Wasserspiele
Nu-Jazz / Hawaiian / Comedy
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"songs of drops and oceans"
Liederbach (Songbrook), Hessen
Germany
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| Member Since | 2/20/2008 | | Band Website | extraterrestrianwideweb.watergames.drop.com | | Band Members | Harry Krause - voice, percussion, guitar
Joe Hain - piano, keyboards
Gabriel Herbst - saxophone, flute, voice and poetry
Hartmut H2O Hillmann - fretted and fretless Fodera contrabassguitars, MIDI-bass, electronics
Delta Pomp - drums, percussion | | Influences | Tlaloc, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Chaac, Sun Ra, Poseidon, John Coltrane, Cocjio, Glaucos, Oceanus, Ernst Mosch, Nereus (and his wife Doris of course), Max Greger, Khalil Gibran, Anuket, Shakyamuni, Ravel, Messiaen, Die Bunte, Nippon (Schokoraute), Christopher Moore, H2O | | Sounds Like | One day, many years ago, the elephant said to the Rain God:
- You should be very satisfied, for you managed to cover all earth in green; but what will happen if I tear off all the grass, all the trees and the bushes? No green will be left! Then what?
The Rain God answered him:
- If I stopped sending rain, no more green will grow, and you would have nothing to eat. What will happen then? But the elephant wanted to challenge him, and began tearing off all the trees, the bushes and the grass with his trunk, to destroy all the green of the earth.
So, the Rain God, offended, made the rain stop, and deserts extended everywhere. The elephant was dying of thirst; he tried to dig where the rivers were, but couldn’t find a drop of water. In the end, he praised the Rain God:
- Sir, I misbehaved. I was arrogant, and I repent. Please, forget it and let the rain come.
But the Rain God remained silent.
Days went by, and every day it was more dry than the day before. The elephant sent the rooster to praise the Rain God for him. The rooster looked for him everywhere, and in the end he found him hidden by a cloud. He said who he was, and he praised for rain with so much eloquence that the Rain God decided to send a little rain. The rain fell as the Rain God had promised the rooster, and it formed a little pool just in front of where the elephant lived. That same day, the elephant went to the wood to eat and left the turtoise the duty of protecting the pool, with these words:
- Turtoise, if somebody comes to drink here, you will tell them that this is my personal pool and that nobody can drink from here.
When the elephant left, many thirsty animals came to the pool, but the turtoise would not leave them drink, saying:
- This water belongs to His Majesty the Elephant; you cannot drink it.
But when the lion came, he was not impressed from the words of the turtoise. He looked at her and told her to keep out, and began drinking water till his thirst was calmed. Then he left without saying anything else. When the elephant came back,very little water was left in the pool. The turtoise tried to defend herself:
- Sir, I am just a little animal and the other animals have little respect for me. The lion came, and I just went out of the way. What could I do? After that, all animals drank freely.
Furious, the elephant raised the foot and stamped on the turtoise with the intention of crashing her. Fortunately, the turtoise is very strong and she managed survive. But since then, the turtoise is a bit flat below. Suddenly all animals heard the voice of the Rain God which said:
- Don’t do as the elephant did. Don’t challenge those who are more powerful than you, don’t destroy what you could need in the future, don’t ask a feeble one to defend your property, and don’t punish an innocent servant. But, more than all, don’t be arrogant and don’t try to own it all; let those who need it share your fortune. | | Record Label | atlantic-pacific-rainrecords | | Type of Label | Major |
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| About Wasserspiele |
Mit einem Sturmgewitter eröffnen Wasserspiele ihr neues Musik-Theater Programm und verwandeln die Wege des Wassers in musikalische Tropfen aus experimentellem Jazz und Neo-Soul:
Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Comedy und Poetry mit viel nackter Haut und energiegeladenen Improvisationen. Mal tosend, rollend, groovend und dann wieder sanft und balladesk fließt die Musik in Richtung Meer, durch das Feuer der Sonne steigt es empor, auf dass der Kreislauf von neuem beginnt.
Visualisiert wird diese Reise durch in atemberaubendem Tempo wechselnde Rollen, in die die Musiker im Lauf der Performance schlüpfen: tanzende Regenwald-Schamanen, wasserpistolenbewaffnete hawaiianische (oder Ballermann?) Badegäste und weihrauchschwenkende Hohepriesterinnen-Publikumseinbeziehung garantiert!
With a thunder storm "Wasserspiele" (Water Games) open their new musical-theater program and transform the ways of water to musical drops of Experimental-Jazz and Neo-Soul:
A tightrope walk between comedy and poetry with quite some nude skin and high energy improvisations. Sometimes thundering, rolling, grooving and then again gentle and balladesque the music flows towards the sea. Thus it rises evaporated by the fire of the sun and lets the cycle start over again.
This voyage is visualized by changing characters in breathtaking speed: dancing rainforest-shamans, watergun-armed faked Hawaiians (or Ballermann tourists?) and frankincense pivoting highpriestesses-active involvement of audience guaranteed.
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