“So the song was actually inspired by the first time I went to Berlin on tour with my band, Weekends, in 2012.”
“We stayed for 3 days and it felt like the whole world was upside down. We went out every night until 11am and then slept ’til 5. The first night, we got there at midnight and then stayed up all night in this bar playing piano cause we had a radio show at the art school UDK at 7am. We showed up pretty jet-lagged and wasted and played in a tent in a classroom.
I actually heard the melody of this song being whistled from somewhere, but then I went outside and no one there was whistling. It was really strange. I heard this melodic fragment through the wall and then recorded myself singing it on my cell phone. To this day I still have no idea if I really heard it or if it was just in my head.”
—Adam Lempel
Adam Lempel delivers expressive and exotic video for “Berlin.”
One part gypsy stomp, one part exuberant baroque party pop—“Berlin” is an exotic dose of the Baltimore-bred, Amsterdam-based producer’s newly christened solo work. While on tour with his previous noise rock band, Weekends, Lempel ended up in the hospital with pneumothorax—a hole in his lung. The brush with death cajoled him into the studio with the intention of capturing the music he always wanted to write.
We have the pleasure of premiering Lempel’s newest creation which features celebratory visuals from far off lands and an outstanding vocal performance by Amanda Glasser. Lampel’s new album, Still Life, is slated for release early this year.
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