Recording & Music Production, Berlin.
G@d, we just love those gears.
So we opted for the Trixx Studios. A familiar workspace. I was here before with Michal Limboski. And Eric, a few years ago.
Eric will be recording his own material with a great rhythm section this sunday.
First rehearsal tomorrow. With Hugo Reyet on bass, and Nir Sabag (drums).
Wir sind gespannt.
G#d… These preamps just make my day.
A pleasant atmosphere.
We welcomes Joel Holmes’s The green House Expansion Band, last week at our favorite recording facility in Berlin, Kreuzberg.
Kuba Gudz on drums was nailing those Hip-Hop beats like a madman, grooving away tight and along with bassist Martin. While Joel Holmes confidently lead the band, playing some great harmonies and magic polyrhythms.
Featured rapper Stimulus was all Feeling and Inspiration.
Great stuff, thank you guys.
Some mixes and videos coming up.
It was very interesting – and great fun – to sit down with director Ben Mergelsberg and meet Matt Sweetwood, editor for the documentary “Meine Oma in Schlesien”.
We met at Matt’s editing and post-production studio, in Potsdam, and a five minutes walk from the legendary Babelsberg film studios.
Matt is also a writer and director in his own right (Beerland, Hacker, etc.) and – last but not least – a musician.
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 ?”
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…
In any case, thanks to all of you musicians, and Ben and Clara for the chance to work on this lovely project.
