Recorded back in early 2021 and composed only years later, this album is an intimate portrait of the hopelessness of confinement during the long winter months of the pandemic Lockdown.

It's the tale of the Sunday walks to the top of the flak tower at Humboldthain —an escape from self-isolation that feels like breathing through one's eyes.

It's walking on the ice the day the river froze at -7C.

It's when lockdownbuddies were the only bond to survive social distancing.

It's taking a nap only to wake up longing for a time that seems so distant. Is it ever going to be like it used to be again?

It's an exploration of the Moog Subharmonicon as a performance instrument. Creating full pieces out of a single patch. Deep diving into a meditative state so filled with emotion that it sometimes makes you cry.

When evening time arrives, the darkness outside is only broken by the warm lights of the buildings and the snow falling. The smell of oven-roasted paprikas and tomatoes means that dinner is ready. Then sleep, only to wake up and be again at the same place you seemed to have never left: the Lockdown. Until next Sunday, that is!

Lockdown Diaries: Ambient Works for Subharmonicon

Abendzeit

Sehnsucht

Mittagsschlaf

Mirrors

Lockdownbuddies

Humboldthain

Minus Sieben

performing + composing
// ambient // experimental //

Lockdown Diaries: Ambient Works for Subharmonicon

Federico Sauter