Tante Doktor - Bipolar (CD)

Cancer, organ donation, death, and madness—not exactly buzzwords that lure people to an enjoyable evening at the theater? Far from it. Tante Doktor, a band of musician-doctors and creative physicians at the University Hospital of Giessen, processes their experiences and impressions from everyday hospital life, medical practice, and the colliding worlds of a medical microcosm at the bedside on their latest album, "Bipolar." Born as the accompanying act to the medical cabaret "elephant toilet," Aunt Doctor has gradually established itself in the niche between socially critical, alert satire, touching linguistic art, and captivating sound poetry with its own full-length program. A partially disturbing, consistently captivating, and palpably authentic insight into the emotional world behind and beneath the lab coat. Aunt Doctor promises an intense evening without a waiting room and with a broad spectrum of symptoms. From a lump in the throat to sore laughter muscles to the delayed reverberation risk.

"What initially seems like a threat to a hypochondriac turns out to be first-class upon first listen. Such vocally powerful medical poetry is a punch to the gut, yet whimsical enough to captivate the listener with a certain degree of fascination." (www.lieinthesound.com)

"When the lyrics are about life and death, the rather unfunny, painful themes are congenially realized using the means of folk, singer-songwriter, swinging jazz, and gnarly indie." (www.schallgrenzen.de)

01 War in the Huts
02 Healing Stays
03 In the room
04 Refrigerator
05 At the Fence
06 Blue Light
07 Bipolar
08 The Little Wolf