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The first track I had lyrics and vocal for and the track that set the tone and the direction for the rest of the album for me. The lyrics were directly inspired by the situation in Syria and in general my disgust for authoritarians on the march…
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MOUNTAIN LAUNDRY (Bohnenberger)
Staying in the mountains a week and a day
running out of underwear is all I have to say
Find an alternative outside the cabin door
And old-fashioned laundromat with a wooden floor
A rusty tank of propane…
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There's several things I tried out that worked really well here; the popcorn-synthsound from the Dark Energy, the speeding up at the end, the minimalistic hiphopbeat. The lyrics are a bit too bla-di-bla for my taste but whatever...
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CHINESE WHISPERS (2013-2015)
A copy of a copy of a copy
A picture of a picture of a picture
rumours based on lies and hearsay
everything's turning into Chinese Whispers
A remix of a remix of a remix
A dogma based on stories based on…
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The lyrics are pretty selfexplanatory; it's about so-called magic-pill-solutions. The doubletracked "guitarsolos" could have been better but I only recorded them on the last day and thought it might be OK a little rough and off. I did them really…
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There's several things I tried out that worked really well here; the popcorn-synthsound from the Dark Energy, the speeding up at the end, the minimalistic hiphopbeat. The lyrics are a bit too bla-di-bla for my taste but whatever...
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The Dutch painter Mondrian was apparantly a fervent dancer to Boogie Woogie and that image stuck because he seems such a stiff guy otherwise. So I thought that would make a funny subject for a dance-tune. Normally I wouldn't make a song about…
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8. I only want to procrastinate
I started recording this on 28 february and added lyrics and vocals two hours before midnight the 29th. It's my favourite now though it's kinda dumb. I started with a drumrythm from a crappy Yamaha Portasound keyboard…
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I was in Beijing for two weeks and I had seen a documentary called Beijing Bubbles shortly before. When I heard a band rehearse in a bar near my hotel I walked in and saw it was the guy from the doc.
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CHINESE WHISPERS (2013-2015)
A copy of a copy of a copy
A picture of a picture of a picture
rumours based on lies and hearsay
everything's turning into Chinese Whispers
A remix of a remix of a remix
A dogma based on stories based on…
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