AFAR live

AFAR — music from afar VINYL-ALBUM-MIX

The singles, extended players and album of AFAR:

Changing Rules (ALBUM)
The Refuge (ALBUM)
tell me more (EP)
Rational Ecstasy (EP)
Lulled and Fake (EP)
music from afar (ALBUM)
Neglected (EP)

AFAR Releases

AFAR Podcast

28.08. Dubstation, Saturday midnight on another Plan:et. 

Thank you so much for diving deep with us, through this unique night. We feel honored, empowered and really touched.

AFAR live at Planet C Beta I Fusion 2021 ✨🚀✨

Für die Ewigwachgebliebenen zum Feierabendbier, für die Frühaufsteher als Seelenfutter zum Wochenbeginn: Montagssorbet mit Laut & Luise. Alles erlaubt, was gut tut und Gedanken kreisen lässt, nur der Name ist Programm: cremig, fluffig und ganz schön weich.

Mixtape Montag mit den Genre Jongleuren von @AFARlive. Divers wie immer, facettenreich wie die letzte EP »Rational Ecstasy«. Elemente aus allen Richtungen, nahtlos verbunden mit einem Ziel: Zum Horizont und noch viel weiter. 

Jetzt Tape, dann Platte, beste Leben Wochenanfang:
https://lautundlui.se/afar-rational-ecstasy-lul020/

(Foto: Julia Moebus | Intro by @cairn-mcbain)

#119: AFAR - Montagssorbet mit Laut & Luise

LISTEN & BUY
https://fanlink.tv/TheRefuge

AFAR is a Berlin based music duo consisting of Elena on vocals and guitar, and Joseph on synthesizers and live hardware. Their forthcoming album stems from the misty heights of the pyrenees, hidden and sheltered within thick, old walls. The whole album was written and recorded in four winter weeks. An intense and demanding period, yet liberating and empowering. »The Refuge« is the collection of stories, the process of it is a story on its own. All tracks are touching, drifting, driving. Soft and raw voices meet between rough synthesizer lines. The result ranges from powerful breakouts to fragile moments. Honest and vulnerable, bold and brave: A true journey, a real refuge.

Artist: @AFARlive
Titel: On Me
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LULLP007
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: Digital
Release Date: 13 Oct 2023

On Me 

AFAR - On Me (LULLP007)

LISTEN & BUY
https://fanlink.tv/TheRefuge

»Plastic Riot« is the third single from the upcoming album »The Refuge« by Berlin-based electronica duo »AFAR«. Rough pop between technoid elements and Elena's powerful, albeit dystopian tender voice. An ironic hymn to the brave new world, love beneath halogen tubes and above PVC floors. A track that is in stark contrast to its origin: in February, the two had retreated to the Pyrenees for the recording session. Isolated from the rest of the world, »The Refuge« was created here in four winter weeks, an album between self-reference and artistic liberation. Unusual and honest.

Artist: @AFARlive
Titel: Plastic Riot
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LULLP007
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: Digital
Release Date: 18th Aug 2023

The Refuge

AFAR - Plastic Riot (LULLP007)

Our concert recording LIVE from Fusion Festival 2024 – For the books, for everyone who missed it or wants to go back <3

"We will meet in the place where there is no darkness..."

AFAR - Live At Fusion Festival 2024

changing rules is a personal mantra and a collective call. It’s about turning anger into action and numbness into power—challenging the very things that poison us. In a world gone wrong, there’s no right way to live. It’s time to rewrite the rules and reclaim what’s ours.

It's the first single of AFAR's new upcoming album, released in autumn 2025.

changing rules 

AFAR - changing rules (LULLP009)

LISTEN & BUY
https://afarlive.bandcamp.com/track/no-more-advice

»No More Advice« is the second single from AFAR's upcoming album »Changing Rules«. Fast-paced, driving, angry and liberating. Just moving forward without looking back, far from expectations and well-meant guidance. No more explanations, no more justification, but determination. Clear-eyed, and fed up, decisions come quietly, but they hit hard. Oh please, just no more advice.

It's the second single of AFAR's new upcoming album, released in autumn 2025.

No More Advise 

AFAR - No More Advice (LULLP009)

PREORDER ALBUM
https://afarlive.bandcamp.com/album/changing-rules

Psychedelic Krautwave wrapped in analog warmth, raw guitar bursts, and machine-driven pulse, carried by a mesmerizing voice. Songs that stretch time, reject convenience, and crave the real. A romantic revolt against the daily noises that numb and distract – slow, honest, and widely aware. For those who still long to long and refuse to get comfortable. Changing Rules is the third studio album by Berlin-based duo AFAR – a sonic manifesto of presence, eruption, and resistance.

