Michaela Meise
ICH BIN GRIECHIN (LP)
Martin Hossbach 12BACH8
Martin Hossbach
12BACH8
12 inch
Import: ger release
Tracklist:
a1
der lachende junge (to gelasto pedi)
a2
ich bin ein fremder (le métèque)
a3
göttingen
a4
zündholzschachtel (tha sou steilo mana)
b1
mein kummervoller mann (to palikari echi kaimo)
b2
hoheslied (asma asmaton)
b3
niemand ist jetzt noch da (den pairnei edo kaneis)
b4
menschheit, menschheit (lume, lume)
b5
der traum vom fliegen
Info:
When Michaela Meise Performed At Westgermany At Kottbusser Tor In Berlin-kreuzberg On March 20, 2015, Accompanying Herself On The Accordion, I Was Perplexed. I Knew Her First Album From 2010, Which Was About Hymns (»preis Dem Todesüberwinder«, Originally Released On Clouds Hill, Available As A Download And Stream Through My Label From July 2018 On), But What She Was Playing Weren’t Spiritual Songs?! I Wanted To Put This Music Out On My Label: The Songs Sounded Sad, Aloof And Wistful But Also Proud, Determined And Unerring. The Album Title »i Am Greek« Is A Tribute To Melina Mercouri’s Album »je Suis Grecque!«, Which Was Released In 1971 When Mercouri Was Deprived Of Citizenship By The Greek Military Junta. Mercouri Lived – Like Mikis Theodorakis And Many Other Cultural Workers – In Exile. Meise’s Album Is Dedicated To The Chanson Scene Of Post-war Europe, Whose Songs Were Popularly Folksy, But Also Political. Some Talk About The Experience Of War, The Shoah And Labor Migration.