RamTatTa - SEA+AIR Album - My Heart's Sick Chord - released on 12.10.2012 [RAR/Motor/Rough Trade]

  
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At the commercial peak of the "Singer/Songwriter" and "Indie Pop" genres, the question arises: What comes next?

A Greek folk dancer who had to sing secretly as a child and a German composer who cannot read music?

A harpsichordist with a fear of flying and a guitarist who fears the uncertainty of the sea?

Or a bassist who plays her instrument with her feet and a drummer who would have preferred to stay with his punk band?

All of this is SEΛ + ΛIR.

After ten years of writing, recording, and over 1200 concerts worldwide with various projects, the Stuttgart couple had a pivotal experience in the summer of 2010: In the opening act for Whitney Houston, they silenced full arenas with just their two voices and realized that they had suddenly achieved the goal of convincing a mainstream audience without pretending. SEΛ + ΛIR have developed a unique yet relatable style. A key feature of their music is not only the almost supernatural harmony of their voices but also the stubborn idea that German and Greek cultural heritage is enough to create modern and timeless pop music alike.

Their music is inspired by the melodic beauty of the Baroque period of J. S. Bach, the experimental, profound phase of German music from the 70s like Popol Vuh, as well as the architectural sound grandeur of the Scorpions. The surprisingly catchy songwriting of SEΛ + ΛIR always returns just in time to simple yet compelling anthems, as they have been created and orally passed down for centuries by a water-dwelling people like Greece.

With the awareness that their time has come, SEΛ + ΛIR recorded their debut album "My Heart's Sick Chord". It will be released in autumn 2012 by RAR / Motor Entertainment (Germany), Volkoren/PIAS (Benelux), and Viaaudio (Italy). At the same time, the first single "Do Animals Cry?" will also be released.

Since October 2011, the duo has been on a world tour for two years with 500 concerts. Live, each of them plays up to five instruments simultaneously in a very artistic manner. "My Heart’s Sick Chord" is the first album in the history of pop music that was written on Johann Sebastian Bach's favorite instrument, the harpsichord.

"The harpsichord was just sitting in my father's living room. It actually sounds much rockier and yet more mysterious than a normal piano. And yet no one has used it to write songs for a pop album. And it looks so beautiful!" (Daniel Benjamin)

Maintaining balance through boring equilibrium has not worked. Therefore, SEΛ + ΛIR pressed the leap from one extreme to another onto the record. Ecstasy and madness, dream and reality, as well as horror and security are perfectly captured by SEΛ + ΛIR on this album.

"We believe we have succeeded in portraying the inner life of a person as it is. As a rollercoaster of emotions. Extreme emotions alternate in rapid rhythm. The secret is to sway from one side to the other without falling off the track." (Eleni)

"My Heart’s Sick Chord" shows that big feelings are okay, even if Hollywood and the full beard have betrayed them. Thus, every person occasionally receives or sends a dissonant, sick chord with their heart. Tragic for those who do not confront it.

SEΛ + ΛIR have toured as support for artists such as Sufjan Stevens, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, José Gonzalez, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Sportfreunde Stiller, Woven Hand, John Grant, Villagers, P.O.D., and The Divine Comedy. Their world tour has taken them through Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Portugal, France, Spain, and of course Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

In 2012, SEΛ + ΛIR composed the soundtracks for two feature films for Michael Verhoeven ("Heißkalte Seele") and the award-winning "Schuld sind immer die Anderen" by Lars-Gunnar Lotz. SEΛ + ΛIR also appeared on the renowned ZDF music show "TV NOIR".

Tour Dates:

13.10. D-BEILSTEIN, Schloss - Festival

24.10. NL-AMSTERDAM, Paradiso

25.10. D-KÖLN, BLUE SHELL

Album Tracklisting: "My Heart’s Sick Chord":

1. Take Me For A Ride

2. Mercy Street

3. Dirty Love

4. The Sea After A Storm

5. You Don’t Care About Me

6. Safe From Harm

7. You & I