ALBUM PREORDER

AFAR - Born and Die (LULLP009)

Check out the motion picture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5V7weN9WU

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AFAR - Where is Utarlega?
written and produced by AFAR

https://soundcloud.com/afarlive
https://www.facebook.com/afar.live/


Directed by
Michael Cyroll

Cinematography by
Ashley Jones
Michael Cyroll

SFX and edited by
Michael Cyroll

Make-up by
Stella Schadow

Wardrobe Concept Design by
Johanna Makowski


(c) 2017

Video

Where Is Utarlega

free download

AFAR - Blue Orchid

Live Recording at "5 Jahre Sternstunde"
Track: Glimpse
23.09.2017 Berlin

AFAR - Glimpse (Live at Bucht)

**Tracklist unten**

Was gibt es Besseres um durch die kalten Winternächte zu kommen, als ein düster, ambient-angehauchter Mix mit teilweise tiefen Zügen von elektronisch-brummendem Downtempo?
 
Entstanden in einer dunklen, berliner Nacht und extra für uns zusammengestellt, bringen uns die beiden AFARisten ihre Version des berliner Winters.

AFAR findet man hier:
@afarlive
facebook.com/afar.live/

Heimlich auf Facebook: 
facebook.com/heimlichmusik

Artwork by: 
VAKAT (www.instagram.com/vakat.at/)

** Tracklist **
01. Evelyn Glennie & Fred Friss – Live Improvisation
02. Lucrecia Dalt - Zig Zag
03. GATS – Wilderness feat. Lagoon and N. Delfmann
04. Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan
05. Dj Crush - Substance will overpower hype
06. AFAR – Glimpse (first jam recording)
07. Conch – Get the Blessing
08. Exploded View- Lullaby
09. Forest Swords – Crow
10. AFAR - Elysia
11. Fever Ray – Mama´s Hand
12. Bradley Strider
13. Anna SchuSchu – Sister´s Mantra
14. leafar legov – Elaine
15. Exploded View – Open Road
16. AFAR - Sturmsession

Heimlich Musik Podcast

Heimlich auf FB

Heimlich Podcast #33 by AFAR

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Well, well, welcome again! 

You came here at the right time, as we are unleashing not only ours, but also AFAR's first long player. 
Over the past year, we've grown very fond of those two, as they keep on surprising and enchanting us with their beautiful world of lo-fi electronica. 

The duet combines beautiful and beast-like soundscapes to go alongside this never fading duality of darkness and light. 
Music from afar is a collection of stories, dreamt up and thought through in and around a small house in the middle of nowhere a.k.a. Biesenthal and finalised in the comfort of their home. 
Sound from afar far away, straight into your frontal cortex, warming up your soul soup. 

As this LP isn't necessarily looking for the dancefloor, but wants to be listened to as a whole, we'd like to advise you kindly to buy it as such. 
That way, you'll also get the whole trip as a bonus mix for free. 

So grab your copy, put the needle on and start wobbling with the music. 

From Drosssel & AFAR with much love. 

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Written, recorded & mixed at home and in Biesenthal by Elena Gniss & Joseph Varschen (@AFARlive) 
Mastering by Tilmann Eimicke (@Haunted_Water) 
Cover artwork by Natascha Naffin (www.natascha-naffin.com) 
Photography & writings by AFAR 
Visual concept by Patrick Caire (@uferkind)
Design by Elias Suske

music from afar

LP & Digital

AFAR — music from afar ALBUM-MIX (DSSLP1)

hello lovers, here is the first part of our live concert at Fusion Festival.
(Neuland Stage & FKK Floor). We pushed our recorder a bit over its limits, sorry for the dkfjghrzzz at some points...

xx
Elena & Joseph

AFAR live at Fusion Festival 2019

www.musicfromafar.de
booking: ck@powerline-agency.com


"Consisting of a collaboration between two musicians, AFAR seeks to bridge the distance between the natural and the industrial, exploring the paradox between organic and electronic. In some spaces, AFAR might build dance-oriented rhythms layered with haunting vocals. Whereas in others, the band creates moments of ambience composed of multi-instrumental soundscapes."
Analog & Live.

