WOLKE Album-Releasekonzert

In the organizer's words:

The Cologne piano pop duo releases its self-titled new album after 12 years and invites you to the release concert.

Watch the latest video for "Vogel"HERE!

WOLKE released their last album to date, "Für immer", in 2012. The big hits of the year included "Somebody that I Used To Know" by Gotye, "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen and "Tage wie diese" by Die Toten Hosen. Eons away in terms of pop history. WOLKE, on the other hand, act as if they have used the last 12 years to take a long nap: Now they're rubbing the sand out of their eyes, lolling around and simply picking up where they left off. With their minimalist sound framework consisting of the basic elements of vocals, piano, bass and drum machine, they have always been beyond the zeitgeist. Right from the start, the focus was on their own touch. And so this year, the Cologne duo are not coming around the corner with trap beats and tuned vocals, but are instead focusing on their core competence: writing heart-wrenching songs and wrapping them in a rather sparse coat of sound with a cool head. This is perhaps a little more elegant in 2024 than before. It is usually the subtle nuances that give Wolke's chamber pop an additional layer - carefully placed sound effects, fine string or brass arrangements, a radiance and shimmering in the background that doesn't vie for attention, but gives the respective song a little more grandeur. The cosmos has become wider: There are songs that make you feel like you're standing in a room with the protagonists ("Komm her", "Without You", "Echolot"), but also more spacey ones that occasionally lose their grip ("Elektrische Reiter" or the psychedelic Blur cover "Mädchen & Jungs"). WOLKE also like change - what they don't like is arbitrariness. And so you have to listen a little more closely to realize that the last 12 years have left their mark on WOLKE. But pop has always been a question of attitude for WOLKE: Irony, humor, self-pity, pathos, kitsch and artificiality - all these ingredients are never an end in themselves, but are used for the fine seasoning. The declared aim is and remains the sincere pop song.

Price information:

13,00 €