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Zeraphine biography
 recent life 2003 : - how it whole began - Sven Friedrich (vocals) and Norman Selbig (guitars) composed with Berlin producer Thommy Hein laid the basis stone for ZERAPHINE following their prior circle Horrible Shadows had destroyed up in 2000. The earliest ZERAPHINE CD Kalte Sonne gone in 2002 was recorded at Hein's studio. Kalte Sonne turned into a surprising appearance: sung entirely in German the holder proved to be a highly forceful aural knowledge a excursion done passionate lyrics and not light sounds which alternated between attack and melancholia. Despite or maybe because of the tall standards that particularly the lyrical minor of the holder decided for its listeners Kalte Sonne was an instantaneous accomplishment and the readers of Orkus publication voted ZERAPHINE "Foreigner of the Year 2002". - what belongs composed grew composed - Interval ZERAPHINE were a healthy functioning construct opening into three dissimilar levels of involvement when their appearance holder was recorded they have since grown into a circle in the true feeling of the discussion. Alongside Sven Norman and Thommy Hein the musicians complicated almost formed the external coating of the fruitful make-up. Many concerts after and with a property of added knowledge under their band ZERAPHINE certain that they were so common with each additional and prepared to active composed that not plenty stood in the method of a circle "change" so the recent holder TRAUMAWORLD is the effect of a composite labor method. The imaginative centre calm consists of Messrs. Friedrich and Selbig - however Manuel Senger (guitars support vocals) Marcellus Puhlemann (drums) and Michael Nepp (bass) were likely the chance to get complicated at any likely instant in the fruitful method that became TRAUMAWORLD and to authority for instance the arrangements. As they had accomplished during the Horrible Shadows period the circle retreated to a farmhouse in the countryside surrounding Berlin where the quintet ensconced themselves with singular a not many melody fragments and decided about active composed on their recent holder. Thommy Hein whom Sven Friedrich likes to refer to as "the human who holds entirety composed" joined them frequently. The knowledgeable producer always has valuable hints or suggestions for bettering up his sleeve and has become a determinant that they cannot imagine their harmonic animation without. - a lingual changeover - Naturally the greatest apparent coins since the appearance holder is the reality that German as the preferred words of ZERAPHINE's lyrical planet has been replaced by English as a fast look at the mark record reveals. This lingual changeover however is not undoubtedly a feeling although it would appear that the application of the German words in specific played a definite piece in the accomplishment of the collection's appearance. Sven Friedrich had already hinted following the finalization of Kalte Sonne that his female language as a method of verbalization was an investigation and a question in individual but certainly not an necessary piece or indeed a precondition for the lyrical make-up. Surprisingly Friedrich initially wrote the earliest lines of recent tracks similar Illuminated Your Stars in German - singular to tiny bit the effect. "It's hard to precise but as remote as I'm worried abundant of the songs simply have an English texture to them" the lyricist remarks. And so it came to be that singular two gone of a dozen recent tracks are sung in German. - illustration competence from peaceful - The entry to TRAUMAWORLD on the lyrical balanced may not be as reflexive for German listeners as it was with Kalte Sonne yet from a harmonic speck of sight the recent donation receives its congregation with its weaponry expansive unfastened. TRAUMAWORLD sounds plenty fresher and plenty additional belligerent you could almost say additional sociable person than its ancestor and speaks of a noticeable maturation. If the appearance calm betrayed a slightly fevered feature of level apprehension the subordinate holder sparkles with beautiful calmness and agreement. On the individual fingers ZERAPHINE have the boldness to permission gaps to remain laid-end and to reduce to basics on the additional they seem to come up with charmingly captivating melodies fair similar that. Frequently the listener comes traversing passages where the musicians have west abundance of space for entirely recent and totally free dynamics to develop. A math unit of sections are carried by drums bass and possibly vocals separate - similar the Solution-esque Weak Respiration. Then again the circle enchant with haunting melodies similar the magnificently arranged alone mark Be My Downpour. ZERAPHINE have consciously ensured that the math unit of instruments