Skip to main content

The Lightsleeper! (This Is The Winter Of My Discontent)

Last.fm has been the source for a few great band introductions, for me. The Lightsleeper is just one in the latest. His music is from a dreamy plain, something ethereal, and I find myself near-instantly loving it. It's just intoxicating. Here is a description in someone else's better words:  


electronic beats collide with chamber music as well as fat
basslines and electronic effects meet soulful, occasionally
megalomaniacal piano playing or indie guitars; the whole thing
rounded off by a catchy singing voice transporting less catchy
lyrics.


And you know, that's actually just about right. 


I asked this rising musician from Austria a few questions via email a few days ago. What did I find out? Well, his future seems wide open....


by the WAY, he was just nominated for an Austrian Newcomer Award! Vote for him HERE - which is 20x more applicable if you actually LIVE there, but you know. 


What made you start making music in the first place?


Christian (Lightsleeper):  I started making music as a little boy. My family is very musical. I love the many ways you can express yourself with music.


       While making music I can be myself and I feel completely in tune with the world.

Where do you get the majority of your inspiration from?

Christian:   I really have an eclectic approach to making music. There are so many influences, ideas and also technical possibilities that inspire me.
I did not choose my pseudonym "the lightsleeper" by chance. I really have a very light sleep and when I am semi-somnolent I put every influence, idea and contemplation, I made before, together.

I'M A LIGHTSLEEPER TOO. it, sucks. 




You are touring in 2012, correct?


Christian:  Yes, my friends the liquid glam rockets and me and my live-band are going to tour Austria and its neighbouring countries. It will be called the awesomnia tour 2012. On this tour we will produce a split-live dvd, which will be released in the end of  2012. It is also planned that I am going on tour in Germany in autumn 2012.


no North American then!




How will you remember 2011?

Christian:  It is a year of transition (that's why I called my first promo-ep this way) for me. I left my former band and started a solo-project. And I moved back from Vienna to my hometown in the south of austria, where I am much more balanced and where I can  concentrate on my music much better. Now it is too early, but with some distance I maybe can say that that year was the corner stone of a successful musical project.

What should anyone new to your music know about you?

Christian:  Despite of many dark and discerning aspects of my music I am a funny and open dude, who does not always complain about the evil in the world. It is only an outlet for me and I hope I can reach many other people with the way I think.


What do you hope to see for yourself in the future?

Christian: Apart from the touring I mentioned above I will release an album in 2012, which I currently started recording and I am very excited about. For any news please visit my homepage (http://www.thelightsleeper.org) or my facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/thelightsleeper)!

well, you read the man!




Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Anchors" - AM Higgins

Here's a nice breezy, almost sensual song from AM Higgins (the solo project of musician Annie Toth) to start your Tuesday off right.  Her debut album "Hymning" will be out November 5th on Victorialand Records. The album was mixed by Casey Foubert, a frequent collaborator of Sufjan Stevens. The album "captures the first years of moving from an American city to rural France." Sounds like "Hymning" will be a welcome escape from the world we live in right now, especially considering that Annie Toth counts poets Mary Oliver and Thomas Merton as influences.
Post a Comment
Read more

"Mon Soleil" - Ashley Park

If there's anything people take away from my piss-poor legacy, I hope it's what a huge, unabashed fan of "Emily in Paris" I am and will continue to be. People love "90 Day Fiancee," "The Bachelor," and other garbage - allow me "Emily," which is at least harmless, kind of goofy fluff (which does, unfortunately, lean into some stereotypes, as the country of Ukraine knows ). I have already watched Season 2 twice. And honestly my favorite part of this show (despite my crush on Camille Razart and Lily Collins channeling Audrey Hepburn hardcore ) is Ashley Park. This woman has superstar written all over her. She's a bona fide Broadway star, and "Emily in Paris" has served as her pivot into the zeitgeist.  "Emily in Paris" is also showcasing her vocal prowess front and center this season, with her covering BTS, "All By Myself," "Sympathtique," and Marilyn Monroe. But the real standout performance is th
Post a Comment
Read more

"Happy New Year"- Let's Eat Grandma

There's no way to start the New Year like some extremely upbeat music about the New Year! That's where this new synthpop-heavy single from the British duo Let's Eat Grandma comes into play. It's a delightful song, and it helps increase any excitement about their third album, "Two Ribbons," which will be out this April. I personally am looking forward to hearing more from Let's Eat Grandma, who deserve way more attention than they currently get. Hopefully, 2022 will be a big year for them. Here's one of their older tracks I quite like:
Post a Comment
Read more