Voodoo Beach & Die Wilde Jagd: »KASKADEN«
When Die Wilde Jagd and Voodoo Beach first met in person at a festival in the summer of 2022, by the end of the night, the idea of sharing a stage was born. The captivating magic of that moment marked the beginning of a new connection: the desire not only to make music together, but to become part of a unique aura of joint performance – to find oneself in the other and to let the music develop a mind of its own, writhing and pulsating like a living being.
This principle of »musical contagion« is an important motif in their collaborative Commissioned Work. The two bands strive to explore the possibilities of playing together in a setting that leaves room for improvisation while also being guided visually and musically by set parameters. Their commonalities, such as German-language narratives and a psychedelic sonic aesthetic, are to be worked out and further developed together. But their differences also play a role: loudness here, soft tones there. Raw, visceral force on the one hand, atmospheric silence and electronic abstraction on the other. Each individual part forms itself, tone by tone, into a new, as yet unknown life form.
Credits: Heike Marie Rädeker (guitar, voice), John-H. Karsten (bass), Josephine Oleak (drums), Sebastian Lee Philipp (guitar, voice), Angelo Fonfara (light), Alexander Mahn (sound), Jelena von Eisenhart Rothe (costume).