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i like you

2008-04-30T17:20:00.003+02:00

a new alphawezen EP will be released in summer 08:
"i like you" remixes on vinyl and digital/mp3
MOLE Listening Pearls / Under Cover France

alphawezen interview

2007-12-23T21:09:00.001+01:00

- What is the meaning of your artistname, what was your inspriration?
: 'Wezen' is a star's name in the zodiac sign of Canis Major. In fact
there are two stars called 'Delta Wezen' and 'Alpha Sirius' in the
Canis Major group. We combined the two star's names and got
'Alpha Wezen'.

- What was the inspiration for the title of your current album?
: 'Comme Vous Voulez' means 'As you like it' in English. It's about a
kind of attitude that evolved in the process of making the new songs
for the third album. That means that we did it as we like it, and the
listeners may accept it if they feel an affinity for it. But when you
have a look at the album cover, you may interprete the title in
another way - 'as you like it'...

- In your point of view, what is the perfect album? What must it
all include?
: A perfect album should have a strong concept in total; a dramaturgy
that runs like a thread through the songs. As a listener, you'd have
the feeling of listening to a story told by the music.

- Describe one common day in your life!
: Get up early in the morning, play the piano for a while. Go to work,
go shopping. Make sports like swimming, bicycling, jogging, working
out at the gym. Prepare the dinner. Watch your favorite TV series
before going to sleep.

- What was the nicest compliment you ever recieved for your own music?
: Some people send us emails telling us about special moments in their
lives being accompanied by our songs. We appreciate that very much.
We have some strong affinity to our songs or songs from other artists
as well, so we know the feeling. It's nice to have people all over
the world sharing your feelings in that kind of way.

- What is your favorite piece of production gear?
: I love my old Yamaha CS30 analogue synthesizer. It has his very own
character, a warm and specific sound. Like a 'real musical instrument'.
If you take a song like Freeze, the CS30 almost sounds like picks on
a guitar string. Also I have a tiny little Casio Mini Sampler called SK1
which is much fun. I even use it for live gigs.

- What kind of hobbies or interests do you have outside of your music?
: We like sports, dancing, audiovisual arts. We love to go in the
country and in the forest on the one hand, meeting friends in the
cities on the other hand.

- Are there any particular artists that you hear now which you like?
: Asu likes: Mono, Mogwai, Radiohead, Dredg, Cocteau Twins, The Cure,
Ernst likes: Bach, Arnold Schönberg, Massive Attack, Miles Davis,
Jamie Lidell, and many more.

...

(audio version at http://www.mole.de)

new album - comme vous voulez

2007-09-15T00:04:00.000+02:00

Our next album comes in October 2007. The mastering is done; we did the “finalizing” in a studio in Hamburg. So now it’s about finishing the cover artwork and the pressing of the CDs!

This is what Gabor Baksay, publisher of Movie Magazin, says about the first song on the new album: "A typical Alphawezen recording session is less like a composer’s studio session than a conspirative get-together, replete with elated twitterings and chirpings, murmured and whispered exchanges of secrets and piquant remarks. The reward for this courteous treatment of the machines resonates through the very first track: “Green Eyes” is possessed of a complex and magical melancholy (…). The masterfully interwoven melodies, which have become hallmarks of Alphawezen’s music, evoke en passant delectable scenes in the mind’s eye of the attentive listener. In this case it’s the iridescent self-abnegating “tears in rain” that android replicant Roy Batty talks about so movingly in the movie Blade Runner. But the forceful string theme at the close of the piece intimates that some day the machines might no longer take their exploitation “lying down”, as it were. (…)"
(Translation by Eric Rosencrantz)

Our third album’s title is “Comme Vous Voulez”. But our French friend and partner Bruno didn’t like this title... I can imagine that “As You Like”/ "What you want" or “Wie Sie wünschen“/ "Ihr habt es so gewollt", if you say it “en français”, probably does not sound good for a Frenchman. So the album will be called “Freeze” in France :)

a dozen little things, fleeting instants...

2005-08-13T13:12:00.000+02:00

a dozen little things, fleeting instants, that make life worth living

Grasping the meaning of life en passant (in January)
A soft undershirt keeps your belly warm (in freezing February)
The scent of spring brings back memories of childhood (in March)
"It's time for sex with strangers" or: Dandelions against the setting sun (in April)
Horsechestnut trees bursting into bloom: white's even prettier than pink (in May)
A stirring mix of floral fragrances wafts across the land: magnolias etc. (in June)
Giving a little gift to a perfect stranger - no strings attached (in July)
Finding the answer to everything just before nodding off to sleep (in the dog days of August 2003)
Catching another chance whiff of bliss (in September)
Granola for breakfast (in October)
"It would all be a hell of a lot worse without Prozac" (in November)
A good hood wards off the icy chill (in December)

une douzaine de petits riens, d'instants, qui font que la vie vaut d'etre vecue

Saisir, en passant, le sens de la vie (en janvier)
Un maillot de corps doux qui garde le buste au chaud (en un février glacial)
Le parfum du printemps qui réveille des souvenirs d'enfance (en mars)
"Coucher avec de parfaits inconnus", ou: pissenlits en contre-jour au coucher du soleil (en avril)
Des marroniers en pleine floraison : le blanc éblouit le plus beau des roses (en mai)
Un mélange poignant de parfums floraux qui envahit la terre : magnolias... (en juin)
Offrir un petit cadeau à un parfait inconnu - sans condition (en juillet)
Trouver la solution à tout, juste avant de s'assoupir (pendant les canicules d'août 2003)
Sentir à nouveau l'odeur du plus profond bonheur (en septembre)
Des céréales bio au petit déjeuner (en octobre)
"Ce serait sacrément pire sans Prozac" (en novembre)
Une super capuche contre le givre et la glace (en décembre)

zwölf kleine Dinge oder: kurze Momente, die das Leben lebenswert machen

Den Sinn des Lebens im Vorübergehen erkannt (im Januar)
Ein weiches Unterhemd wärmt den Oberkörper (im bitterkalten Februar)
Der Geruch nach Frühling weckt Erinnerungen an die Kindheit (im März)
„It’s time for sex with strangers“ oder: Pusteblumen im Sonnenuntergangs-Gegenlicht (im April)
Üppig blühende Kastanienbäume: weiß ist noch schöner als rosa (im Mai)
Eine ergreifende Mixtur von Blütenduft weht über das Land: Magnolie etc… (im Juni)
Einer wildfremden Person unverbindlich ein kleines Geschenk überreicht (im Juli)
Kurz vorm Einschlafen spontan die Lösung für Alles gefunden (im heißesten August 2003)
Den Duft des tiefsten Glücks per Zufall noch einmal gerochen (im September)
Bio-Müsli zum Frühstück (im Oktober)
„Ohne Prozac wäre alles noch viel schlimmer“ (im November)
Eine super Kapuze schützt perfekt vor der Eises Kälte (im Dezember)