~special singsangs~

Rockera

When I find my voice

Since the year 2008, the two artists have been traveling through the Polar regions of Europe in a motor home, aiming for the northern Norwegian territory of Finnmark with its eight seasons. 

During the course of their artistic voyages of discovery, SpringerParker have observed and studied the region collecting photos, sound recordings and stories for their archive – memories which the artists have now embedded in contemporary music, compositions on landscape, the environment and the people.
 
All of the field recordings woven by SpringerParker into their music have been lifted from the aural archives they have compiled on their travels and are intimately connected to the theme of each piece. Hence "Arctic Flowers" features recordings of thawing permafrost in Knivskjellodden on the Magerøya peninsula, as well as the Gulf Stream climate catalyst where it ends in the Porsanger Fjord. On "Mørketid", or "Polar Night", the dark season which lasts for several months as the sun stays beneath the horizon, SpringerParker deploy recordings of a snowstorm which engulfed them all of a sudden. They affixed contact microphones to wooden Lavvus structures, the traditional tents of the indigenous Sami people, to record this force of nature.
 
For the centerpiece of their composition, the so-called "Libretto", they enlisted the services of opera singer Lilly Jørstad from Russia, but now living in Tromsø. To create the typical unison of word and song as found in opera, for example, the artists asked the vocalist, 24 years old at the time, to put the noteworthy temperature readings of the region into song, using names of places and data provided by meteorological institutes for recent times.
 
The topic of climate change was one of the main reasons behind SpringerParker approaching the Goethe Institute with this project in 2007. They read an article in the New York Times reporting on plants in Greenland and Norway which had metamorphosed into flowers due to climate change and information still present in their genetic composition. A fantastic story in the eyes of SpringerParker, for whom memory is a motif to which they often return in their works.
 
When SpringerParker and Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons) 2009 were interviewed and filmed by Norwegian television on the subject of climate change and apocalyptic scenarios, they agreed that this is not the time to see everything in the blackest terms, although it is patently obvious that something is wrong out there - you don’t need to be a scientist to recognize that.
 
"The more time we spent in Finnmark and got to know its people, the more this arctic region of Norway seemed to us like an island with its own rules and principles. Our compositions represent a symphony for this region, based on our experiences and memories. Dedicated to the people carving out an existence there, in the face of extreme climatic, industrial and social upheaval, right now and in the future."
 
"There Are Places In Our Heads One Can Travel To" was written as a contemporary dance opera and premiered in its earliest form at the "Barents Spektakel" in February 2011. A SpringerParker tour is planned with an ensemble of seven and a video show, telling their tales through Europe and North America.
 
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The rediscovery of the earliest, primeval form of musical impulses through defining worlds of experience, landscapes, peoples and their dialogues. An onomatopoeic translation of real observations, solid analyses and imaginable perspectives. Everything presented, compellingly translated in the language of music. A musical story is told through authentic fragments and the evocation of the seen, making us aware of a process which affects us all, the loss of sustainability and responsibility for our environment.  ( Stefan Reichmann / Haldern Pop )

SpringerParker - 04  Libretto

Digi

casas embrujadas - perrita

Snouunds

An ode to the kaleidoscopic colors that the Grateful Dead created. 

A Note to Jerry (Attics of my Life remix)

B-side from EPR032 - Causa Sui: "16-01-16" released in March, 2016 and sold exclusively through www.elparaisorecords.com bundled with early orders of "Return To Sky". Limited to 300 copies.

Causa Sui: "16-01-16 B"

"AlwaysAndForever" Download album at, https://invisibleriserecords.bandcamp.com/album/alwaysandforever?from=search&search_item_id=2168008471&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=182636118&search_page_no=1&search_rank=2&search_sig=a83b9c0c185428d2ea79ffb5bcc9df2a
Won't you run away with me
We can live in the trees
We can eat the leaves
Lets live in the trees
I love the leaves
Lets start fires
Lets dig holes
Lets cook things
Lets never be cold
Lets go today
I know the way
Won't you run away with me

Run Away With Me

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In The Hold feat. Richie Setford

As per Brick + Mortar's Facebook page:	
Brick + Mortar represent the underground, the oppressed, the disillusioned, and voiceless. Fusing driving percussion, grooving bass, eclectic samples, and anthemic vocals creates a new world sound that is so fresh you truly need to hear it for yourself. Their live show is a party that erupts like a magnetic sonic volcano catching the attention of everyone in the room, drawing them to the stage full of intrigue and energy. It's hard to really put it into words. Words never do them justice. You need to experience it on your own.

