About the Requiem «Greetings to Andromeda»
Here comes one of the few requiems in rock history so far, composed in the vein of David Lynch writing about Calamity Jane who meets up with Boris Vian to watch an old Walt Disney Movie in a drive-in cinema.
After the sudden death of my much beloved husband Christophe Badoux, the Comic Artist, I struggled for two years for the return of my voice, which had fallen silent from grief and shock. During this time I discovered music from various genres that dealt with the subject of death and at some point decided to write a requiem myself. During research my voice gradually came back to enwrap my grief in music, in a dark fairytale-like manner.
With a non-religious approach me and my band expanded our «brute folk» into a cinematic experiment and packed the result into a double album. Inspired by classical works, the 18 tracks offer a modern interpretation of this heritage. The recording pairs analog band sound, choirs and stereophony with dark gadgetry of small synth sounds or Moog sub bass attacks. While the lyrics point into space, ghosts and animals populate nebulous sceneries that lead into an unknown world, vocals drifting from near to far. For the first time, we released two Swiss German tracks on a record.
Song Teasers
Who is Who
Greetings to Andromeda – Requiem
was possible with the friendly support of Stiftung Erbprozent, Popkredit Stadt Zürich, Kanton Zürich Kultur
Lyrics
Nadja Zela
The Band
Nadja Zela
Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar, Harmonium, Synths, Glockenspiel,Production, Songbook
Michel Lehner
Bass, Moog, Vocals, Research, Notation,Production
Martin Fischer
Drums, Percussion, Synths, Vibraphone
Nico Feer, Guitar, Synths, Vocals
Composition, Arrangements
Nadja Zela & Band
Sound Engineer
Martin Hofstetter
Mastering
Monoposto, Michael Schwabe
Choirmaster
Vera Rudolf von Rohr
Songbook Andromeda
Rico Zela (Notation, Introduction), Michel Lehner (Notation), Nadja Zela (Artwork, Graphic Design)
The Royal Poodle Force Choir
Dani Hobi (Legendary Lightness)
Sven Rüf (Biggles)
Domi Schreiber (My Kungfu)
Reto Karli (Karli)
Fiona Daniel
Vera Rudolf von Rohr
Nico Feer
Michel Lehner
Visuals
Susanne Hofer, Katrin Oettli for flimmern.ch (Video)
Niklaus Spoerri (Photography)
Artwork
Nando von Arb (Illustration), Nadja Zela (Print-Production)
Booking
Glad We Met – Martina Kull
Label
Patient Records
Online Promotion
Mouthwatering Records
Promotion
Irascible