MUSIC
Further insights into my artistic work – especially albums I produced and co-wrote
JOHANNES
ARZBERGER
Johannes consistently pursues his own musical vision. In 2020, his studio debut Non Più was released via Block Opera, followed by live versions of three songs from the album featuring The Mars Volta drummer Philomène “Philo” Tsoungui and Thorsten “Hazy” Haas on bass. In 2023, the instrumental album Heller Tag was created with the band “Conic Rose” — a result of improvised jam sessions with Konstantin Döben (trumpet), Silvan Strauss (drums), Bertram Burkert (guitar), and Franziska Aller (bass).
CONIC ROSE -
Heller Tag
To put the music of Berlin based band Conic Rose into a common formula is almost hopeless. Depending on your perspective, you could call it indie pop, jazz, ambient, electronica or a soundtrack that evokes its own images. The entirely self-recorded and -produced debut album „Heller Tag” was released in February 2023 and has garnered significant interest and airplay from Gilles Peterson, BBC, MOJO (4*), Jazzwise or Jazzthing.
JOHA - Non Piu
Johannes consistently pursues his own musical vision. In 2020, his studio debut Non Più was released via Block Opera, followed by live versions of three songs from the album featuring The Mars Volta drummer Philomène “Philo” Tsoungui and Thorsten “Hazy” Haas on bass. In 2023, the instrumental album Heller Tag was created with the band “Conic Rose” — a result of improvised jam sessions with Konstantin Döben (trumpet), Silvan Strauss (drums), Bertram Burkert (guitar), and Franziska Aller (bass).
During this creative phase, a musical exchange of ideas with beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist Salomon Appiah began to take shape, resulting in the Earthbound EP — the first cornerstone in their collaborative work on a full-length studio album.
Now based in his adopted hometown of Braunschweig, Johannes Arzberger created jazzy loops, Eurorack-soaked soundscapes, dusty noise textures, and melodic sketches in his own studio. These were taken up by Salomon Appiah and Mike Maciejewski and together fused into a musical unit of broken beats, lo-fi hip-hop, and urban jazz: Rebirth.
B-Seite -
Kartenhaus
Zwischen Fern- und Heimweh. Zwischen Weltretten und Müll runter bringen. Zwischen Entdeckungsreise und Steuererklärung. Zwischen Rap und Jazz. Irgendwo dort baut die b.seite immer wieder ihr Kartenhaus auf.
Man denkt die b.seite fristet als ewige zweite Wahl ein Dasein auf der Schattenseite der Schallplattenindustrie. Doch für manchen Musikinteressierten ist sie ein Fundstück, eine Rarität.
Unaufgeregte, ehrliche Musik ohne das Korsett des Erfolgsdrucks, lediglich gemessen an dem Anspruch an sich selbst.
Text und Komposition der b.seite sind angetrieben von urbaner Melancholie, gepresst auf weißem Plastik und vergoldet auf seine eigene Art.