used remains recognizable preferring to attraction instead on what each distinctive tool is playing. - a traumatic planet - There container be no questioning that the planet which we existent in is no birthday gathering. Wars diseases financial problems - the record of subjects that business a "common" human could spirit on. These not light clouds did not opening without casting their shadows on Sven Friedrich and as TRAUMAWORLD was created at a period when the conflict in Iraq had escalated the events had a powerful collision on the holder's happy. As on Kalte Sonne you won't discovery any signs of starry-eyed idealism in or between the lines. Again it was plenty additional the contradictory characteristics of humans which - in a real individual method - were picked gone as a main idea. In the maelstrom of the confusion that ruled the rural between the two rivers this discussion has turned particularly defeatist this period consequently the description TRAUMAWORLD sums up what abundant distinctive numbers on this holder are difficult to get traversing. Stefan Brunner Zeraphine are : sven norman manuel michael marcellus (voc programmings) (guitars) (guitars b-voc) (bass) (drums) Life 2002 (Kalte Sonne) ZERAPHINE from Berlin have also opted for German lyrics. Their appearance holder Kalte Sonne (Chilly Sun) not singular disproves the widely held intolerance that this words is supposedly not appropriate for earliest-ratio harmony - it comes up with abundance of proof to the antagonistic. At the alike period the circle get by without starry-eyed fancier messages but concentrate on manlike emotions. Sven Friedrich's lyrics centre on subjects similar apartness and transitoriness. Despite this at earliest perception slightly clich. answerable substance Friedrich succeeds in conjuring up images that are honest plenty to immediately symbolise and communicate powerful feelings yet they are too secret to appear commonplace or FALSE - a class of tightrope travel by foot that has rarely been profitable especially in the German words type. The rocklike ZERAPHINE center consists of the above mentioned lyricist/vocalist Sven Friedrich and guitarist Norman Selbig. Both musicians are previous members of Horrible Shadows who brought gone four albums between 1994 and 2000. With their strong and at the alike period real melodic m.ange of sea surf gothic added a sprinkling of not light stone the quintet had soon established themselves on the worldwide setting effortlessly contents worthy venues in the UK Greece Spain France Italy Holland and Denmark interval popping up with a math unit of titles in the charts of miscellaneous radio stations in countries similar Lebanon or Yugoslavia. Almost aligned to the fate of Horrible Shadows Sven Friedrich and Norman Selbig composed with famous Berlin producer Thommy Hein developed the concept for a recent harmonic undertaking initially called Helix. When it materialised that the title was already existence used by addition collection they rechristened their circle ZERAPHINE. The title derives from the Hebrew discussion 'seraph' which stands for a heavenly existence with six wings two hands and a manlike expression. Immediately to the priceless help of Thommy Hein Sven and Norman are supported by three extra musicians. To this light ZERAPHINE have never had a harmonic idea that demands to be realised and adhered to their compositions simply precise Sven and Norman's concept of how harmony should healthy in arrangement to request to them. They earnings no concentration to clich. or business considerations but simply let their emotions and preferences moulded by old age of knowledge fast moving untamed. The interesting effect of this undogmatic imaginative arriving container be heard on the circle's appearance holder Kalte Sonne. Naturally there are passages on Kalte Sonne that bear confident Horrible Shadows traits. These authentic reminiscences of Sven Friedrich and Norman Selbig's done are accompanied by a expansive extent of recent and different influences. Particularly the complicated and adjustable arrangements speak of the accessibility of the musicians complicated to abundant dissimilar harmonic styles. Consequently Kalte Sonne has turned into individual of those infrequent albums that healthy self-contained yet proposal many surprises - flat following listening to the bodily assorted times. Kalte Sonne is a recording that consists of real passionate brave and at the alike period pioneering harmony. In additional words: harmony with qualities that are hard to discovery in normal productions these days. It is extremely substantial for the expected of harmony itself that recent facets continue to be integrated and it would seem singular fair and suitable that this expected should belong to those bands that have skilled these kinds of superior achievements. |