this is a 10 min. exerpt from a one-hour experimental-musical-radiodrama that I hope to put on vinyl sometime.
OUR SONGS
song >< experiment
I partly grew up at my german grandmother. She grew up between the two world wars and
spent her young adulthood in girl-camps helping on farms. Singing kept
her alive and able to deal with the hard work. She was called
"Singerle". The "Wandervogel" movement influenced her immense song
collection, as well as the chansons and hits of her time.
My songmaking is experimentation. As long as my grandmother lived I
thought I also should know songs. It took a while to realise that
songmaking and experimentation is valid too.
In this work you hear my very early sounds&songs combined with her
singing short before her death. My music was not yet established and
refined, her voice was about to leave and a big love connected us. This piece was a liberation from my own expectations to music making, songing and composition.
What you hear: broken organ, voice imitating a broken organ, e-piano,
synthesiser, rollerblades, guitar, drums, keys
www.anaberkenhoff.com/music
composition, recordings, songs, arrangement: Ana Berkenhoff
in collaboration with: Simon Birgisson, guitar, piano, voice
with: Annemarie Berkenhoff, Erich Berkenhoff