2025

01.01. Friedas Pier // Stuttgart (DE)
17.01. ESNS // Groningen (NL)
15.03. Cosmic Playgrounds // Esslingen (D)
24.04. C/O Pop (supporting ANIKA) // Cologne (D)
21.06. Fete de la Musique // Rough Trade Neukölln (D)
28.06. Fusion Festival // Lärz (D)
11.07. About Blank // Berlin (D)
19.07. Between Mountains Festival // (CH)
27.07. Zugvögel Festival // (D)
01.08. Jenseits von Millionen Festival // Friedland (D)
09.08. Detect Classic Festival // (D)
16.08. Concert w O/Y // EddM Wendland (D)
04.09. Mystic Creatures Festival // (D)
13.09. Blow Festival // Frankfurt (D)
04.10. Vienna Waves Festival // Wien (A)
11.10. Micropopweek // Düsseldorf (D)

...::: ±±± Changing Rules Tour 2025 ±±± :::...
23.10. Hamburg // Nachtasyl
24.10. Köln // jaki
25.10. Duisburg // museum kueppersmuehle
26.10. Leipzig // tba
29.10. Jena // Trafo
30.10. München // Milla
01.11. Zürich // Exil
04.11. Milano // arci bellezza
06.11. Graz //  cafe wolf
22.11. Berlin // BiNuu 

04.12. Trans Musicales de Rennes // (FR)




2024

..: The Refuge Tour :..
15.03.2024 Conne Island // Leipzig (DE)
16.03.2024 Gannet // Basel (CH)
17.03.2024 Exil // Zürich (CH)
19.03.2024 Slow Club // Freiburg im Breisgau (DE)
20.03.2024 Tanzhaus West // Frankfurt a.M. (DE)
21.03.2024 King Georg // Köln (DE)
22.03.2024 Uebel & Gefährlich // Hamburg (DE)
23.03.2024 Melkweg // Amsterdam (NL)
28.03.2024 Säälchen // Berlin (DE)

20.04. Circular // Izmir (TUR)
24.05. Aken (sold out) // (DE)
30.05. Razondetr // Sicily (IT)
02.06. Theater City Stage // Bremerhaven (DE)
27.06. Fusion Festival (Vinyl) // Lärz (DE)
29.06. Fusion Festival (Live) // Lärz (DE)
05.07. Deutsche Oper Berlin // (DE)
06.07. Jupiter // Hamburg (DE)
20.07. Detect Classic Festival // Bröllin (DE)
01.08. Appletree Garden Festival // (DE)
09.08. Lethargy Festival // Zurich (CH)
16.08. Bucht der Träumer // Helenesee (DE)
06.09. Import Export // München (DE)
18.-21.09. Reeperbahn Festival // HH (DE)
27.09. Wildwechsel Festival // Duisburg (DE)
01.11. Werkstattkonzert // Wendland (DE)
02.11. Museumsnacht, Museum Schnütgen // Köln
14.11. UT Connewitz // Leipzig (DE)
01.12. Miras B Day (Kater) // Berlin (DE)
07.12. KunstWerk // Köln (DE)

2023

......Violet Drive Tour with Kerala Dust......
10.03. Gaskessel // Bern (CH)
11.03. Konzerthaus Schüür // Lucerne (CH)
12.03. Plaza // Zürich (CH)
14.03. Täubchenthal // Leipzig (D)
15.03. Uebel & Gefährlich // Hamburg (D)
16.03. Kantine // Cologne (D)
18.03. Le Trabendo // Paris (FR)
19.03. Melkweg // Amsterdam (NL)
21.03. Fluc // Wien (AT)
23.03. Próżność // Poznan (PL)
24.03. Klub Bezsenność // Wroclaw (PL)
25.03. Praga Centrum // Warszawa (PL)
28.03. Debaser // Stockholm (S)
29.03. Pumpehuset // Copenhagen (DK)
30.03. John Dee // Oslo (NOR)
05.04. Technikum // München (D)
06.04. Huxleys // Berlin (D)
¨¨¨Violet Drive Tour with Kerala Dust¨¨¨

28.04. Support Kalabrese // Säälchen Berlin
12.05. AFAR Kirchenkonzert // Zwingli Kirche Berlin
11.06. Sternfest Festival 
16.06. Zuparken Festival
23.06. La Nature Festival (BEL)
01.07. Fusion Festival // Lärz 
28.07. Ackerbeat Festival 
29.07. Sunnseitn Festival (AT) 
30.07. Mit Dir Festival 
04.08. RKNKT Festival // Hamm
05.08. Garbicz Festival (PL)
11.08. Detect Classic Festival // Schloss Bröllin 
25.08. Ostend // Leipzig
02.09. Open Air Jam Session // Berlin
14.09. Club Chinois // Ibiza
15.09. Kauz // Zürich
06.10. Kaschemme // Basel
07.10. Slow Club // Freiburg
18.10. ADE // Amsterdam
20.10. ADE // Amsterdam

25.10. Album Release Concert // Berghain Kantine Berlin
https://www.berghain.berlin/de/event/77386/
27.10. Album Release Concert // ImportExport München


