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Playing in a church is an alien idea to us. The purpose of such rooms is pretty clear: They were built to distribute and amplify the "voice of god", whoever they or she or it or he or us might be. At best they can be refuges for people seeking shelter.
While we - as musicians - hopefully have an understanding for a few things outside the factual, we also ambivalently look at those rooms called "churches": These are too often places built with sweat, funds and even deaths of people under the control of churches, which are mainly marketing organizations - and the buildings are the result of a very uneven distribution of power and wealth.
So we've discussed playing this place for weeks & weeks, our options, means of music making, pondering thoughts of artis independence versus the obvious connotations of the location. We looked for ways to escape, oppose or work independently from these connotations. The pre-process was a bit tedious. Which means of free improvisation could even survive the pathetic pressure of the room at all - and mostly stay unharmed by it's tendency to turn any sound into something invariably much "bigger than life", adding false pathos?
The recording is dry, from the mix desk, unedited, normalized. A thought to add some "church-type" reverb afterwards was quickly abandoned - resisting the possible additional pleaser, which would use the audiotic service of added convenience/well-feeling to promote music - while we know how many would stop listening to most music, if one would just take the reverb out. Only a mere question of personal taste, maybe.
This is also a pledge to get real with things and get used to appreciate them, just as they are.
Released May 18, 2023
This recording is dedicated to anyone, who gives and receives unconditionally.
Recorded live to 2-track at Zwinglikirche, Berlin on May 12th, 2023.
Played & sung by jayrope & Lippstueck. Mastered by Jane Is Ko at Echo Coordinate, Berlin. Cover by Ropinsky.
Special thanks to an audience giving unconditionally, to Afar for the friendly invitation, Maren, Sanas, Sarah, Sarah, Jan, Tom, Lea, Joanna, P&B.