Tua is back. His new album "Eden" is about the search for a lost paradise that never
lost paradise that never existed - and the faint suspicion that it might already be on the
might already be on the journey. "Weit und blau" is the beginning of this journey: a
disarming song about reaching out for happiness.
For almost 20 years, Tua has been a real exception in the German music world.
music world. His album "Grau" is an unlikely German rap classic that
the genre into a new era: melodic, multi-layered, full of emotional nuances.
emotional nuances. Most recently, Tua's self-titled album
album, Tua dealt with themes such as the paranoia of suburbia, the fractures of unconditional
love or the death of his father. "Eden" picks up right where he left off, but with a
different view of the course of so-called things. Brighter, more conciliatory,
friendlier in the truest sense of the word. "This is a new era", sings Tua on the first single
on the first single "Weit und blau" ("Far and Blue"), and that is certainly programmatic.
programmatic. But anyone who knows him, as a musician and as a person, also knows that he doesn't
doesn't make it that easy for himself. Because it's not that simple. And the simplicity lies more in
lies in recognizing that.
"Weit und blau" also stands musically for this new era, which in reality is just a
new reading. The song sounds like a Balearic daydream, a wonderfully
wonderful, never-ending car journey up to Tua's personal Cafe del Mar
Cafe del Mar: somewhere between quiet 90s melancholy, the warmth of the nest
of noisy samples and the subtle euphoria of current UK house wave. It
is probably the most obviously hit song Tua has ever written.
And it shows that depth can also be found in the supposedly fleeting.
"Just the way it is right now is good." Joy can be a deceptive friend.
But you can come to terms with this friend, take him to your heart,
together with him, kick all the damn luxury problems in the ass that
that supposedly keep us so busy. And: yes, you can be happy with him. When people
always say that everything will be much better one day, maybe they just mean now.
just now.
You can also hear the album live at the 2024 festivals!
lost paradise that never existed - and the faint suspicion that it might already be on the
might already be on the journey. "Weit und blau" is the beginning of this journey: a
disarming song about reaching out for happiness.
For almost 20 years, Tua has been a real exception in the German music world.
music world. His album "Grau" is an unlikely German rap classic that
the genre into a new era: melodic, multi-layered, full of emotional nuances.
emotional nuances. Most recently, Tua's self-titled album
album, Tua dealt with themes such as the paranoia of suburbia, the fractures of unconditional
love or the death of his father. "Eden" picks up right where he left off, but with a
different view of the course of so-called things. Brighter, more conciliatory,
friendlier in the truest sense of the word. "This is a new era", sings Tua on the first single
on the first single "Weit und blau" ("Far and Blue"), and that is certainly programmatic.
programmatic. But anyone who knows him, as a musician and as a person, also knows that he doesn't
doesn't make it that easy for himself. Because it's not that simple. And the simplicity lies more in
lies in recognizing that.
"Weit und blau" also stands musically for this new era, which in reality is just a
new reading. The song sounds like a Balearic daydream, a wonderfully
wonderful, never-ending car journey up to Tua's personal Cafe del Mar
Cafe del Mar: somewhere between quiet 90s melancholy, the warmth of the nest
of noisy samples and the subtle euphoria of current UK house wave. It
is probably the most obviously hit song Tua has ever written.
And it shows that depth can also be found in the supposedly fleeting.
"Just the way it is right now is good." Joy can be a deceptive friend.
But you can come to terms with this friend, take him to your heart,
together with him, kick all the damn luxury problems in the ass that
that supposedly keep us so busy. And: yes, you can be happy with him. When people
always say that everything will be much better one day, maybe they just mean now.
just now.
You can also hear the album live at the 2024 festivals!
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