Abendblau

Abendblau: News

12. Februar 2012: Everything is completed so that we can give it to the mail tomorrow. With our new song "Mission Nahverkehr" we want to take part in the 3-Löwen-Takt music competition.

27. Januar 2012: Our second music video is completed. It is called Searching for Tom. In this video we're looking for an old friend who went lost many years ago.

15. Januar 2012: The work on our next album progresses, the songs take shape: A song about two teenagers who stick together, a song about a YouTube beauty channel, another about football girls, a heartbreaker song and a song about feeling old and exhausted. Moreover, and this is probably a premiere, this time there are continuations of some songs from our latest album: The Lost Avatar becomes a "Saved Avatar" and the Prisoner of Love manages the "Escape from Love". Musically, again a variety of styles is represented, first time including disco and gospel.

ABENDBLAU: Lyrics Meet Melody

Abendblau is not your typical next-door band. As the two band members are living rather far apart from each other, they can't meet in rehearsal rooms on a regular basis and they don't perform on local festivals. But melodies keep floating around in Achim's head all the time, and Jo's head is full of lyrics. So Jo is sending his lyrical ideas via mail to Achim who turns them into songs. On the other hand, Achim is sending Jo his musical ideas on CD and Jo is finding the proper words for them. Details are discussed via mail, chat, or telephone. Other people are free to contribute their own ideas, f. e. in the Abendblau-group on Facebook that is open for any new members.

The recording of the songs is Achim's job. He has set up a home recording studio and plays all the guitar, bass, and keyboard tracks. He is still using real instruments, only the drums tracks are created with a drum computer. For most of the songs there will be a German and an English version - the German one because Achim feels more comfortable singing in his mother tongue, the English one so that listeners in other countries can get the meaning of the songs, too.

As soon as the tracks are finished, Jo is creating a cover for the CD and makes sure that people will be able to listen to the songs. As Abendblau is making music for fun, not for money, they are presenting their songs for free on Jamendo, where thousands of people have already listened to their tunes and downloaded them. The songs are available on Amazon and iTunes as well, but Abendblau don't have any influence on the prices there.

ABENDBLAU: Give It a Try