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2022
01.05. Kater Blau (Miras B Day) // Berlin
21.05. Hanseatische Materialverwaltung // Hamburg
26.05. Beate Uwe // Berlin
28.05. Detect Landpartie, KLP // Wendland
11.06. Altes Kino // Ebersbach
21.06. Fete de la Musique CFB // Berlin
25.06. Opening P8 // Karlsruhe
01.07. Fusion Festival // Lärz
02.07. LAS Festival // PL
30.07. Detect Classic Festival // Schloss Bröllin
31.07. Sommerfest // ...
13.08. 3000Grad Festival // Feldberg
21.08. Bucht der Träumer // Helenesee
05.11. Museumsnacht, Museum Schnütgen // Köln
27.11. Kater Blau/Säälchen (Mira Birthday) // Berlin

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2021
03.12. Nachtasyl // Hamburg
28.11. Kater/Säälchen // Berlin
04.09. La Nature Art & Music Festival // Belgique
03.09. La Nature Art & Music Festival // Belgique
29.08. Kunstfestival Ortstermin // Berlin
28.08. Fusion / Plan:et C // Lärz
06.08. Lichtalben Festival // Boffzen
30.07. Detect Classic Festival // Neubrandenburg
11.07. YNFND Special // Rostock
02.07. a secret Chateau in // France

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2020
17.01. AFAR Video Release Il-Kino // Berlin
23.01. Support Bobby Rausch // Urban Spree
29.01. Beate Uwe w arutani // Berlin
22.03. Klunkerkranich :(
26.03. Record Release Concert // 
Theater im Delphi :(
30.03. unitedwestream.com, live at Klunkerkranich
13.05. Audiovisuelles Kirchenkonzert :(
30.05. Vigyázz-Festival // Nürnberg :(
20.06. La Nature Art & Music Festival // Belgique :(
21.06. Fête de la musique, centre de francais
26.06. Fusion Festival // Lärz :(
31.07. Detect Festival // Neubrandenburg :(
13.10.-16.10 Mondo 2020 // NYC

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2019
27.12. CCC Chaos Communication Congress // Leipzig
23.11. Holy Mountain, Mensch Meier // Berlin
31.08. Park Open Air // Wedding
24.08. HÜTTE Festival // AT
17.08. Bucht der Träumer Festival
11.08. Fuchsival
03.08. Garbicz Festival
27.07. Detect Classic Festival
28.06. Fusion Festival // Lärz
27.06. Fusion Festival // Lärz
14.06. Meeresrausch Festival
11.06. Klunkerkranich // Berlin
10.06. Hedo Kongress
06.04. Punto // Bern
05.04. MOLO Bar // Luzern
04.04. rauscharm, Schneiderei // Zürich
29.03. Postgarage // Graz
23.03. Werk // Wien
15.03. Animal Farm, Bucht // Berlin
07.03. Beate Uwe // Berlin
13.02. RECORD RELEASE CONCERT, Berghain Kantine // Berlin

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2018
09.12. Konzert, Klunkerkranich // Berlin
18.11. Beate Uwe, Barfuß // Berlin
27.10. Tal der Verwirrung, Kater Blau // Berlin
20.10. Rixpop Festival, Rotbart // Berlin
25.08. Hütte Festival // (AT)
18.08. Bucht der Träumer Festival
04.08. Detect Classic Festival // Funkhaus Berlin
28.07. DreiFragezeichen, Mensch Meier // Berlin
21.07. Ackerbeat Festival
23.06. Raketentechtachel, Mensch Meier // Berlin
21.06. Unkraut Floß // Berlin
16.06. Der geheime Pfaffengarten // Temnitztal
08.06. Hit and Run
02.06. Festherum Festival // Fort Gorgast
20.05. Biesenthal
27.04. Drosssel x Fernab at Fiese Remise
14.04. Werkstatttraum // Berlin
17.03. IPSE // Berlin
24.02. Moos Festival // Berlin
09.02. Blindsmith Release at Beate Uwe // Berlin

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2017
31.03. Sturm&Drang - Bucht // Berlin
22.04. Künstlerhaus Parkstraße // Berlin
26.05. WirGarten // Erfurt
03.06. Festherum Festival // Fort Gorgast
16.06. Ritter Butzke // Berlin
08.07. ***Festival // ~Berlin
16.07. So&So Summer Closing // Leipzig
22.07. Universität der Künste - Rundgang // Berlin
12.08. Kölpinstock Festival // Kölpin
13.08. Oewerall Festival // Grünz
19.08. Dockville Festival // Hamburg
07.09. Beate Uwe // Berlin
23.09. 5 Jahre Sternstunde, Bucht // Berlin
18.11. Secret Konzert// Berlin
24.11. Konzert //Neu West Berlin
01.12. Konzert /w Sid Vision, PrivatClub // Berlin
07.12. Konzert /w Eleonora, Fabrik im Gängeviertel // Hamburg

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