Monday's Long Song

 

I will also continue this long series, as there are and will be enough long songs that are worth mentioning here. Today's song is another collaboration between Acid Pauli and the Berlin DJ and producer Nico Stojan.

Acid Pauli is the stage name of Martin Gretschmann, who in his early years was a permanent member of The Notwist, perhaps the best German team from Upper Bavaria in the nineties. He was responsible for the band's electronic sound and the sound snippets used. At the beginning of the century he founded his own electronic project Console and has been releasing electronic gems as Acid Pauli for several years.

Vola comes along with a dragged-out rhythm, the samples used seem to be from another galaxy and all in all the song has a meditative undertone, which is certainly not a bad thing. For me, a good start to the series this year.

New Songs On Sunday

 

Hello everyone, I'm back after my self-imposed time-out in South East Asia. I had a wonderful time recharging my batteries, thinking about many things and making plans for the current year. To give my life a purpose, last autumn I took on a reading mentorship at a primary school to teach young people, most of whom have a migration background, the German language so that they have a better start in life. In addition, I will be working several days a week at the cash desk in a local outdoor pool during the summer months. Just to have a bit more structure and fixed appointments. It remains to be seen whether I will then find the time to help out occasionally in a property management company. I will also have to look for a new flat in the next few months as my apartment is being sold. So there's a lot to do and I won't get bored.

I haven't listened to much music over the last few weeks. Neither old nor new and I've been wondering whether I should stop this blog, as I've often lost inspiration over the past year. But I will continue until I make another decision or realize that interest in my music has waned.

Back to music. My inbox is overflowing and I'm currently sorting through most of it. One release fascinated me. Tunng, a British band that has been making music for over twenty years, returns to their roots with Love You All Over Again and skilfully combines electronic sounds with folk and samples. What is actually unimaginable, they manage to do amazingly well in an impressive way. The songs radiate a harmonious and warm atmosphere that sounds like they're out of time. A good record for the current year.