation of the first four years has already been recorded on a double CD. The current CD contains the best of the years 2011-2013 with 15 tracks. The sampler offers a nice review of the last three years and whets the appetite for the family atmosphere at future Blomberg song festivals.
The lovingly designed gatefold cover also picks up on the feeling of musical togetherness: the names of the artists stand side by side on an equal footing.

01 mom
02 You own my heart
03 How deep can you see
04 Floating
05 The hole in the banana
06 Fragile As China
07 Woman
08 Your time at the sea
09 Don's Boogie
10 Healing Waters
11 The Loved
12 That you are not there
13 dance
14 Hallelujah
15 Goodbye

Hagen Bretschneider (idea, sound concept, bass) has always focused on instrumental compositions. He has concentrated on his own material, producing the first album "Dead Cat on a Railroad Track" together with Lennart Hüper (rhythm guitar) and Gustav Hüper (drum machine). This work is a production using only guitars, bass and drum machine.

01 Canary in a cathouse
02 Rabbit hole
03 Burning in water, drowning in flame
04 grapefruit moon
05 Suburban wasteland blues
06 Black dogs
07 Seven
08 Heads in beds
09 Deep sand
10 Dead cat on a railroad track
11 Run with the haunted
12 Red sun

It wouldn't come as a surprise if the term "False Italians" eventually found its way into the lexicon: Ombre di Luci have been causing a sensation in the German acoustic music industry since 1997 - five Germans who could very well come from Siena. In truth, the quintet is at home in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony - after all, a city that the travel magazine "Merian" certifies as having a market place with a Mediterranean character. Right there, in a small pizzeria, Vino e Pasta came up with the spontaneous idea of ​​presenting Canzone italiane in a completely new way.

01 Ma dove vai
02 Ascolta la voce dell'anima
03 Fiducuia nel domani
04 False italiani
05 Gioia di vivere
06 Solitudes
07 La lunga strada
08 Quel giorno in September
09 Stare con te
10 Samba appassionata
11 Il messaggio del mattino
12 millennium fa

It wouldn't come as a surprise if the term "False Italians" eventually found its way into the lexicon: Ombre di Luci have been causing a sensation in the German acoustic music industry since 1997 - five Germans who could very well come from Siena. In truth, the quintet is at home in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony - after all, a city that the travel magazine "Merian" certifies as having a market place with a Mediterranean character. Right there, in a small pizzeria, Vino e Pasta came up with the spontaneous idea of ​​presenting Canzone italiane in a completely new way.

01 La vita d'artista
02 I sola di vuota gloria
03 La leggerezza della gioventu
04 Veda
05 Telegram dalla follia
06 Sushi
07 Il cameriere
08 Non ho che te
09 La leggenda metropolitana
10 Un pome riggio alla spiaggia
11 Vince
12 portions

It wouldn't come as a surprise if the term "False Italians" eventually found its way into the lexicon: Ombre di Luci have been causing a sensation in the German acoustic music industry since 1997 - five Germans who could very well come from Siena. In truth, the quintet is at home in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony - after all, a city that the travel magazine "Merian" certifies as having a market place with a Mediterranean character. Right there, in a small pizzeria, Vino e Pasta came up with the spontaneous idea of ​​presenting Canzone italiane in a completely new way.

01 Miles cum persona
02 Cio che rimane
03 Hail Mary
04 Vento del Sud
05 Perch
06 Miracle
07 La vittoria della pace
08 Ombre di Luci

Two years after the ambitious "The Deconstruction Of Light" it's time for new sounds from Electric Mud. Hagen Brettschneider, who provided the idea, took care of the quiet days on earth this time (somehow fitting to all the lockdowns caused by the Covid virus). "Quiet Days On Earth" is the name of their fifth studio album and is almost 80 minutes long. So again a lot more than the predecessor, which wasn't exactly short either.
In contrast to “The Deconstruction Of Light” this time there weren't any bluesy elements and the keyboard instruments were given a lot more weight. As a result, the partly rocky character of the previous album is lost in much more atmosphere, denser sound forms and sound collages, which sometimes even appear in film music character. Oh yeah, Electric Mud still doesn't have vocals. As usual, they are purely instrumental. The term post-progressive rock comes close to the whole thing.
So now it's time to immerse yourself in the sound worlds of Hagen Brettschneider for 80 minutes, as well as Nico Walser (sound mix, keyboards, noises), who is more in demand than ever, and who this time also recorded all the guitar parts. And what unfolds here, divided into 15 songs, is great instrumental art. You have to enjoy “Quiet Days On Earth” as a total work of art, picking out individual songs here makes no sense. The opener “Aurora Moon” makes it clear right away. Electric Mud invest a lot more in atmosphere, including many mystical sound forms, where the melodic, sometimes elegiac guitar harmonies shouldn't be missing.
After a quiet piano beginning, the opening number indulges in a rather sombre background mood, clears the whole thing up with "bright" synths, integrates a keyboard/chime duet and finally thunder and lightning. A start that couldn't be more impressive in terms of atmosphere.
The ebb and flow of moods is palpable throughout the album. Often provided with a melancholic sadness, for example with violin/strings in "Silhouettes Floating Down A Rain-Slicked Street", Nico Walser follows beautiful guitar melodies, which spoil the listener. Sometimes it's a music box (“Mer De Glace”), sometimes the synths waft out of the speakers until the door creaks at the end (“Durance”). Especially in longer pieces (which this time don't reach the 10-minute mark), an awful lot happens, but always within the framework of the spherical, sometimes spacy basic tone.
A fantastic instrumental album, with impressive and wonderful sound collages, as well as a lot of twists and turns within the defined framework. Electric Mud have slightly changed their sound in favor of the keys and synths. But even more intensity and atmosphere gained. An absolute musically valuable highlight.
Rock Castle Franconia

01 Aurora Moon
02 Silhouettes Floating Down A Rain-Slicked Street
03 Mer De Glance
04 Quiet Days On Earth
05 Wading Through The Waters Of Time
06 The Echoes Of Acheron
07 The Loneliness Of The Somnambulist
08 Durance