Mascara Study Version third edit

The third version of the Mascara video. I added details in the foreground of the imaginary landscape. The video has some kind of dreamlike quality which I like. Still, I would like to add some shots of a dancer during the overtone singing section and then the video needs tasteful titles and credits.

Mascara Study Version second edit

Second version of the Mascara video with added shots of me. It´s not finished yet, some more other stuff has to be added, it needs more little details.

Mascara Study Version

This is a study version for the video I´m working on for my composition "Mascara".
I shot some footage then did a rough edit to make it fit to the music. In the middle section I added some shots showing my working process. I think in the end, I will mix some footage of the paper figure shown here with shots of me in costume.

While the video stuff is still work in progress, the music is like it is meant to be - although I like the idea of art as an open process and there will be other versions of Mascara.

Proto Hybrid & Kargyraa Krew live photos

Anaid Namohl (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraduhr/) has done some cool shots of Robodonien Festival 2010. Here are some amazing shot of the gig Proto Hybrid & Kargyraa Krew.

Kalimba! Spryh and Mascara with Lothar Berger

Lothar Berger and me trying out combinations of guitar, kalimba and 2 voices on the patterns of Spryh. Lothar is a teacher of the ta-ke-ti-na method and overtone singer. Unlike me, he often changes the fundamental note while singing overtones. The pattern he sings here reminds me of the xhosa women´s overtone singing.



A cozy evening version of Mascara - it´s full of mistakes, I am messing up chords, the intonation is sloppy but still it conveys a certain warmth. I guess I am more after such qualities than to achieve a perfect performance. In the end, Lothar tries a pattern that overlaps my overtone pattern. It still has to be worked out, but the idea is already there.

Proto Hybrid & Kargyraa Krew live at Robodonien 2010

The video shows impressions of Robodonien 2009 where we played with my band blotch - you hear my voice from our concert. The band is shown only briefly but you can watch the dancer who supported our sounds.

2010 Robodonien will be the place for the first gig of the project presented in this blog:

Proto Hybrid & Kargyraa Krew

I think this is exactly the right place for the premier of this project and I´m looking forward to it!

Kargyraa Krew - Afrodonia Jam

Three jams based on parts of my Fake African Memories compositions Gogokokoroko, Spryh and Mascara - on stage at the Afrodonia Festival in Cologne.

The Kargyraa Krew: Kolja Simon, Martin Pässler & me, cajon played by Peter Halves. While the polyphonic subtleties I have in mind for the choir versions of my songs will take more time to be realized on stage, these singers instantly add power and liveliness with their performance which is great.



Our outfit was absolutely suitable to the weather.

In the process of forming on ensemble to play my compositions I noticed two paradoxical tendencies of mine:

- a strong interest in collective improvisation and a very collaborative approach towards the music - the whole ensemble pushing the music forward as one body, no ego trips, no vanity

- a strong interest in embodying some kind of freak diva, an alien being that stands out from everybody else




I guess a freak troup were everybody stands out from the others is the solution to this contradiction, and looking at us in these videos I think I´m on the right way...