SEA+AIR
My Heart’s Sick Chord Tour 2013
Presented by: Intro, Kulturnews, Rote Raupe, Noisey, and putpat.tv
17.01. Berlin, frannz club
18.01. Erfurt, Franz Mehlhose
19.01. Zwickau, Alter Gasometer
20.01. Dresden, Scheune
21.01. Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal
24.01. Würzburg, Cairo
25.01. Munich, Rationaltheater
27.01. Ulm, Sauschdall
29.01. Stuttgart, Theaterhaus
30.01. Freiburg, Waldsee
14.02. Kassel, Schlachthof
15.02. Magdeburg, Volksbad Buckau
16.02. Hanover, gut e.V.
18.02. Hamburg, Prinzenbar
19.02. Bremen, MS Treue
25.02. Düsseldorf, Forum Freies Theater
26.02. Cologne, Studio 672
01.03. Bielefeld, Bunker Ulmenwall
03.03. Darmstadt, bedroomdisco Wohnzimmerkonzert
04.03. Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof
05.03. Erlangen, E-Werk
06.03. Frankfurt, Sankt Peter
07.03. Saarbrücken, Garage
Video:
SEA+AIR „Do Animals Cry?“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHNbP5hRAI
Current album SEA+AIR „My Heart’s Sick Chord“
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SEA + AIR are Daniel Benjamin (vocals, guitar, drums) and Eleni (vocals, harpsichord, bass, drums). At the commercial peak of the genres “Singer/Songwriter” and “Indie-Pop,” 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 rather have stayed with his punk band? All of this is SEA + AIR.
After ten years of writing, recording, and over 1200 concerts worldwide with various projects, the couple had a pivotal experience in the summer of 2010: opening 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. SEA + AIR 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. The remarkably catchy songwriting always returns just in time to simple yet poignant anthems, as they have been created and orally passed down for centuries by a water-dwelling people like Greece.
„My Heart’s Sick Chord“ is the first pop music album written on Johann Sebastian Bach's favorite instrument, the harpsichord, and the debut album of SEA + AIR (RAR / Motor Entertainment). „My Heart’s Sick Chord“ shows that big feelings are okay. And critics praise the album in high terms.
Live, each of the two plays up to five instruments simultaneously in a very artistic manner. SEA + AIR 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, SEA + AIR also composed the soundtracks for two feature films by Michael Verhoeven (“Heißkalte Seele”) and the award-winning “Schuld sind immer die Anderen” by Lars-Gunnar Lotz. SEA + AIR also appeared on the renowned ZDF music show “TV NOIR.” They just recorded an episode of the show Ina’s Nacht on ARD, which will be broadcast in early 2013.
PRESS REVIEWS:
"SEA + AIR reveal to us on their epic album My Heart’s Sick Chord the dreamlike music since the quintessence of melancholic depth named OK Computer, Radiohead's breakthrough to superband status in 1997…..utterly wonderful"
www.zeit.de (05.11.2012)
„It is an elusive mix that the couple has composed around their always closely intertwined voices. Omnipresent harpsichord and pathetic orchestration, then again musical-light and only fleetingly sketched mainstream pop.„
www.sueddeutsche.de (09.11.2012 / CDs of the week)
„Despite harmony and happiness, „My Heart’s Sick Chord“ achieves an album that does not feel satiated and content but fragile, yearning. Violin-indie with ethereal vocals, incredibly intricate and detailed. „You & I“ and „The Sea After A Storm“ are song highlights of the dreamer year 2012…My Heart's Sick Chord has become a magical debut“
INTRO (11/2012)
„An otherworldly album“
www.noisey.vice.com (24.10.2012)
