01 RIVER (04:08)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Fender Squire Guitar, Bass, Harmochord, Organ, Percussion & Samples
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Raphael Zweifel – Cello
Eva Wey – Violin

02 INTO MY ARMS (05:14)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Organ, Rhodes
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass
Eva Wey – Violin

03 MONSTERS (03:55)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Analog Keys, Glockenspiel & Samples
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass
Raphael Zweifel – Cello

04 GHOSTS (03:17)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Harmonium, Loops
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass

05 IN THE DARK (03:39)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Organ, Rhodes, Samples
Raphael Zweifel – Cello

06 I PRAY FOR YOU (05:11)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Ghost Piano, Organ, Percussion & Samples
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass
Raphael Zweifel – Cello
Eva Wey – Violin



07 TUNNEL OF PAIN (03:49)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Organ, Rhodes, Samples
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass
Eva Wey – Violin

08 AGAIN (03:58)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars, Loops & Programming
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass, Electric Guitar
Raphael Zweifel – Cello

09 SHADES OF SUMMER (04:27)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass
Raphael Zweifel – Cello
Eva Wey – Violin

10 SUICIDE DAY (04:49)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitars, Harmonium, Percussions & Samples
Raphael Zweifel – Cello

11 WOOD SONG (02:10)
Michael Sele – Vocals, Acoustic & Dobro Guitars, Harmonium
Raphael Zweifel – Cello
Philipp Küng – Bass, Drums



CREDITS

All words & music by Michael Sele
Music recorded, mixed & produced by Michael Sele, Icecube Studio Mels, May – August 2018
Executive Producer: Elfriede Kothig
Mastered by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound, NYC

ART Design & concept by Mario Frick, Janto Lenherr & Tristan Gehin, www.neuland.li
Hand written Font by Tristan Gehin
Photography by Roland Korner

All songs are published by TBOG Music


Distribution – ALIVE, Germany
Label – TBOG MUSIC, Switzerland

www.thebeautyofgemina.com

FLYING WITH THE OWL

ALL WORDS AND MUSIC BY MICHAEL SELE 

RECORDED ON 2” ANALOGUE TAPE ON DECEMBER 12TH 2020 BY LITTLE KONZETT AT LITTLE BIG BEAT STUDIOS IN LIECHTENSTEIN
MIXED AND MASTERED BY LITTLE KONZETT AT LITTLE BIG BEAT STUDIOS IN AUSTRIA

MICHAEL SELE - VOCALS, ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS, STEINWAY GRAND PIANO

ART DESIGN & CONCEPT BY STEVE PÉRIC
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL GASSNER
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - TANJA PRÜNSTER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT - CHRISTOPH RAGGL

PRODUCED BY LITTLE KONZETT

Michael Sele - Studio Live Session - 01 - Maybe God Knows

Song Hundred Lies is written by Michael Sele / The Beauty of Gemina, taken from the forthcoming album GHOST PRAYERS (out 21 February 2014). 
More information: www.thebeautyofgemina.com

GHOST PRAYERS HEADLINER TOUR 2014:
15/03/2014 CH-Zurich, X-TRA (Album Release Show)
02/04/2014 GER-Köln, Underground
03/04/2014 GER-Hannover, Engel 07
04/04/2014 GER-Bochum, Matrix
09/04/2014 GER-Berlin, Crystal
10/04/2014 GER-Hamburg, Logo
11/04/2014 GER-Frankfurt, Das Bett
12/04/2014 GER-Stuttgart, Club Central
More dates will be added soon


Hundred Lies

Song ONE MILLION STARS is written by Michael Sele / The Beauty of Gemina, taken from the album GHOST PRAYERS (out 21 February 2014). 
More information: www.thebeautyofgemina.com

GHOST PRAYERS HEADLINER TOUR 2014:
15/03/2014 CH-Zurich, X-TRA (Album Release Show)
02/04/2014 GER-Köln, Underground
03/04/2014 GER-Hannover, Engel 07
04/04/2014 GER-Bochum, Matrix
09/04/2014 GER-Berlin, Crystal
10/04/2014 GER-Hamburg, Logo
11/04/2014 GER-Frankfurt, Das Bett
12/04/2014 GER-Stuttgart, Club Central

