Night time is the right time.
Hey everybody! Janek, our beloved drummer has just released an instrumental EP on Bloody Hands Ltd. that we like you to hear… Here is some information on it:
“Nachts” is a home recording experiment by Janek Sprachta, an EP recorded and completed in one day. The idea: A room full of instruments, a handful of microphones, 24 hours at hand and the goal to craft a piece of music that incorporates all ideas that spring to mind. The music on this release is coming from a rather neo-classical branch of Janek’s diverse creative background, having played in various bands and projects over the years, covering a wide range of the musical spectrum. “Nachts” is a departure from his band activities in many ways, all is improvised from scratch, carefully layered and condensed into four pieces of instrumental nature.
Written, recorded, produced and mixed at home by Janek Sprachta, mastered by Andreas Bonkowski and packed in a handmade sleeve with photography by Philipp Granzin, this release is quite a family affair… Listen to it below and get it via Janek’s Bandcamp site.
We hear you soon!
We have been busy during the last months… Travelling around, being ill, as well as writing and rehearsing new ideas and songs for the next record. And we also released new music under different monickers, with other bands or simply under the radar. To make sure you don’t miss out, here is a short overview for you where we have been and where we are…
The song above is taken from “Hideouts” by Corwood Manual who really is our own Andreas. It has been recorded here and there while travelling around the country last summer with the help of various devices ranging from tape recorders, mobiles and computers, whatever was at hand. The EP features 4 new songs and is out now on the newly created Bloody Hands Ltd. imprint in physical and digital formats as well as “Sendawoy”, a collaboration between the author Christian Ludwig and Andreas as Corwood Manual, reinterpreting the book of the same name with even more tapes and electronic glitches. Aside from the compositions that accompany the storyline, this EP also includes a title track performed by Andreas on vocals and electronics. All this in 16 minutes. What a ride! Get them here.
Sepp has also been quite busy, touring with U*N*S and releasing a two-track 7” single on All rock’n’roll speeds up with “Nee/Uns Vier” which you should totally check out right here. U*N*S is a blistering and synth dicso heavy affair, pairing Sepp with old bandmates and even better friends you may know from Petula and/or/likewise Kate Mosh. This sounds exactly as seductive and loud as you might guess, these guys won’t miss a chance to make you ____!
Janek has been touring a lot with OMP all over the place, playing in other projects as well as he is recording various solo efforts right now. He will release a modern classical instrumental EP very soon, again via Bloody Hands Ltd. We let you know when it’s ready!
Besides all this activity new Siva. music is piling up… This year will be a one to remember!
We put symbols into our music sometimes, depending on what we’re interested in at the time. We do care about people and the state of the world, and if we’re spiritual at all it’s purely in the sense of caring about art and inspiring people with ideas.
We are proud to tell you that we are included in “The Astra Stube Chronicles #3”, a book of illustrated artwork by staggering serenaders and adorable associates such as Sebastian Feld, Juval Haring, Matt King, Marissa Paternoster, Pencil Quincy, Marcus Schäfer, Jacob Steingroot, and the wonderful Martina Lenzin, which has drawn us while we were playing at the place in late November last year. What a night, what a book! Plus there’s a foreword by Nils Rose and excerpts from Astra Stube’s semi-secret diary…
Please have a look over here as you can get the book now, you have to see it for yourself!
We’ve updated our sites and our back catalogue is now up and streamable via SoundCloud… Click here to listen to all albums and EPs while we approach new material in the practice room!
We’ve uploaded some pictures of our performance at Bergfestival in Dresden earlier this month, all taken by Marcus Engel. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Hear you soon!
