The sound of the ukulele is completely underrated in today’s pop music. I try to use the sound of the ukulele to create songs whose melodies float over velvety-rough synth drones, a bed of traditional guitar patterns and a slowly progressing beat. To find this sound, I founded Klanglabor Berlin in 2017. A research and production environment where I learned to produce radio-ready indie folk music.
My first songs reflect this process by giving credit to the musicians who inspired me the most. The way „Danielle Ate The Sandwich“ – the Queen of Ukulele – presented her ukulele songs on the internet encouraged me to try it too. The sound of „The Be Good Tanyas“ with their Townes van Zand – cover „Waiting around to die“ was a kind of enlightenment, which showed me that you can create deep touching sound also and especially with acoustic instruments.
The resulting sound of my first songs lies somewhere between „This is the Kit“, „José González/Junip“ and the „Hollow Coves“. Production-wise, Aaron Dessner from „The National“ was a benchmark for me, who delivered an absolute masterpiece with Taylor Swift’s „Folklore”.
So here I am. This my debut.