One Million Stars

The piano instrumental is written and performed by Michael Sele, February 2014

Winter Fragment I

Are you ready for the magic? Pünktlich zum Ende des Jubiläumsjahres der 15-Jährigen Schaffenszeit und Bandgeschichte hat Michael Sele, Kopf und charismatischer Denker und Lenker der Schweizer Ausnahmeband Band The Beauty Of Gemina, den Song RIVER komplett neu interpretiert und aufgenommen. Mit Klavier und wenigen «klassischen» Elementen, einem Art Hybrid Orchester ergänzt mit elektronischen Samples ist eine intime und doch epische Version entstanden voller magischer Momente, voller Lebensenergie, Intensität und poetischer Tiefe.

River (Ensemble Version)

RIVER (ENSEMBLE VERSION)

Song taken from the album THE MYRRH SESSIONS, written and produced by Michael Sele, tBoG Music. 
All rights reserved

Narcotica (Acoustic)

The Lonesome Death Of A Goth DJ (Acoustic)

Song is taken from the album MINOR SUN 
(Out in stores 02.09.2016)
The song Crossroads was written by Saylor White and
was first released by Calvin Russell in 1991
New Version arranged, mixed and produced by Michael Sele
Mastered by Ted Jenson at Sterling Sound – NYC
Michael Sele: Vocals, Electric, Acoustic and Dobro Guitars, Organ, Keyboards & Programming
Mac Vinzens: Drums
Andi Zuber: Bass


CROSSROADS SINGLE EDIT

The Beauty Of Gemina «Anthology Vol 1» (2007-2015) An extraordinary song collection somewhere between dark wave and lively folk rhythms. The crossover between sonic melancholy and wise optimism. 
Songwriter and musician Michael Sele and his band present their first, eagerly awaited, 80-minute song compilation, packed with 14 classic songs taken from the first seven albums and two exclusive, hitherto unreleased tracks. The result is impressive and sure to be enthusiastically received – and not only by the band's loyal fan base.
Initially known only to a circle of aficionados, The Beauty of Gemina have long since outgrown their status as an insider tip – and not only among buffs. After almost ten years together, seven albums and the extensive retrospective "Anthology Vol 1" have cemented the band's remarkable status. Their rise is documented in an impressively long list of well over 150 concerts in 15 European countries. Their last studio album "Ghost Prayers" was praised to the skies by "Rolling Stone Magazine" and held its ground in the German alternative charts for several weeks. Whereas in the early days gothic and industrial references were clearly discernible, neither these nor any other stylistic straitjackets fit today. The group's compelling songs, which oscillate between New Wave and Dark Rock and are increasingly enriched with the addition of folk and jazz elements, have led the media to describe them as one of the best bands on the wave scene today.
When it comes to the lyrical as well as the musical configuration, the "last word" belongs to the charismatic mastermind Michael Sele alone. The exclusive Bonustrack of the epic classic "Darkness" - in the reduced version with piano and vocals only - shows his whole potential as singer, songwriter and sensitive interpreter in a very impressive way.


16 Darkness (Acoustic Piano V

15 One Step To Heaven (Live i

14 Down By The Horses (Live i

12 One Million Stars

01 Suicide Landscape

Hunters (Live)

King's Men Come (Live)

Michael Sele – Words &  Music, Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Dobro Guitars, Harmonium, Loops
Mac Vinzens – Drums
Philipp Küng – Bass

Mixed and produced by Michael Sele
Mastered by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound NYC
Verlag: TBOG MUSIC
Label: TBOG MUSIC
ISRC CODE: CHA481800023
EAN 0798190019703
©2018

Flying with the Owl

Ghosts

05 In The Dark

04 Ghosts

03 Monsters

02 Into My Arms

01 River

The first “dream” THE WORLD IS GOING ON of the forthcoming new studio album SKELETON DREAMS will be out on April 24th.
It's an intimate and powerful performance at once recorded with only one voice and one acoustic guitar brimming with Michael Sele’s poetic language and dreamy atmosphere.
A song about solidarity, humanity and confidence consistent with these extraordinary times.

