DEAR ALL, MY NAME IS ADRIAN BENJAMIN SIEBER AND I'M THE SINGER IN THE LOVEBUGS. THIS IS MY SOLO-DEBUT:
"Take a look at this boy, he took me here and left me there" – This Boy
One of Switzerland's most successful songwriters, that's what he is today, Adrian. Hardly anybody has been in the Swiss charts more frequently. Hardly anybody's written more hits. And nobody's remained so unfathomable. For this quiet and shy singer has always steered clear of the limelight, preferring to let his songs speak for him.
"Even as a teenager, I couldn't care less what clothes the performers were wearing on stage or what hairstyles they had. I never bothered about which pigeonhole people put my band in or whether something was described as 'soft' or 'hard'. The only thing that ever interested me was whether someone could deliver a good melody and whether I believed what it was they were singing about.”
With this first solo album, then, the Lovebugs frontman reaches out to all those who listen to him. “So perfect, this moment” — the first words after the magnificent intro positively define the frame of reference for Adrian Sieber's debut album. In these words lie the peace and fulfilment felt by the multi-instrumentalist following the completion of two recording sessions in a remote studio in the Romandie.
"It's always been my dream to record an album on my own, an album where, as well as singing, I played all the instruments myself: drums, bass, guitar, synthesizer, piano and beats. Do you know the children's story of Serafin and his Wondrous Machine? Using hundreds of old instruments from the rubbish heap, Serafin builds a giant music machine that only he can operate. It was a story that always fascinated me as a child."
The twelve songs, true gems, emerged and matured over the years — at home, at his desk in the middle of the night, working the old Casio keys, guitar poised, perhaps in a dream. In songs like The Healing, a bewitching piano ballad, in the shrill synthesizer tones of Play, in the drumbeat to Dr. Good (cooled down to a virtually comatose temperature), in the fragile timbre of Prototype, in the dry melodic line of The Rain Parade … On all these tracks, it becomes crystal-clear what a talented songwriter is capable of, once he is left to his own devices. Yet Adrian's solo material still remains a collection of pop songs that tell many a tale with just a few chords. Nevertheless, the music vibrates in the recesses and ambiguities that his life has absorbed — the dark undertones of new wave, the blissful harmoniousness of the 1980s, the euphoria of Madchester.
"I believe that the sound you first consciously perceive will accompany you for the rest of your life. In my case, it was a cassette of the 1982 hit parade with Kim Wilde and OMD. Well, at least (smiles). Not much later and I was spending my entire pocket money on LPs. Some of them are still my favourites today: Les Chansons Bleues by Stephan Eicher, for example, or The Head on the Door by The Cure.”
Either way, it's possible to talk for ever about records that grew over a long period of time. Ultimately, though, it's the sound that makes the experience. Put your headphones on, skip to Dr. Good and discover how, after two minutes, a gentle guitar riff and a solemn piano melody ntertwine. There are few moments in life when sublimeness and kitsch balance out so evenly. This is one of those moments.
"The composing and producing process is always a search — sometimes, even, a tightrope walk. Above all, though, the process is a snapshot, a kind of diary. There's no such thing as a 'perfect song' or a 'perfect album’. In fact, that would be terribly boring."
Pop thrives on being an act, an exaggeration, the soundtrack to the event and the fanfare of resurrection. Pop is epic and tragedy and always also the opposite. Primarily, it is huge drama. On the other hand, at least in its heyday, it can observe people with a penetrating gaze. Adrian Solo is the essence of a man whose quill made the Lovebugs big. And it shimmers through from the innermost recesses of his heart.
Adrian Solo is the album that Adrian Sieber always wanted to make. It is personal without getting introverted. It wrangles and it doubts. It recollects and, on occasion, it even rejoices. But the tone is never self-judgemental.
"Forget the mess inside your head, let’s kiss and not play dead" – The Healing
The Christmas season is near, it is time for some presents... I put up 2 previously unreleased tracks for download at www.gordon-reeves.com/freedownloads
GET ON IT AND SPREAD THE GOOD WORD!
I'm wishing you wonderful days for Christmas and all the best for 2010! Cya, Gordon
If you have some time over, feel free to check out my new song Miyuki! This song means a lot to me since it helped me get through some tough times. It's a very happy song with lots of energy.
TAPETE "Der Wille lenkt die Tat" FREE DOWNLOAD:.. http://www.jamendo.com/de/download/album/55168 (Falls sich Myspace meldet mit: "External Link Alert": Ignorieren und den Jamendo-Link unter "Follow External Link" anlicken)..
"...TAPETE aus Berlin schafft es mit seinem zweiten Album, seinen authentischen aus-dem-Leben-erzählten Stil mit den ihm eigenen und so noch nie im deutschsprachigen Rap dagewesenen Themen unter Mithilfe seines eigenen musikalischen Produktionsstils zu verfeinern und zu erweitern..." (Independentrap.de)
Außerdem -> Offizielles Musikvideo (HD) zu "Brustmuskeldance" (By Nachtigall Productions):
Hi! How's everything? Just stopped by to let you know that my new song "Hiccup" is up on my myspace page. Hope you have a few minutes to listen and enjoy it. You won't be disappointed.
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