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polka town

“Polka Town”, a track from my album “Feeling Like an Octopus” – a lot of octopus, celebrating a wild and raugh dance 

When I started recording track by track, I felt like I was moving within an open field. With no concrete plan but the willingness to embark on this boundless expanse, I began to work, with full trust in my intuitive power.

The result is a very personal album that directly reflects my presence. I would like to share this adventure with you.

download on iTunes
download on amazon music
download on Google Play
hear the clips on hearnow.com 
stream on Spotify
 

 

Chaos Animals 11 / For Koichi

“I like chaos” – this was the main sentence of Koichi, a japanese guy, I met in Marrakesch many years ago. We shared the same hostel and hit that crazy town together. We neary could not talk with each other because of lack of language knowledge, but we became friends for a few days. When i did this drawing, suddenly I remembered him, after such a long time, and I felt sad having lost contact to him. So I decided to dedicate this drawing to him.

11,7 X 8,3 IN (21 X 29,7 CM)

Just a pencil…

…and a sheet of paper.I like this simple setting.No preparations necessarily. The flow of inspiration can be transformed directly, just using my hand and these simple materials. After trying different possibilities, I found out this to be my preferred media. There is enough place for spontaneous expression to “celebrate” the beauty of the moment.

NEW ALBUM “Feeling Like an Octopus”

Fascinated by the magic world of the octopus, I decided to dedicate this album to this archaic creature in a poetic way. The cover of the album is showing a drawing of an octopus from my “intuitive drawings”.
for english translation turn on the subtitles

When I started recording track by track, I felt like I was moving within an open field. With no concrete plan but the willingness to embark on this boundless expanse, I began to work, with full trust in my intuitive power.

The result is a very personal album that directly reflects my presence. I would like to share this adventure with you.

download on iTunes
download on amazon music
download on Google Play
hear the clips on hearnow.com 
stream on Spotify
 

 

Bedtime Story

BEDTIME STORY is the last track of my new album “Feeling Like An Octopus”. It´s a late night song with a quiet mood, very slow, a little bit like a mantra, turnig around and around and around…take care, maybe you will fall asleep before the track has ended.

download on iTunes:  Apple Music
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Simplicity

Sometimes a drawing demands just a few lines. Stopping the drawing process in the right moment is a big challenge. I like my mosquito, every line makes sense and seems to be at the right place.

I like the idea just using a pencil and a sheet of paper. A simple setting like that opens a lot of space for spontaneous interactions with my creativity. I don´t have to take care of complicated materials and preparations. Just sitting down and let it flow, everywhere, at any moment when i feel inspired.

Video Production: Breath Of Crisis

Wonderful collaboration with artists from Urhof20, an art center in Grünbach/Schneeberg. Improvisation is our main interest, usually performing live. In this case I got the video and created the music watching Bea´s performance on the screen, improvising and recording the track with no overdubs, similar to a live situation.    

BREATH OF CRISIS, ft. Martin Kratochwil
days of shut down:21

concept und performance: Bea von Schrader

film / editing: Daphne von Schrader
Avantgarde Mode: eigensinnig Wien

mask: Die.P

music: Martin Kratochwil, electronics

Urhof20
Kunsthaus Grünbach am Schneeberg
©2020.

Preparing my New Album: Feeling Like an Octopus

I am preparing a new music album called “Feeling Like an Octopus”, which should be available in a few weeks. Hear the title song:

“Eight Arms, Three Hearts and One Big Soul”

https://music.apple.com/us/album/feeling-like-an-octopus/1512109230

download on iTunes:  apple music
download on Google Play: Google Play