"German is my native language. I can express myself freely in it. I can experience my world, describe it, interpret it, despair of it, and celebrate it passionately—only with images, thoughts, and words in my language." Gentlemusik is rock, pop, and songwriting.
Emotions, feelings, images, and even stories from real life accompany his songs. His musical influences come from rock and pop, with a touch of singer-songwriter.
Gentlemusik draws on many genres and stylistic devices. It describes what we all know: our lives in all their diversity, beauty, and contradictions. The 13 songs on the debut album "Rokn, Roll LUNA" are colorful, fast, slow, happy, or even sad.
The album opens with the song "Die Fliege im Möbeliar" (The Fly in the Furniture). A biting satire about our human weaknesses and vanities, this song is characterized by rhythm and blues, R&B, and a touch of hip hop.
"I see you standing there" is a ballad. A piano intro opens the song. Soon, the music is carried by a driving beat, guided by a dominant bass line. A celestial sound releases us from the song.
The song describes a fleeting retrospective look at one's own life. What would have happened if I had chosen this exit instead of that one?
"You were like steps without a railing. With black eyes, with deep circles. To see you. But I can, I can't."
"Osnabrück" is actually country music with a British influence. It expresses the love for one's hometown.
“I have a one-way ticket back to Osnabrück.”
"Ohne Angst" is rock. The guitar dominates with a danceable beat. The words are spoken rhythmically. The song is a rejection of hate, violence, and racism.
Finally, the album ends with the song "Eine Liebe." It describes the love for a person and the grief over their loss. A person who can no longer be here. We can no longer touch them, here in this world.
"Where are you?"
The album ends with this final song, a constantly repeating guitar sample. The sensation of a heartbeat arises as one listens. This pulsation increases and decreases before falling silent – abruptly. Thus ends the album. Question marks remain, along with a curiosity for a continuation of Gentlemusik, grown in the kaleidoscope of these thirteen songs.
Gentlemusik – Rokn,Roll LUNA – in June 2022.
01 The fly in the furniture
02 1993
03 She spoke she spoke of love and so
04 I see you standing there
05 Tell me why
06 You are my best friend
07 The Girl in Black
08 Yesterday in the Zebra
09 Osnabrück
10 Black Rain
11 Time travel is possible
12 Without Fear
13 One Love
