On Thursday, 27th May, I’ll give my debut as an solo artists, performing own songs and compositions as well as a live electronic performance. Besides a fantastic band (Maria Finkelmeier, Venla Hinnemo, Leyli Afsahi, Jonathan Börlin, Johan Petterson, Patrick Anderson, Davod Basri, Vanessa Martinez, Johan Bertilsson), the concert will feature Lindie Boström doing lights and visuals and a dance performance by Tore Alsegård.
Black Box, Piteå, 27th may 10, 9 pm
Piteå is surrounded by two paper plants, which on same days smells like… hard to explain… I tried to make this unique smell audible…
Since I moved to Sweden, I engaged in composition a lot. Therefore, I like to share one piece of mine with you. “bakom brus” (swedish, “behind noise”) is a piece for noise generator and friends, which I wrote for my composition class with Johan Samskog (Stockholm). Tack för kritiken och synpunkter. Hope you enjoy it.
der mensch muss essen. klare sache. klare brühe oder aus der mülltonne. hauptsache gesund. wenn die tonne aber verschlossen ist? scheiß faschisten. sollen die sich doch selbst wegschmeißen. idioten sind nicht gesund.
As a present for the turn of a year, I present you two (outside of Scandinavia) pretty unkown, but fantastic reggae bands from Sweden, where I linger these days.
The first crew is called Livelihood. They sing as well in Swedish as in English. They belong not only to the group of Swedish reggae artists, but also to the very raw raggae bands with a female singer. Does anyone know, where their are so few of them? Their style is mixed with dub elements.
Here comes one of my favourite songs of them: Öppna upp
Kultiration is the second band. Their are from Gothenburg and play a very thrilling mixture of reggae, jazz and folk elements. Great stuff.
As an extra song, I show you “Det löser sig” by Timbuktu. This guy is more of an rapper than a reggae singer, but he blends plenty of styles, such as reggae, salsa, polca with rap music. The video is fun.
I wish you best vibes for the next year. I’m pretty curious. Best wishes from Sweden.
Johann
(picture taken by Beccy Kludig)
Alright. Here comes the next song of our last recording session. It is called “talking plane home delay blues” and was written on the WOMAD songwriting workshop in Bath by Mike Hembury and me.
As I already noted, it contains some common lines with one of Andy White’s new songs.
The amazing voice in the beginning belongs to Hikmat Al-Sabty of the fantastic ensemble Ourud Elmahabbe. Thanks to him and all the other musicians involved.
Mike Hembury in front of the “Castle” in Bath, the birthplace of the WOMAD songwriters.
I’m happy to present a new song, which we recorded during the last weeks. It is called “muerte por disparo” and performed by the amazing Nicolas Miquea. I hope you like it.
PS: Two other songs of the recording session follow soon.
Übermorgen spiele ich bei dem diplomkonzert von Lisa Zehner. Neben den üblichen keyboards habe ich die gelegenheit, folgende Obamarede zu dekonstruieren.
Also erscheint zahlreich.
Ort: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Zeit: Freitag, 28. November, 19.30 Uhr
Am kommenden montag (17.11.) werde ich im anschluss an die Kaleidoskop-Nacht in der HMT Rostock auflegen. Multikulti-Rambazamba vom feinsten. Nicht nur deshalb lohnt sich die Veranstaltung. Auch das eigentlich konzert, in dem sich die hochschule von ihrer internationalen seite zeigt. Insgesamt eine pflichtveranstaltung für alle, für die rostock mehr als fisch, hansa und eine frische brise ist.
Hier ein beispiel meines DJ-repertoires:
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