Collaborations

I wanted to mention some of the collaborations from the recent past, as there are PATER NEMBROT as one of the most underrated bands I know. Been a fan since their earliest release (Mandria EP), when they still sang in Italian. They were one of the oldest friend bands of SBE with several shared gigs. They are on hiatus at the moment but their main songwriter, singer/guitarist Filippo has a solo project and also a new band.

I also have contributed a little synth atmosphere to my friend Alex'-solo project OCCULT STEREO. He's also been part of IMPURITAN (check em out) who had been a cool band out of San Francisco. God stuff, and definitely different from most "standart psych"-bands these days ;) ...

And then I added a bunch of instruments on the first MUDDY ORCHID-EP which is one of the latest outfits of my old buddy Robin, who was also the first drummer in SBE when he was not much older than 16. He's a very talented guy and I think on the following full-length album played every instrument himself.

Oh, and I just remembered that in January 2018 Alex & Pepe of IMPURITAN and I almost had played a spontaneous jam-gig in San Francisco, which would have been kind of *hilarious* for me since it seemed impossible for SBE to return to the USA due a bunch of reasons / limitations  --

Making music in 2021

Okay this may be a nerdier kind of post but I figured it may be interesting for some people. In recent years I learned a lot from electronic music producers whose approach to making music in my opinion is a lot more efficient in than being in a band and having to discuss like every little step - which really was one of my bigger dilemmas in SBE btw. 

But often it may also be a problem that you want to make music and there's just not the right people around or whatever, and I somehow believe that in the future probably more people will come up with solo projects and again the technology provides with a lot of amazing tools, many of them even for free. All you gotta do is research, ... I think in the end that is every creative artists dream to produce his music the way he wants, right? 

The guy here explains very well, of what is possible nowadays, and you can adapt this to any kind of style. I'm not the biggest modern prog fan, this is more about the whole technical aspect of producing ...

Another world

A few impressions from my life in the new world. Funny when I remember how much - due all the prejudice - I'd been hesitating before finally coming to Brasil for the first time in March 2017, and subsequently fell in love, not just with the country ;) 

It's a bit difficult for me to understand what's going on in the rest of the world and how they present this amazing country often in a bad light. I mean we have our difficulties and a rather unpopular president in the rest of Western media, but then that's that and just a small part of reality in everyday life within this country. Just from my humble point of view, I probably have never been to a greener, friendlier country.

And I'd still recommend to visit Brasil at least once in your lifetime, if you have the possibility - well, our borders are open ;) The following pictures were taken in January 2021 at my in-laws farm in the heartland of Minas Gerais, where life seems simple and pure.

Sunday vibes

I just stumbled upon this beautiful video ... music is kinda nice too. Never heard about this guy before. Sometimes I feel like I've spend a lot of time under a rock LOL ...