• Victoria, from Bulgaria, was supposed to start in 2020 with "Tears are getting sober" , but Corona wouldn't let that happen. But just like her two co-favorites from last year, The Roop (Lithuania) and Gjon's Tears (Switzerland), Victoria will be back in 2021.
Nevertheless, "Tears ..." definitely remains a disturbingly beautiful Eurovision ballad. 
• Victoria sollte 2020 mit "Tears Are Getting Sober" für Bulgarien an den Start gehen. Aber ebenso wie ihre top-favorisierten Kollegen, The Roop (Litauen) und Gjon's Tears (Schweiz) aus dem vergangenen Jahr, geht Victoria auch in 2021 wieder an den Start. 
Dennoch bleibt "Tears..." in jedem Fall die verstörend schönere Ballade.
Music/Lyrics: Victoria Georgiewa, Lukas Oscar Janisch & Cornelia Wiebols   ©2020
Vocals: Mayo Velvo • Piano: Thomas Möller
Rec. & Mix: Mike Mlynar (4-2021)

Demo-Recordings (5-2021)

Tears are getting sober

• After the decisive changes in world politics in 1989 (in which, significantly, Yugoslavia won the Copntest for the first and only time), many of the entries from 1990 were shaped by precisely these changes. Whether "Fri?" (Finland), "Keine Mauern mehr" (Austria), "Brandenburger Tor" (Norway), "Frei zu leben" (Germany) or "Somewhere in Europe" (Ireland), it turned out to be the most politically conscious vintage ever . Toto Cutugno, at that time not only a star in Italy but almost all over Europe, topped it all with his "Insieme 1992":  driving slowbeat and lyrics that yearn for a united Europe. The actual composition (written by Cutugno himself), with an unfortunately not so well aged production, reveals its secret and wistful elegance only when reduced to piano and voice. And then similarities to other pop classics are of course pure coincidence...
• Nach den weltpolitisch entscheidenden Veränderungen des Jahres 1989 (in dem auch noch bezeichnenderweise Jugoslawien zum ersten und einzigen Mal den Contest gewann), waren viele der Beiträge des Jahrgangs 1990 von eben diesen Veränderungen geprägt. Ob nun "Fri?"(Finnland), "Keine Mauern mehr" (Österreich), "Brandenburger Tor" (Norwegen), "Frei zu leben" (Deutschland) oder "Somewhere in Europe" (Irland), kein ESC-Jahrgang war eurovisionär politischer geprägt als dieser. Toto Cutugno, damals nicht nur in Italien sondern beinah europaweit ein Star, setzte mit seinem selbst verfassten "Insieme 1992" allerdings allem die Krone auf: treibender Slowbeat und ein Text, der ein vereintes Europa beschwört. Die eigentliche Komposition, mit leider nicht so gut gealterter Produktion, entpuppt ihre heimliche, wehmütige Eleganz erst wenn man alles auf Klavier und Stimme reduziert. Und dann sind Ähnlichkeiten zu anderen Popklassikern natürlich reiner Zufall...
• Words + Music: Toto Cutugno ©1990
• Vocals: Mayo Velvo • Piano: Thomas Möller 
• Arrangement: Mayo Velvo & Thomas Möller (2-2022)
• Recording & Mix: Mike Mlynar (4-2022)
• Photographic Collage: Mike Mlynar

VELVO sings Eurovision 2022 (Demo Recordings)

Insieme 1992 / Every Breath... (Demo Mix)

version française (pas encore autorisée)
de "Rise like a Phoenix" (de Conchita Wurst)

chant: Mayo Velvo
piano: Thomas Möller
paroles françaises: Mayo Velvo
enregistré par: Maximilian Stamm / Wild Wood Studios, Düsseldorf
les droit d'auteur chez:
(prod.) David Bronner, Dorothee Badent
(comp./paroles) Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, 
Ali Zuckowski & Julian Maas
2014



Mayo Velvo • Loin De Mes Cendres (Comme Un Phénix...)

Tears For Fears - Shout 
Dan Van Nard Remix

Tears For Fears - Shout (Dan Van Nard Remix)

Coverversion: All The World Asleep Tonight - Troy Bieser (Puddles Pity Party)
• This beautiful ballad, performed by the incredible artist ‘Puddles Pity Party’ on YouTube, gave me goosebumps. 

 • Troy Bieser (rights: Music/Lyrics)
 • Vuyani J - FUNK LAB Studio (Backing track)
 • Just Mike (vocals)
 • Kultshow Wohnzimmer.Studio (rec. + mix) (05-2024)
 • Kultshow Nightcafe.Studio (design record cover)

Wohnzimmer. Mike.

As the World Lay Asleep

Coverversion: Don’t shot me down - ABBA
• Like many other fans in this world, I was overjoyed when a new ABBA album was finally released in 2021. I liked ‘Don't shot me down’ from the first time I heard it.

 • Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus (rights: Music/Lyrics)
 • Daniele Di Nardo (Dan Van Nard) (Backing track)
 • Just Mike (vocals)
 • Kultshow Wohnzimmer.Studio (rec. + mix) (05-2024)
 • Kultshow Nightcafe.Studio (design record cover)

Don't shot me down

Israel's ESC entry in 1977 (the 2nd time performed by Ilanit)seemed to be THE hymnal favourite and although France's no less hymnal  "L'oiseau et l'enfant" won the contest, "Love is a song for two" (as the title says in English) only came 11th but is still a shining treasure in the ESC canon.
Music: Eldad Shrem • Lyrics: Edna Peleg  © 1977
Vocals: Mayo Velvo • Piano: Thomas Möller
Recorded & Mixed by Mike Mlynar (7-2020)
Foto: atelier kleinekorte

Demo-Recordings (8-2020)

Ahava hi shir lishnaim (אהבה היא שיר לשניים) {Demo-Recording}

Sweden's wonderful 1996 Eurovision entry (finished 3rd place), composed by Peter Grönvall(son of ABBA's Benny Andersson), who with his wife Nanne Grönvall and Maria Rådsten were the members of One More Time.
Words & music: Peter Grönvall © 1996
Vocals: Mayo Velvo • Piano: Thomas Möller
Recording & mix: Mike Mlynar © 8-2020
Foto: atelier kleinekorte

Demo-Recordings (6-2020)

Den Vilda (Demo-Recording)

Gigliola Cinquetti, famous italian songstress, participated 3 times in Eurovision's history. 1964 she won (the first time for Italy) with "Non ho l'età" ("I don't have the age", meaning "I'm too young (for you)". Ten years later, 1974, she came second behind ABBA with "Si" ("Yes") and in 1991 she presented (together with Toto Cutugno, ESC winner from 1990) the ESC 1991 at Cinecittà, near Rome.
"Non ho l'età": (w/m) Nicola Salerno / Mario Panzeri ©1964
"Si": (w/m)Mario Panzeri / Daniele Pace / Lorenzo Pilat / Corrado Conti ©1974
Vocals: Mayo Velvo • Piano: Thomas Möller
Rec. & Mix: Mike Mlynar (
Foto: atelier kleinekorte
www.velvo.de / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsiOsdycSE4hYvR5LEi7Lcw

Demo-Recordings (10-2020)

Non ho l'età / Si (Demo-Recording)

Just.Mike.
JustMike is a German singer-songwriter who became famous for his stage programme ‘Billig & Elegant’ between 2000 and 2016. His vocal repertoire ranges from evergreens to ballads, pop, disco and German hits. He primarily sings cover versions, but his own songs are also part of his repertoire.

As the World Lay Asleep

Just.Mike.

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