Bandcamp Release on Friday, August 6th 2021
Future Songs is a concept album. The idea was to have a fictitious future band sung songs about the past. These songs would then be a comment on our present.
Originally, Dragonfly was one of my solo projects. In my home studio, I started combining electric guitar with instruments I had only played for a couple of years: pedal steel guitar and a selection of electronic instruments.
During Covid-19 lockdown periods, Dragonfly grew into a virtual band including two musicians from South Africa collaborating online, and a Swiss string quartet being recorded in a nearby castle.
The idea for Future Songs had crossed my mind three or four years before. In the meantime, the world and thus my concept have changed in many unexpected ways. As concerns the future, I was lost for words more often than not. Consequently, most Future Songs turned out to be instrumental pieces. Some of the scarse lyrics are still reminiscent of the original concept, while others have turned out a little more personal. The poem I am reading in Future Angst for instance is a reflection of my late father’s fear of dying.
Future Songs is now available as a digital album. Artfully mastered by internationally renowned Bob Katz at Digital Domain, USA. High resolution audio files in 24bit/96kHz WAV or AIF emphasizing the warmth and depth of the original recordings may be downloaded from Bandcamp only.