"Walking On Our Own" is a collaboration between the promising newcomer indie artist Matilda and indie rock singer/songwriter Carnival Kid. The haunting song tells the story of a breakup, with double bass, synths and tremolo guitar creating such a dense atmosphere that you get the feeling you're in the middle of a Swedish crime series. Matilda's clear and powerful voice cuts through this atmosphere and hits the listener right in the heart. All this culminates in a catchy and energetic hook that will be ringing in the listener's ears for days to come.

Walking on our own

lyrics: Charlotte Vogel, music: Charlotte Vogel/Mirco Vogel, produced by ähm pfau for Lüderitz Records 2018

Galgen

"Three And A Half Minutes" is a song that is very much inspired by work as a teacher at a public school in a socially problematic area. Most of the kids I deal with think that being rude and loud is the one way to be seen by their teachers, parents and friends. The song starts chaotic, then enters with an inner monologue and finally evolves into something driving and grand.

Lyrics:

I don't want to be your next three a' half minute song / I want to be more / something that you really care for / I don't want to be the next kid you throw out of the room / I want to be more - someone that you really care for

I don't know who I am but I know
that I'm able to make you lose it all
I can't be tamed and I can't slow down
if you don't see me - if you don't see me now

I don't want to get lost in detention class / I want to be more - someone you don't ignore / I don't want to hear you say "there ain't no use" / I want to be more - someone that you hope for...

Three And A Half Minutes

20200220

"The Avalanche" is a break up song, dealing with the feeling of being afraid of everything that might happen once you finally decide to go separate ways. The song starts off calmly and eventually evolves into a grand ballad.

The Avalanche

Snow On Tha Bluff

"Complicated" came to my mind when I was watching my son's reaction to the first love letter he ever got. He was pretty upset by the fact that the friendship with a certain girl could become more difficult from now on and he replied with the words "we're only ten, why does it have to be so complicated?..." - the song itself is based on a simple guitar loop that got me hooked and eventually developed into a relaxed little summer pop song.

Complicated

Ubiquitous set pieces of our past shape our daily life in a very subtle or even conscious way. Our actions are determined by our experiences, which in turn has an impact on our future. In the eight songs of his EP "Ever Present Past", Carnival Kid presents these very set pieces - subtle memories, formative experiences and above all the question of what you would change if you could. The songs move between laid-back, relaxed indie folk and energetic fist-in-the-air hymns, accompanied by synthesizer carpets and crunching indie guitars. Above it all there are Carnival Kid's warm and charismatic vocals, sometimes rough and fragile, sometimes powerful and unleashed. Ever Present Past is already the second EP by the singer/songwriter from Erfurt/ Germany and, like its predecessor, was created as a DIY project in his home studio.

Ever Present Past

The 11th of November, eleven minutes past 11 o’clock in the morning, sees the beginning of carnival season in Germany. Many people, including myself, don’t really care about this. But  the 11th of November 2009, at 9 past 11 A.M., my son saw the light of day. Children born on this day are called “Faschingskinder” in Germany - carnival kids. And since this event changed basically every aspect of my life, including my perception, writing and interpretation of music, I felt it to be a pretty perfect name for a solo project. Carnival also includes the idea of hiding behind a mask, which I am kind of doing in a linguistic sense when I am writing and singing in English (or when I’m writing this pseudo-international text). The kid-part of the name might give a hint to all the struggles you go through in your thirties, but I guess I better leave that to interpretation. And if this description made you laugh your ass off since it’s so cheesy, then that’s also some kind of carnival I suppose...