Nils has gone; his music and Gisbert are still there ...

... And how they are! I oute me like an absolute Gisbert zu Knyphausen fan The young man has impressed me more than once. live and on CD. While Gisbert has managed in recent years to leap quite high, Nils Koppruch was relatively unknown outside of Hamburg. But these singers I had in my heart. Nils Koppruchs texts have always been suspicious literary prize for me, sometimes melancholic, another time as life-affirming as one can only imagine. When I mitbekam that Koppruch and Knyphausen together produced an album, my music consumers heart leapt into the air, of course, enormous. A huge mountain of expectations was connected to Kopphausen. In fact, this was exceeded by expected Everest Album -I-. So; exactly so, I imagine German music in the final stage. Musically and lyrically Kopphausen are not all, but the army of the most radio-loops inhabiting "Trallala musicians" light years ahead. Nils Koppruch has gone much too early. His solo albums and his legacy will remain Finch fans remembered. Kid Kopp Stockhausen -I will make a splash! I even suppose bets. Quality must prevail not always; here they will do it! I am not a religious person, but I hope, is that Nils Koppruch from somewhere watching and listening up there, like this musical rocket launches into orbit ...

The opener -Here am I- shows from the very first note, as the musicians Koppruch and Knyphausen can play together. Guys like Nils and Gisbert had for me has always been the legitimate successor of Hannes Wader. Whoever hears -step by step-, knows why I am convinced. Perhaps the best German song in this millennium: -The lightest of the world. All music makes up for is inside. And lyrics like "... every day is a gift, it's just beautiful ... packed," are just awesome. -In The Western Front News- sings Koppruch with much heartache to a driving rhythm that I had to immediately think of Dylan. Whose class has this song. -Schon Is so long a classic song Knyphausen. Southern Mucke with Hamburg flair. Is there such a thing? Just listen purely in -My sister. Melancholic, sad and beautifully comes -If I HAB found you therefore. Biblical austere and demanding show Knyphausen and Koppruch in -Zieh the shirt, MOSES that they also have songs of the labor movement on brand bag. -House Full Lark flies a ballad as flattering in the ear canals. As Nils Koppruch -If the wind over the roof geht- sings, that has something prophetic and mystical about it. Impressive and deeply moving. The -Mörderballade- is just that: A simple ballad, brilliantly backed musically and tells a fairy tale. When I hear -Every Monday, I can and will not believe that Nils Koppruchs voice will be silent forever. The bouncer -Just a sentence lies down on a mantra-like beat, drifting here and there in the direction of electric starting and is still hand-made music at its best.

What's going on here with us? We grafting the tops our charts with optically revamped glamor types fully disappearing faster than they came. We can provide sound us with textual nonsense, which we usually always understand only half. It would be to apologize, there are no alternatives. But there are thousands! Some of the best of them are German musicians like Koppruch, Knyphausen, Peter Fox, ClickClickDecker, Jan Plewka and others. Perhaps we do not find on the radio (Okay, I take my "Favorite Radio Eins" in any case assume), but that's why we do not have any for Quark. Seek and ye shall find them: Excellent, intelligent German music. With good copywriting and in any case, still danceable. Koppruchs and Knyphausens project Kopphausen is the classic example of how this works and works. I can only hope to take many, many young artists on this album a role model. Much better is not about ...

Yes; there are these CDs, films and books in which I no longer einkriege. I can inspire many things but sometimes hears, reads or sees something and it pops a double speed of sound directly into the heart. It's warm, happy and unspeakably happy. Kid Kopp Stockhausen -I- one of them. In this respect, I beg your indulgence for my enthusiasm. In the unfortunately grief mixed to Nils Koppruch. He has gone. But there's still this wonderful music ...