featuring The Refugees, by Strom&Wasser

featuring The Refugees

by Strom&Wasser

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1.	We are One 03:43	info	buy track
2.	Hard to maintain 04:37	info	buy track
3.	Germania 02:33	info	buy track
4.	Babylon 03:22	info	buy track
5.	Xeeso / In zendegi man ast 03:25	info	buy track
6.	Bamba 04:44	info	buy track
7.	Aco tuke olea 02:52	info	buy track
8.	Wenn Du gefangen bist … 04:58	info	buy track
9.	Eshghe gomshode 03:26	info	buy track
10.	Und die Freiheit in Europa 04:37	info	buy track
11.	Domoro 04:48	info	buy track
12.	Yak mohare tanha 03:49	info	buy track
13.	Naje pare 03:11	info	buy track
14.	Sakko 04:30	info	buy track
15.	Grcko 03:43	info	buy track
16.	Hagare / Alle bleiben 12:25	info	buy track

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This project is truly one of a kind: During the spring of 2011 Heinz Ratz and his band Strom und Wasser visited almost 80 refugee camps throughout Germany. Appalled by the refugees? hopeless situation, by a jurisdiction seemingly at odds with democratic principles and human rights, by the intellectual stasis forced upon the refugees, by paternalism, by unacceptable sanitary conditions and insufficient medical attention, Heinz Ratz and his band looked for a way to turn all of that misery into something beautiful after all. Among the hundreds of refugees they met inside the camps were also numerous musicians, some of them of world-class calibre and famous artists in their home countries. As refugees, these musicians are not permitted to travel or to work, oftentimes they cannot even afford an instrument and are forced into a life of silence and inadequacy. Ratz invited these musicians to Hamburg and recorded their music. The result is a strikingly modern, fresh and bold record featuring almost 30 musicians from Gambia, Iran, Afghanistan, Kenia, Russia, Ivory Coast, Germany, Kosovo, Somalia, Ethopia, Macedonia, Greece and many other nations. Music that was caught inside the refugee camps, at risk of being unheard and forgotten.
With this project this music will now hopefully find its way into the hearts of many people: Strom & Wasser featuring The Refugees.

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released May 18, 2012

2012 Traumton Records | www.traumton.de

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Strom&Wasser Kiel, Germany

Wenn Anarchie eine Stimme hat, dann ist es die von Strom & Wasser! Eine fröhliche apokalyptische Mischung aus Samba und Punk, Walzer und Rock, Tango und Ska. Allein schon der tiefschwarze Humor, der den Blick hinter die polierten Fassaden unserer Gesellschaft wirft, spricht für das freche Auftreten der Formation.
Ein unbedingtes Muß für jeden, der mehr als nur dumpfe Berieselung sucht. ... more

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