Max Herre & Joy Denalane

In the organizer's words:

"Alles Liebe" tells the story of a unique love, a life together, a musical partnership. 25 years after it all began with the song "Mit Dir".

We can agree on that straight away: Love is simultaneously the greatest mystery and the most beautiful human emotion of all. We all know the great break-up albums of pop, "Here, my Dear" by Marvin Gaye or "Blood on the Tracks" by Bob Dylan, for example. We know heartbreak albums like "Tapestry" by Carole King, conceptual albums about love like "Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean and, of course, we know "Everything is Love" by Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

One thing should be clear: Nothing has been sung about as often as love in all its facets. But never before has a story been told like the one Joy Denalane and Max Herre tell in the songs on "Alles Liebe". Because no one else has experienced this story.

Max Herre and Joy Denalane are two of the most important and successful German musicians of the past 25 years. Denalane is the great overwhelming soul singer, with groundbreaking, autofictional albums such as "Mamani", "Let Yourself Be Loved" and most recently "Willpower", she has set standards. Max Herre, on the other hand, has established a completely new narrative form and musicality in German hip-hop and rap with his band Freundeskreis, their debut "Quadratur des Kreises" and his solo albums such as "Hallo Welt" and "ATHEN". Together they have been awarded numerous gold and platinum albums, won prizes and played fantastic tours.

From the very first chords of the first single "Alles Liebe", you're right back in the heart of this music and this story: a jubilant piano opening to a weightlessly gliding gospel, a yearning melody by Joy Denalane, and finally the thoughtful flow of Max Herre. In this song, it seems to be 1999 and 2024 at the same time, yesterday, the day before yesterday, today, the day after tomorrow. "Our story, your perspective, what I have for you, but don't forbid myself," raps Max, "the deepest bond and the highest principle, you know there's nothing greater." - "The first step into the unknown and hopefully the last thing we have left," Joy sings in a powerful chorus.