Sometimes you just have to turn your back on noisy Berlin, no matter how much you otherwise appreciate the capital's creativity.
Raphaela Beer, who first attracted attention as Phela in the opening acts of Max Prosa, Alin Cohn, Andreas Bourani and Philipp Poisel, sought peace and seclusion in the mountains of Tenerife, surrounded by laurel and pine forests and the raw spirit of the Atlantic, to record the ten new songs for her album "Wegweiser". "Volcanoes all around us, a little dog barking in the distance, otherwise just silence and nature," is how Phela raves about the two and a half months she spent on the volcanic island with her team of producers and musicians, not least enjoying the deceleration. This also helped to make the recordings particularly close and intimate. "Touching the piano keys, stroking the strings and breathing in before the first note: the new songs give her soft, warm voice and sensitive lyrics room to work," it says of "Wegweiser". Whether in pensive tracks like "Home" and "Peter Pan" or her upbeat first French track "Pour Me Porter," Phela's new album grounds with understated urgency.
Lyrics source and more information about this event: https://www.brotfabrik.de/index.php?id=25&month=3&year=2019
