Name: Down the Hills by octave plateau
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Description: Late, smooth, smoky – a voice like velvet night air. Smooth jazz with soul, charm, and a hint of rebellion.

Original by Joy Denalane 2017
Cover by Ariane & Rogelio 2022

Tinto&Soul

Alles Leuchtet  - Ariane (Cover)

Original Nora Jones / Jesse Harris 2002
Cover Version by Ariane & Rogelio 2022

Tinto & Soul

Don`t know why - Ariane (Acoustic Cover)

Original by Snow Patrol 2006
Cover Version by Rogelio+Ariane (Tinto&Soul) 2022

Chasing Cars - Ariane&Rogelio (Cover - Snow Patrol)

Original by Natalie Imbruglia 1997 /Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley
Cover Version by Ariane&Rogelio 2022

Torn - Ariane (Natalie Imbruglia-Cover)

Original by Norah Jones / Jesse Harris 2002
Cover Version by Ariane&Rogelio (Tinto&Soul) 2022 Band Version

Don't know why - Ariane(Norah Jones-Cover)

Original by Sade Adu , Stuart Matthewman ,Andrew Hale , 1988
Coverversion by Ariane&Rogelio (Tinto&Soul) 2022

Nothing can come between us - Ariane&Rogelio (Sade-Cover)

Original by Xavier Naidoo, RZA, Michael Herberger (2003)
Cover-Version Tinto & Soul - Ariane & Rogelio (2022)

Ich kenne nichts  - Ariane&Rogelio(Naidoo-Cover)

Lara performing an emotional popsong about love in the age of Netflix & Spotify, passwords and lines of code. 

Written and performed in Berlin, Germany.

Here are the lyrics:

[Verse]
We wrote our love in strings of codes
Passwords shared where secrets flowed
Keys to hearts and Netflix dreams
Syncing souls through glowing screens

[Chorus]
Shared the cloud beneath the sky
The Wi-Fi binds
No need to try
Your password’s safe within my hands
A secret love no wall withstands

[Verse 2]
Streaming life in tandem tunes
Under pixelated digital moons
Every login
A vow we keep
Forever ours
In data deep

[Bridge]
Digits hold what love confides
Encrypted hearts where trust resides
No two-step needed
We just know
Into your world
I always go

[Chorus]
Shared the cloud beneath the sky
The Wi-Fi binds
No need to try
Your password’s safe within my hands
A secret love no wall withstands

[Verse 3]
Algorithms can't decode this flame
Love without a username
From Spotify to Hulu's glow
Your touch unlocks what screens can't show

[Verse]
You gave me your world with a click and a code
Unlocking the doors to the secrets you hold
In the glow of the screen where our hearts intertwine
Your trust is the password that’s fully divine

[Verse 2]
Digits and letters but it’s more than it seems
This key that you gave me unlocks all my dreams
We’re logged into love with no need for a lock
In this digital haze
Our hearts softly talk

[Chorus]
Your password’s a promise I’ll never let fade
A bond that we share in this glowing arcade
Every click every tap pulls us closer inside
In your world I reside and in mine you confide

[Verse 3]
Remember that night when you whispered the key
Four little stars held your trust close to me
It might be a code but it shines like a gem
A simple permission—a quiet “Amen”

[Bridge]
No hackers can break what we've written in air
An unspoken contract
A love laid bare
No walls and no bounds
Just this access we share
Our hearts are the servers; we’re synced everywhere

[Chorus]
Your password’s a promise I’ll never let fade
A bond that we share in this glowing arcade
Every click every tap pulls us closer inside
In your world I reside and in mine you confide

Netflix Love

Lara singt über den großen roten Mond, der manchmal tief über Berlin schwebt und den Menschen ihren Kopf verdreht. Dann passieren Dinge, die wie von einer anderen Welt sind.

Geschrieben und aufgenommen in Berlin.

Hier der Text:

[Strophe 1]
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt
Und der Wind durch die Straßen weht
Kommst du mir in den Sinn
Weißt du
Wie glücklich ich bin?

[Pre-Refrain]
Denn du hast die Sonne in dir
Du hast die Sonne in dir
Du hast die Sonne in dir
Ich seh das Leuchten in dir

[Refrain]
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt

[Strophe 2]
Wenn die Nacht über Berlin zieht
Und der Klang durch die Gassen fliegt
Kommst du mir in den Sinn
Weißt du
Wie glücklich ich bin?

[Pre-Refrain]
Denn du hast die Sonne in dir
Du hast die Sonne in dir
Du hast die Sonne in dir
Ich seh das Leuchten in dir

[Refrain]
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt
Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt

Wenn der Mond über Berlin schwebt

Late, smooth, smoky – a voice like velvet night air. Smooth jazz with soul, charm, and a hint of rebellion.

Down the Hills

Lara performing a nice dancetrack from Berlin.

Here are the lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Where did you come from?
Hey
Why did you go?
How did you find me?
(Whoa) I want to know

[Chorus]
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there

[Verse 2]
Where did you come from?
Hey
Why did you go?
How did you find me?
(Whoa) I want to know

[Chorus]
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there

[Verse 3]
Where did you come from?
Hey
Why did you go?
How did you find me?
(Whoa) I want to know

[Chorus]
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there
All the people dancing in Times Square
Yeah
I know I told you I'd meet you there

Times Square

octave plateau – music by Gerhard Andreas Schreiber

Gerhard Andreas Schreiber. Since the 1980s,  composing and producing music under the name octave plateau. What began in the shadowed clubs of the post-punk era and the neon-lit pulse of the Neue Deutsche Welle has grown into a lifelong journey through diverse soundscapes and emotions.

Back then, working with artists like Markus, capturing the spirit of a generation in transition – between analog grit and melodic futurism. But the musical path didn’t stop there.

Today, octave plateau bridges four distinct yet emotionally intertwined genres:

Smooth Jazz – music like warm light on late-night streets; gentle grooves, atmospheric chords, and melodies that breathe and linger. It’s the sound of reflection and release, crafted with subtlety and soul.

New Wave – shimmering synths, melancholic harmonies, and rhythm-driven storytelling. A style rooted in the 80s, but constantly reinterpreted to reflect the tension and beauty of the now.

Deutscher Schlager – emotional, melodic, and lyrical. I approach this genre with both respect and reinvention – drawing from its traditions while reshaping its form for contemporary ears.

Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW) – raw, ironic, and rhythmic. NDW has always been the rebellious heart of octave plateau, combining German lyrics with electronic textures, punk aesthetics, and a dose of playful absurdity.

In 2024, these songs – some newly written, others rediscovered and reimagined – are being produced in the octave plateau studio in Berlin. Here, the past and the present meet in harmony and friction. Analog synthesizers hum alongside digital clarity. Stories unfold in every track – sometimes with a wink, sometimes with a sigh.

octave plateau is not just a musical alias. It’s a lifelong project, a personal archive, and a sonic playground. Welcome to a place where genres speak to one another – and where every note has a memory.

Down the Hills

octave plateau

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