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TEKILA.

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The magic was discreet but immediate,
with Nir Sabag on drums and Max Schlegel on bass.

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This was actually my first session at this studio in Kreuzberg, in February 2015,
testing the set-up and enjoying those great microphones.
And it was our first session together with Nir.

Nir is from Israel, and I have yet to have one bad session or rehearsal with him. There might be days with more or less energy, but the feeling is always there. It’s a kind of magic.
Moments are grounded in time.
Common Sense is spoken.

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 TEKILA NIR
TEKILA NIR DR2
I might start calling him the Rhythm and Groove Prophet.

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On bass, Max always surprises me with his ability to make those a latin beats grooove. He’s been hanging out with Argentinian – and fantastic – pianist Carly Quiros, says he.

It’s was difficult that day, being on both the technical and the musical side. Testing and checking out the set-up, signal flow, headphone mixes, etc. In fact I was terribly disapointed with the upright sound. An AKG was probably moved away from its position, or Max changed position while rehearsing.

I proposed a rhythm changes in Bb, with a Bossa-nova feel on the A’s and a swing on the B’s.

It became “TEKILA”, which also is a phonetic for “T’es qui là ?”, which means “Who are you now ?” in french.

A fun topic.

Film music for german documentary “Meine Oma in Schlesien”.

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I was pleased to score for Ben Mergelsberg and Clara Hahn’S documentary “Mein Oma in Schlesien“.

Ben is a cameraman and director who runs Wrangelfilm in Berlin.
http://wrangelfilm.com

It was great working with / for Ben. It only took a little while for us to tune into the same wavelength, so to say. And then it was just great fun.

Here is a first version of the main theme I proposed.

The documentary revolves around Ruth, Clara’s grandmother, as they drive back to Schlesien: Ruth’s native region.
“Der Film will nicht belehren, nichts Erklären, sondern zeigen was passieren kann wenn eine Enkelin die Oma fragt: Woher kommst Du ?”

Meeting Ruth.

Ruth Clara Virgil
Meeting Ruth.

I invited some of my new acquaintances and favorite musicians to participate on some parts of the soundtrack, such as Florian Kolditz and Nir Sabag, respectively on bass and drums. Daniel Weltlinger – photographed with his violin – from Australia, blessed us with some awesome violin playing. I had not heard Daniel before that studio session. I had met him once over a year ago, and I just knew. Sometimes you just know, you don’t even need to hear the cat play. The vibe, and a nice conversation are enough. And even then, I was happily surprised…

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In any case, thanks to all of you musicians, and Ben and Clara for the chance to work on this lovely project.