Calling your own album “Songbook” is a real presentation, since the associations of “Great American Songbook” are inevitable. Which, in turn, is not a collection of songs, but rather refers to the canon: jazz standards, show the material of melodies-classical songs that has just formed the US entertainment music in the mid-20th century.
The fact that the new album Berlin Artist Masha Qrella is now called these expectations. For example, in order to get acquainted with plays that formed a singer-auditor of songs, who has a thin, but very effective musicality, which can be a wild trip in her hook.
In the late nineties, Crell, born in 1975 in East Berlin, founded Postrock-Combo Mina, soon followed CourTiva. So, instrumental music – she was still looking for her voice. Since 2002, she reliably published good solo albums. For a long time, she only sang English with her bright voice, it often sounded qrella was airy on the west coast of the “Key” (2016) he shone.
The double album “Someke Else” (2021), the phenomenal, modern atmosphere of the texts of the poet Thomas Brash, finally, makes him a favorite. Sing in German, it has already grown up with its EP “Day after Day” (2019) and the texts of Heiner Müller and Einar Schlifa. Thus, Qrella draws from a wide range of sources of information.
Masha Qrella: “Songbook” (State Act/Bertus/Zebralution)
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Musical field
“Cool Breeze”, the beginning of the new album, actually sounds like an appeal to the moments when a more California wind caused by an indie -to -music Qrellla. The original was published in 1979 by a group of Jeremy Spencer. Eight years ago, Spencer suddenly left Flitwood Mack and fell into a religious sect. Nevertheless, this song sounded amazing how its former group – although patho, is not as flickering as the wind that makes Queella hit.
In an associated musical video, the artist runs along the rod of Brandenburg, disco -smell soars over him. Initially, Qrella wanted to cover the play for the television film, for which the soundtrack was set – but ultimately the order went to someone else. Such reference information can be found in the text of the press, but, unfortunately, not in Liner notes – especially with Kessel Buntes, which is an album, some context for fans would be quite lighting.
Much of what can be found on Songbook has a similar history of origin. Half of the album consists of version versions; The remaining six tracks – this is the ordered work, was killed and much more. Music also gives an idea of the daily work of artists: internal and synergy and service oatism, which at best arise from this. Only a few can live only from passionate projects today.
“Songbook” is something, except for the racing of the remains, although not every song is equally required.
Prince and Persell
“Sometimes the rain continues to fall for a long time” – created a little fluffy, less sucking – created from work by order of Novalis, the poet and philosopher of German early romanticism. Qrella followed the English translation and turns it through the absence of the song of the prince and the operating operating room.
Nevertheless, Queella often manages to tease something new from foreign or self-communication. For example, in the original, rather unexpected song “View the Wide World” through a person who is going to receive well -known cigarettes that will be fabricated in a quasi -a -aid thunderstorm. In the second stanza, it becomes clear that his shame does not apply not to abandoned love, but causes anxiety a “coward” that reduces its people. ” A rather unknown song was found on the first album of the circle, which he released after the transition from the GDR to the west.
