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This morning it was just Franz and me. No fancy dress and frippery, no Lacelove, who was still sleeping peacefully. It was very nice. And also infinitely sad.
I don't think his final resting place does him justice. Tonight, when we come back, I'll clear away the leaves. And a branch fell on my head while we were talking. I'll take that as a sign 😅, @franzliszt-official
I'll write a travel diary here again, like I did on our trip to Weimar. Let's see what else we come across today.
New album out on August 28th
Friends of Victorian popular music, we are proud to announce that our new album will be released on 28 August. In advance you can listen to the single of ‘Puschen’ (with video) on August 1st.
What a year. Beyond the on and off relationship with @franzliszt-official, the on and off relationship with Drosselmeyer's own band and the on and off relationship with our own creative work, we have finally got our act together.
We're currently working on two new videos, are already working on the next album and so….also, we're still alive ;)...which is....a good thing...!
New album & video out -
Dear friends of cultivated hysteria,
we are happy (and relieved) to announce that our new album ‘Alle meine Boyfriends sind tot’ is out , wherever streaming (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and so on) is available. Find links to every plattform over here:
Neues Release kommt am 06. Dezember 2024
You can find the official announcement from our great label Eygenutz here: Announcement
Accompany us this time to the 30-year war, to our worst nightmares (David Garrett!), back to Lisztomania (finally the years of sexy singing and moaning for other bands have paid off…why am I always asked to do this? Nobody knows!!!!) and learn what to do with your Horus when he getting weird.
Track list:
Alte Meister
Verlorene Generation
Symphonie Fantastique
Lisztomanie
Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth
Paganini Reversed
Wagner
Sperrmüll
Hanuta-Mann
Worpswede
Beach-Horus
Boda Negra
In addition to our album release, there is also a homemade music video for "Lisztomanie" on Youtube as well. :)
Elektrische Maidchen would like to thank @franzliszt-official again, without whose Lisztober here on tumblr 3 songs of the album (as well as this video would not have been created) and everyone who has accompanied us on our journey here so far. Special thanks also go to @chopinski-official for all the kind words and support! :)
Lisztober #20: Two Legends
So, dear people, the time has come. The Maidchen are now officially making remixes for other bands. So if you're up for a cooperation, we're ready. So, from November on, please ;) If you're also interested in seeing how we work on a everyday basis, what equipment and programmes we use to bring a Maiden song to life, we're happy to give you an exclusive insight here, about both, hard human work & "eroticism of the machine" (thank you, @7i74 for this :)) So, feel free to say/ask anything. I'll also add an ‘ask me anything’ option to the blog.
And this is a total brainf****: On the one hand, I'm sitting here trying to write something on the subject of Rome that isn't completely silly, while on the other hand, I've got a full load of hard cyberpunk dystopia banging in my headphones, which I have to somehow give our ‘delicate’ (haha) signature.
So let's quickly move on to today's topic, Two Legends:
No, no Wagner today, although I assume that - considering the chronological sequence of the topics - that was the intention, wasn't it, @franzliszt-official? (Besides, Wagner was not a ‘legend’, but an arse!!!!...that's why: Chopin again. The true second legend in Franz's life.)
‘Dear former friend, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you again, even at the risk of appearing boring to you, that my affection and admiration will always remain the same for you and that you can dispose of me at any opportunity as you would a friend.’
Oh, Franz. You can't be blamed for not trying to get Chip-Chip afterwards. You probably only meant well. But as is so often the case, the road to hell is plastered with good intentions. Frederic was already so fed up with you at this point that he didn't even reply.
And that brings us back to the point from the day before yesterday: the bubble. Artistic relationships can be really difficult, even platonic ones (do I still wish that something romantic had happened between anyway? SÌ.) Especially when two such unequal geniuses as Franz and Frédéric are facing each other.
One was the permanently overexcited sunny boy, the other the snobby gothboi who must have been really fun at parties. And then there was the jealousy and competitive pressure, the fact that Franz had banged Pleyel in Chopin's flat....and the hysterical Marie D'Agoult with her annoying jealous behaviour.
The fuel for a perfect telenovela.
You can imagine that Franz's ‘I WANT TO REVIEW MY FRIEND'S CONCERT IN THE NEWSPAPER MYSELF’ was the final nail in the coffin of the weariness of the urge for recognition that Liszt occasionally displayed. For Franz it was a token of friendship, Chopin found it terrible. That's how you can misunderstand each other.
There were times When we still laughed together And spent the nights together And when I think of it now How we used to be Without comparing our dicks And without bragging I ask myself What ever happened to us? Why the hell Have we distanced ourselves? You're the loudest When you don't speak You the legend And I, the little light You love the thought You had discovered me My whole existence Serves only your purpose You bring me forth Whenever it pleases you And you live in your own world only You're the loudest When you don't speak You, the legend And I, the little light You hate it When I revolt I think this is about More than your honour alone With one blow From the back of your hand You have depriven my work You try to suffocate me Yet I shine You, the legend And I, the little light All criticism Bounces off from you You hate every idea of mine I'm so sick of it all It wasn't about Which one of us is better I have just Missed you as a friend You show me so much ignorance With your actions I saw it coming Yes, it has been expected Resentment Does not suit you Nor You,the legend Nor me, the little light
What's happening here? oO
Fräulein Lacelove has just informed me that we have passed the 1000 mark for the ‘Time Machine’ on Spotify overnight. And we've gained another 44 listeners within a week…
I just had to sit down for a moment.
Firstly, I think it's so nice that so many people like ‘Zeitmaschine’ - but we would never have dreamed that it would get so many listeners at some point. For comparison: our second most popular song ‘Wär ich ein Hund’ has - as of today - been listened to 353 times, and at the beginning of the month ‘Zeitmaschine’ was only just shortly above that.
