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KOSCHKA - The Flood
Info: 'The Flood' is the first single to be taken from KOSCHKA's debut album, which will contain a combination of her own songs and re-arrangements of classical German songs from composers such as Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. While not a classically trained musician, she works extremely intuitively and manages to combine her classical interests with her love of PJ Harvey and experimentation to create something gently genre-defying.
Recorded in one take, 'The Flood' is a laconic piece of captivating piano-pop about ephemeral love, acceptance, regret and the beautiful melancholia of being absorbed in memory. KOSCHKA elaborates, "after living in the Netherlands for almost ten years, I began missing the German language and culture. When I went back, I became mesmerised by Berlin’s spirit and started writing down everything I observed. Listening through the rich culture of classical songs and enjoying life, I began to start each day at my acoustic piano and just record instantly. No overthinking, just playing. I discovered a new way of composing; to tell relatable tales with a timeless character. Poetic, scary, uncertain, remarkable, direct, fragile and strong."
Berlin piano-pop artist KOSCHKA released the first single, 'The Flood', from her forthcoming debut album a few weeks ago. From a tempered opening which already sets free her emotional vocal, the mood is calm yet tinged with sadness and a feeling of dejection. Somehow the first half of the 6:40 track whistles by, then the tone reaches higher, KOSCHKA's vocal becomes shrill and breaks the atmosphere like a dagger, an arresting switch, the thought-process behind which bodes very well for her first album.
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