2011 promises to be no less revolutionary than the year
before. Situations which appeared irrevocable in Tunisia and Egypt
just a few months ago are finally starting to change. We are witnessing
peaceful but powerful revolutions, an era of political awakening.
We are reminded of the GDR revolution in 1989 with its domino effect
on Eastern Europe. In the same way, the 60s were marked by the quest
for development and liberation. All these revolutions have in common
the fact that they were initiated by the people, spurred by a strong
desire for self-determination, freedom and democracy. Our little revolution
- breaking the taboo of dedicating an entire album to the Beatles
and finding our very own approach to the music of the Fab Four - fits
right in there. Due to an unexpectedly big demand, we are delighted
to announce further concerts in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
in the coming months. And after that? It will then be time for a next
tok tok tok revolution ;-)
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For quite a few years now the idea of recording an album with Beatles
songs has been in our minds and hearts. Since our early beginnings
more than 10 years ago with our albums '50 ways to leave your lover'
and 'love again' on which we assembled pop and rock classics in our
own chamber music versions it was only a question of time when we'd
rebond with some the greatest pop and rock composers of our time.
‘And now, 50 years after the formation of the Beatles, this opportunity arose. Tok Tok Tok has been re-acoustisized with double bass and fender rhodes and we are very happy to have won Ritchie Staringer, our first rhodes player for this project.
To maintain the tautness and power of the Beatles songs, we have
deliberately abstained from long solos in our interpretations. In
order to do justice to their enormously versatile oevre, we included
songs from all the main creative periods of the Beatles on our album
'Revolution 69'.
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