Skeleton Dreams

The World Is Going On

THE WORLD IS GOING ON

All words and music by Michael Sele except Track 9 by Andrew Eldritch and Gary Marx.
Michael Sele: Vocals, Electric and Acoustic guitars, Dobro Guitars, Bass Guitar, Grand Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Arrangements and Programming.
Philipp Küng: Bass Guitar, Percussions, Keyboards, Arrangements
Andi Zuber: Bass Guitar
Mac Vinzens: Drums
Music recorded, mixed and mastered by Michael Sele, Icecube Studio Mels, March – June 2020
Produced by Michael Sele & Philipp Küng
Executive Producer: Elfriede Kothig

Art Design & Concept by Andi Zuber
Photography by Fida Gothik (Andi & Mac) and Roland Korner (Michael)
All songs are published by TBOG MUSIC. All rights reserved.

14 WHERE HAS IT ALL GONE (DESERT MIX)

13 HOLD ON TO THIS NIGHT

12 THE WORLD IS GOING ON

11 APOLOGISE

10 I COME TO GRIEF

09 NINE WHILE NINE

08 DARK SUZANNE

07 RAINBOW MAN

04 FRIENDS OF MINE

01 A NIGHT LIKE THIS

Song DARK RAIN taken from the album: THE MYRRH SESSIONS (2013 - tBoG Music / No Cut Entertainment / SPV), written and produced by Michael Sele. 

Dark Rain (Acoustic Version)

Song LISTENING WIND is taken from album THE MYRRH SESSIONS by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (originally written by Talking Heads) 

Listening Wind

Song GOLDEN AGE is taken from the album THE MYRRH SESSIONS by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

Golden Age (Acoustic Version)

Song SUICIDE LANDSCAPE is taken from the album DIARY OF A LOST (2007) by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

Suicide Landscape

Song HUNTERS is taken from the album DIARY OF A LOST (2007) by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

Hunters

Song RUMOURS is taken from the album AT THE END OF THE SEA (2010) by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

Rumours

Song BADLANDS is taken from the album ISCARIOT BLUES (2012) by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

Badlands

Song END OF ALL is taken from the album AT THE END OF THE SEA (2010) by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA (written by MCHAEL SELE)

End Of All

THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA
«15 Jahre Hymnen an die Melancholie»

Treue Fans, Konzerte in aller Welt, Chartplatzierungen, Titelgeschichten in Musikmagazinen: Der charismatische Songschreiber, Sänger, Gitarrist und Produzent Michael Sele hat mit seiner Band THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA viel erreicht.
Seit fünfzehn Jahren werden THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA nicht nur in ihrer Heimat und benachbarten Ländern gefeiert, sondern in ganz Europa sowie besonders in Mittel- und Südamerika, sodass ihre Tourneen sie schon um den halben Globus geführt haben. Mehr als 250 Konzerte in 25 Ländern liegen bereits hinter der Band. 
Versuche, die passende «Schublade» für THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA zu finden, sind immer wieder zum Scheitern verurteilt, da sich das Songwriting von Michael Sele mit jeder Veröffentlichung stetig weiterentwickelt und sich teilweise gar neu erfunden hat. Über die Jahre ist dabei eine unverkennbare und faszinierende Mixtur aus melancholischem Wave, warmem Blues und erdigem Folk entstanden, eher dunkel, auch sehnsuchtsvoll aber voller Zuversicht, niemals trist oder resignierend.
Michael Sele schreibt träumerisch-düstere Texte und Musik, die einen in luftige Höhen genauso wie in abgründige Tiefen entführen können. Dabei begleitet die Hörerschaft stets seine samtweiche und geradezu tröstende Stimme, welche auch durch die beiden letzten Studioalben «Flying With The Owl» und «Skeleton Dreams» geleitet. Alben voller Nachdenklichkeit und unendlicher Schönheit. 
Die Songs sind voller Lebensenergie und Intensität, mal kraftvoll, mal sphärisch, mal beinahe jungfräulich, aufs absolute Minimum reduziert, dabei aber immer druckvoll und immer von poetischer Tiefe.
Die erfolgreichen Live-Auftritte der Band prägt Michael Sele durch seine aussergewöhnliche Präsenz, unterstützt von der leidenschaftlichen Performance des TBOG Urgesteins Mac Vinzens am Schlagzeug. Mit auf der Bühne dabei sind aktuell Andi Zuber am Bass und neu an den Keyboards Daniel Manhart.

THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA

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