Live in Krefeld (with Gothic Reverb)
On February 3, 1898, the church council in Krefeld, Germany decided to build St. Anne's Church. After only two years of construction, the church was completed in July 1903. Due to the Second World War, the church was almost completely destroyed by a bombing raid on June 22, 1943. The high altar was miraculously not destroyed. The reconstruction of the church was then carried out and rededicated with the St. Annafest on July 23, 1950. Since January 1, 2014, St. Anna's Church has been the parish church of the newly founded parish "Most Holy Trinity." And on May 22, 2023...I performed in the church and this is a recording of that concert.
Please enjoy the organic gothic church reverb and blog-worthy unique set list that all the fan message boards are talking about! Bandcamp waives its revenue share today only so it’s a great day to purchase this or other recordings over there. Mastering of iPhone audience recording by Jonathan Kirchner. Ramona Bietenbeck took a bunch of beautiful photographs documenting the event and I couldn’t pick just one for the cover so I made this collage.
Today is Bandcamp Friday, during which artists receive 100% of the profits from their Bandcamp sales. In celebration of that and this new release (currently only on Bandcamp), I'm hosting a Listening Party! This is a first so we'll figure it out together, but basically at 5pm Pacific the album starts streaming at this link and we hang out in the chat together while it rolls? It's kind of like a Reddit AMA with music? It's whatever we want it to be! Come find out. :)
I’ve been stewing on some thoughts about live performance for awhile and really settling on this concept that a robust triangle is necessary: artist, audience, and venue. It takes a village. This performance was successful by any measure, largely due to Sebastian’s promotion and production efforts, Matthias’s organization and hosting, Heiko’s lights and sound, the gorgeous location and the natural sound in there, and the 150+ people who came and listened. This was a very special evening and a moment in time that happened. I want to share this recording to document it.
Here are some of my favorite photographs rom the evening. All are by Ramona Bietenbeck (@ramondonko on Instagram).
