Please be aware of the fact that i still love making music very much. But lately i make lots of different stuff not compatible to the musical style of Basarab, so you could say the project has come to a temporary halt (which is the state of affairs since around 2006 or something).
I rather enjoy playing lovely songs from the Editors, Coldplay or Midnight Oil on my accoustic guitar. And singing along to it. La-dee-da-dee-da. Of course i could record it with my shabby mic and burn it onto a couple of CD-Rs and send it around to the awesome people who love my music and stuff, but i can figure they wouldn't be very interested. So instead, i`ll do something else.
In about end of july this year (2009), i`m probably through with my apprenticeship. And i'm pretty undecided about what to do next. But, as i still got all the instrumentals for the "Reconciliation" Demo (which was planned to be released in 2007) on my harddrive, i will actually take some time to record vocals and finish the album, after i'm done with the apprenticeship. And then i'll probably release the stuff under the creative commons license or something. I don't wanna take money for it. So, in the case anyone reads this anyway, just a little more patience and you will be rewarded with free music. Awesome, huh.
Until then, i can still offer my old demo for free download. And as i said on the old "proper" website (which is deleted now), if you decide to release it on CD and get rich with the sales, please gimme some portion of the profit, i need money for paying my restaurant bills. There's an awesome new vegan restaurant in Bremen, chinese food and stuff. Love it.
Also, some of the "new" instrumentals to be released on the "Reconciliation" Demo can still be downloaded here.
Btw, what do you think about the awesome new layout? It's an artistic statement of purity, of transporting a clear meaning without any pretentious subtlety. That's right, motherfucker. To suggest i was too lazy to do something proper would be pretty malicious.
Oh, and if you like the Basarab stuff and wanna join the project as a participating musician OR if you like the Basarab stuff and just wanna tell me how awesome i am, write an email to info[at]basarab[dot]de.
Requirements for applying musicians are
- good skills on your particular instrument(s)
- willingness to shut up about the creational process and trusting me in my ability to write awesome music without any "creative interference by others"
- decent character, no "true black metal" elitist assholes. I'd prefer some straight-edge dudes or Krishnacorers. I think they're pretty cool.
- you should live somewhere in northern germany, northern netherlands or southern denmark. Anywhere around Bremen.
And no worries, i'm actually easy to get along with. I need people to play drums, guitar (incl. bass), synthesizers or anything classical like violin or lute. Church organ is awesome too. Ever listened to that Passacaglia from Bach (BWV 582)? Great stuff, seriously.