Track 3: Das Meer v.2 (The Sea)

And here we go with yet another post in the series about Constant Change. As »v.2« indicates Das Meer is a follower of an older piece by the same name. Its roots date back to the days during civilian service and the first sampling experience. Originally the name was motivated by a German movie from which some vocals samples and text passages were used. For the second version, those were of course replaced by our own material to conform with the requirements of the creative commons license. A few weeks after the original recording had been done live in a session I traveled to the Netherlands with my plenty old Fiat car and ended up at the beach. In the road I often listened to the original tape with version 1 of the song. Some of the impressions from that days were re-introduced into version 2.


Have you ever thought about flushing yourself down the john? I must admit for some this might not be a pleasant imagination, especially if you just have watched Trainspotting. Anyway: for me it is an analogon for disappearing unanticipatedly, entering a new, more underground system. So that's what happened, I flushed myself down to the sea. Me and myself and the car had a trip to somewhere, open ended. Self-discovery works better when you're not in the usual place. The meditative basic setting of the piece combined with an unsettled lead organ resembles all of this well.

Vocals and the lead organ were performed by Benjamin Strohmaier, a friend and musician I am glad to have the opportunity to play with in my blues band.

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