I have no idea where this has come from so suddenly. Is it because of Lisztober? Is it because of our wonderful little label Eygennutz? Or is it because of our tireless angel of support, Bianca Stücker, who even plays our songs to her dance groups? (Please check her out, she is such a great artist, multi-instrumentalist, gifted tribal dancer, author and such a lovely and sweet human being!!!!) Is it because our friend Robert Lindner, who played our songs on his "Electronic Dreams" Radio show again and again for the last three months?
But we know what we feel: Thank you, really, thank you, thank you, thank you. We don't know who you are or where you come from. But we are humble. Most of all, I want to thank @franzliszt-official again, for creating this challenge. We are learning a lot about ourselves here. And all because of your idea. I think I'm about to cry a little. And then I'll rub Lacelove's nose in the fact that this all just because of Franz. ;)
We start day 3 with a casting call!
Well, not a real casting call. We'll take anyone who wants to join ;)
So if you are interested in taking part in our Wagner video, you are cordially invited to do so. Just send us a video of yourself and your Wagner disgust. I will send you the song in advance. You are pretty much able to do, whatever you want.( Cuddling with a Mendelssohn cushion to make Wagner's shitty ghost real angry, for example..;)
There are only 3 restrictions:
- The video must be in landscape format.
- No faces. You can use anything you want. Masks, veils, balaclavas... Whatever. We are Maid-nonymous, we are legion. Nerds. You can stay completely anonymous. But we can also promote your channel xy if you want. This is mainly for the aesthetics of the video. There will definitely be a thank you list at the end. And everyone will get a thank you - present from us.
- No book burnings, no WW II attire or similar. Stay hateful, but funny & classy. But feel free to burn posters. Or something ;)
The deadline for submissions is November 15th. If you need more info, let me know.
We are experimenting with a sledgehammer ourselves next week ;)
Dear Maidchen friends,
Today we can officially announce that our third album ‘Alle meine Boyfriends sind tot’ is finally finished. And I have no idea how we managed it. I really don't. I wouldn't have expected it until December at the earliest.
Thanks to Lacelove's tireless efforts, while I am/was mainly busy here with Lisztober. (Unfortunately, Coppelia is currently too busy in Weimar , so the it's the two of us to rock it all together).
Now it's time to fine-tune the mastering and agree with the label when and how we can release this little piece of gold. Here's a photo of Lacelove's master session (insane edition with 3 monitors ;)) today. So there will be 16 ½ (!) new songs that we have been working on for an extremely long time.
And: We are also very happy to inform you that three songs from Lisztober will also make it onto the album: Lisztomanie, Zelle in Nonnenwerth and Symphonie Fantastique. Some other songs were dropped that weren't quite so important. We can live with that. That means you don't have to live without Franz on the new album - as on the previous ones.
Please think about how we can show our appreciation to you, dear @franzliszt-official(meant seriously, this time without being seductive…although we're up for that too. It is Franz, after all) - for the great idea of bringing this month to life. And for all the inspiration. <3
Oh, guys, I miss Lisztober. I really do. There's so much going on here at the moment and it's much more stressful than writing a song every day. I don't know if anyone here can relate to this, but when you've lived in a bubble for a month... I think I'm simply lacking Franz. I am currently researching Adéle de Laprundarede on Gallica, in case you're wondering how bad it is...
But it's also nice:
-If anyone remembers Lisztober #3: One of my former colleagues, who works at the Beethovenhaus and is very involved in the Beethovenfest, was very happy afterwards. I also apologised to her for the Bonn song ;) But she loves Liszt and can forgive us. Next time I see her, I'll beg her to tell Nike Wagner (former director of the Beethovenfest and greatgreatgrandaughter of Franz) about it when she sees her again. ;) (You see, @franzliszt-official, you may have thought up the topics in one evening, but it's a damn small world. ;))
-Yesterday Lacelove let me know that we have to reshoot a few scenes for Lisztomanie on Friday. Especially the scene with the quill. I look at my arm and swear a little. Unfortunately, our camera has blurred some of the takes, so we have to some takes it again. But without cognac this time, please. (I hate cognac. Sorry, Franz. I only drink red wine. And the occasional Ardbeg ;))) Lacelove is in Berlin beforehand, then joins me in the evening and we have to put in a night shift. That's not to sound arrogant, but we're a bit lost. Actually, other people usually make music videos for us that are far more professional. So, expect more of a home video…but we had fun. We also like to touch each other, as you can see... ;) Even if Lacelove thinks that I've fabricated the ‘Lisztomanie crap and have to keep my face in the camera for it.’
-On Saturday, we're re-shooting the first scenes for Wagner. I cut the first scenes from Bayreuth today. Coppelia won't be available again until January, but we can understand that. We're getting external reinforcements for that ;)
-On 17 November, you can listen to an exclusive track from our new album on the Radio Hazzard of Darkness programme ‘Electronic Dreams’. We don't know which one it will be and that's quite exciting: Roberto always picks his favourite. The last few times we were very surprised.
-Our first remix will be released on 20 November, more on that on Friday when the press release and the DJ line-up have been finalised
-On 23rd November I am off to the deserted North Sea with my main band. Another video, singing in, mastering…and some more Maidchen stuff that I'll post here.
-I recorded the last take of the German version of ‘Annabelle Lee’ today. Oh, it's a beautiful poem. And I really don't care if guys find me a turn-off because of it (see my post about our song ‘Hör auf im Bett über Marc Aurel zu reden"). If I get goosebumps when I'm recording, that's always a good sign.
…By the way, I still think that ‘Der blinde Sänger’ from Lisztober #9 is one of our best songs ;)
