Following the success of their 2018 album "Lorca" (nomination for the German Record Critics' Award, Liederbestenliste) and the incredibly positive response from the press and radio both in Germany and abroad (such as the presentation of the entire album on Spanish national radio RTVE and Deutschlandfunk), the Italian-German-Spanish musicians' collective Sleepwalker's Station presents their new, creative creation, Manitoba. True to the philosophy of its predecessor, this album is also filled with small, sparkling diamonds – songs in five languages and various dialects. Indie folk, imbued with colorful splashes of chanson, waltz, canzone d'autore, bossa nova, and cumbia rhythms, rather atypical and unexpected for the genre. Added to this are fine spices from various guest musicians from all over Europe – from Iceland to Andalusia – who refine Manitoba with their regional peculiarities into a very special work. The eleven songs were recorded mostly during a live recording session on the Atlantic coast in Portugal and later reworked in the Harz Mountains at the 5V Studio, where the overdubs also took place and most of the additional instruments were recorded. The song "Munich," on the other hand, was recorded in the Bavarian capital with local musicians such as Wolfi Schlick (Embryo, Express Brass Band), Chris Stöger (Keller Steff Big Band, Darcy, MarieMarie, Stefan Dettl), and Clemens Becker (Funkonfusion, Men of the Yeah). Once again, the band didn't want to miss out on unusually beautiful voices like those of Íris Thorarins from Iceland, Bea Bacher from the Ländle region, and Zora Schiffer from Berlin. Also not to be forgotten are the musical contributions of Elena Seeger (trombone) and Theresa Thut (clarinet), who add the finishing touches to "Manitoba."
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01 Fading Names
02 Forbidden
03 Manitoba
04 Piazza della Vittoria
05 Intuition
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06 The Pact of the Wolves
07 Raindrops In June
08 Worldview
09 Titanic, Elser and Galileo
10 My hour of freedom
11 Munich