Brick+Mortar - Move To The Ocean

The Graphics - 'The Provoker'

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08.02.25 Schauspielhaus / Hamburg / DE
06.06.25 Spekto / Almaty / KAZ
22.06.25 Fusion Festival / DE
08.08.25 Detect Festival (with Samtbody) / DE
17.08.25 Bucht der Träumer Festival / DE
30.08.25 Botanica Festival / AUT

09.10.24 Spekto / Almaty / KAZ
03.10.24 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
20.09.24 Kammerspiele / München / DE
15.09.24 Gretchen / Berlin / DE
14.09.24 Stubnitz / Hamburg / DE
07.09.24 Attension Festival / DE
11.08.24 Lethargy / Zürich / CH
02.08.24 Odonien / Köln / DE
14.07.24 Noisily Festival / UK
30.06.24 Fusion Festival / DE
25.05.24 Jaz / Rostock / DE
23.05.24 Hanse Mats / Hamburg / DE
08.04.24 TXS Eclipse Festival 

31.12.23 KUMÄNO / Almaty / KAZ
31.10.23 de Gudde Wëllen / LUX
27.10.23 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
22.10.23 Beate Uwe / Berlin / DE
03.09.23 Conscious Madness Festival /DE
26.08.23 Gängeviertel / Hamburg / DE
20.08.23 Bucht der Träumer Festival / DE
19.08.23 Entropie Festival / DE
12.08.23 Detect Classic Festival / DE
10.08.23 Monopol / Berlin /DE
02.08.23 Garbicz Festival / POL
29.07.23 Klunkerkranich / Berlin / DE
02.07.23 Fusion Festival / DE
10.06.23 Horizons Festival / FRA
03.06.23 Cosmic Picnic / KAZ
21.03.23 Spekto / Almaty / KAZ
20.01.23 M. Meier / Berlin / DE
14.01.23 Beate Uwe / Berlin / DE

31.12.22 Beate Uwe / Berlin / DE
17.12.22 Unit 58 / London / UK
09.12.22 Gängeviertel /Hamburg / DE
27.11.22 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
30.10.22 Horde / Paris / FRA
28.10.22 Gannet / Basel / CH
22.10.22 Other Side / Amsterdam / NL
15.10.22 Kauz / Zürich / CH
08.10.22 Photobastei / Zürich / CH
16.09.22 Odonien / Köln / DE
02.09.22 Conscious Madness Festival /DE
01.09.22 Süss War Gestern/ Berlin / DE
26.08.22 Parasol Festival / DE
21.08.22 Wilde Möhre Festival / DE
19.08.22 HMV / Hamburg / DE
12.08.22 Pangea Festival / Pütnitz / DE
06.08.22 Kater / Berlin / DE
10.07.22 Noisily Festival / Leicester / UK
09.07.22 Säälchen / Berlin / DE
02.07.22 Fusion Festival / Lärz / DE
25.06.22 Combo / Venice / ITA 
18.06.22 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
12.06.22 Kalif Storch / Erfurt / DE
02.06.22 Meadows in the Mountains / BGR
13.05.22 Pikipiki Sessions / Aarhus / DK
25.03.22 Cabaret Vauban/ Brest / FRA

30.10.21 Gannet / Basel / CH
15.08.21 Lethargy / Zürich / CH

17.09.20 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
13.09.20 Burg Schnabel / Berlin / DE
06.09.20 Echoes From Venus / Bubikon / CH
08.08.20 Milde Möhre Festival / DE
01.08.20 Musikschule / Braunschweig / DE
05.03.20 Beate Uwe / Berlin / DE
28.02.20  TIVI / Tiflis / GEO
22.02.20 M.ensch Meier / Berlin / DE
20.02.20 Kulturraum 405 / Köln / DE
15.02.20 White Noise / Stuttgart / DE
01.01.20 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE

06.12.19 Whitehart Bar / Melbourne / AUS
23.11.19 Cafe Lounge / Sydney / AUS
15.11.19 Ching-a-Lings / Sydney / AUS
09.11.19 Portugal Madeira Club / Sydney / AUS
08.11.19 The Night Cat / Melbourne / AUS
31.10.19 Cabaret Sauvage / Paris / FRA
25.09.19 Stamba / Tiflis / GEO
21.09.19 Bucht / Berlin / DE
20.09.19 Leveldva / Moscow / RUS
14.09.19 Deaf Music / Mallorca / ESP
31.08.19 Conscious Madness Festival / DE
23.08.19 Pangea Festival / Pütnitz / DE
16.08.19 MS Dockville / Hamburg / DE
10.08.19 3000Grad Festival / DE
01.08.19 Garbicz Festival / PL
28.07.19 Habitat Festival / DE
27.07.19 Detect Classic Festival / DE
26.07.19 SOS Festival / Biesenthal / DE
21.07.19 Melt Festival / DE
20.07.19 Am Bach Festival / CH
19.07.19 Däensn / Tübingen / DE
29.06.19 Fusion Festival / DE
23.06.19 Hoppla Festival / Basel / CH
19.06.19 Monticule Festival / FRA
15.06.19 Cri De La Mouette / Toulouse / FRA
01.06.19 Mute / Leipzig / DE
14.05.19 La Horde Cruise / Paris / FRA
11.05.19 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
04.05.19 M.ensch Meier / Berlin / DE
27.04.19 Desiderata  / Fukuoka  / Japan
24.04.19 Bonobo / Tokyo / Japan
20.04.19 PROVO / Sapporo / Japan
19.04.19 Compufunk / Osaka / Japan
14.04.19 Oppa-la / Enoshima / Japan
06.04.19 Unit / Tokyo / Japan
04.04.19 Dommune / Tokyo / Japan
16.03.19 Bonanza / Axamer Lizum / AUT
28.02.19 Envision Festival / Uvita / Costa Rica
15.02.19 Glocksee / Hannover / DE
03.02.19 Kater Blau / Berlin / DE
26.01.19 Sommer Casino / Basel / CH

In The Hold feat. Richie Setford

M.RUX