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Man Kingdom – live at Klanggerüst in Erfurt, Germany

A new song (from the cabin in Iceland) titled 'Man Kingdom' live at Klanggerüst in Erfurt, with Mari Mana and Jonas Dahl and Matthias Brasch. Filmed while on the Melodica Festival tour of Germany, 16th October 2010.

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Dolores and the Light Machine by Jonas Dahl

My good friends Jonas Dahl, Mari Mana, Matthias Brasch and myself rehearsing Jonas's new song 'Dolores and the Light Machine' while on the Melodica Tour, in Klanggerüst Villa in Erfurt, Germany on the 16th October 2010.

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Adventures in Translations

The word ‘translation’ can have a number of meanings, it doesn’t only apply to language but also to how people communicate, relate and connect to each other. Through my journeys I have met some amazing people, and have connected differently to each and every one of them. Some I have connected to more than others but there is no denying the connections that have been made and felt by every one I have met during my time on the road in Europe. I use this word ‘road’ loosely as a metaphor for my travels, but it really has been a road trip and a continuing one, full of adventures, high and low.

My time in Germany has been the longest stretch and the most outstanding thus far and has left me with a new perspective of not only my music career but a new perspective of my entire life. I’m even considering living in Berlin. How could this happen in only two months? It’s simple. It’s the people I have met and the fact that the city is an artist’s hub; a canvas for all who wish to point their brush towards their creative individualism and brave the unknown.

I could write an entire blog about the Melodica Festival in Hamburg but I wont, because you just really had to be there. It was one of the most intensely magical weekends of my life and not only did I play and write a new song about the subject of aloneness but I met some beautiful souls and was touched deeply by their music. Some of them I’m sure will be life long friends. I also met a very special girl who added to the beauty and energy of the festival experience, and we continued our journey from Hamburg to Berlin.

One of the most unique and surprising gigs I played in Berlin was at a tiny café called Cafe Mit at Platzparade, Friedrichshain. The area is an artist community and houses many artists of all walks of life, such as painters, photographers, film makers, musicians, poets and street performers…around this community area, and the people involved in the café and events there work for very little money and are really doing it for the love of it. This is what continually blows me away about Berlin, is the lifestyle choices (and sacrifices) artists make to stay true to their goals, and I know many musician friends that are living off rice and pasta (as I have been) and busk on the streets for their next meal. But it’s normal, because as I said, it’s an artist’s hub, so in a strange way…no one is alone in the great poverty soup, and in fact if anything, it fuels artist’s creativity.

Let me tell you about this little gig at Café Mit, because it’s one of the most surreal experiences I have ever had as a musician. I arrived to the gig with only my guitar, my loop pedal and Smiljana with me. Sina who organised the gig (one of the main cogs in the community) told me that the headline band (Kanal) who were supposed to play were shut down by the police during their rehearsal because of noise pollution and there was also no PA, or amplification for my guitar, and no mic or mic stand for my vocals. I instantly became despondent and turned to Smi and suggested I go busking and she come along and do some sketching, but she said “No, let Sina find an amplifier and do this gig!” It’s just one of the things I loved about her, she always looked at the positive options. Sure enough Sina returned with a small PA speaker and a mic and mic stand. There was no mixer but I had the ability to plug direct into the speaker as it had two inputs. Yay! So I set up, drank a beer and soon enough Jonas and Niels arrived and there were about 7 other people sitting around, and I began to play, expecting that this was to be a quaint, quiet gig with a few passers by.

I was into my third song and had my eyes closed through each song, because I actually become shy when fewer people are watching. It’s  just one of my things. So after three songs I open my eyes and instead of seven people there are 17. “Ok” I thought and continued to play eyes closed and focussed on old material and improvised stuff. I opened my eyes after another 5 songs and there were around 35 people. Another 4 or 5 songs and there were around 60 people! And this kept happening throughout the night. I mean, it wasn’t always a steady amount, people came and went, but after an hour or so playing, I had to stop and take some photos as there were around 100 - 150 people! People scattered everywhere, standing against walls, sitting at the café and lots of people sitting on the ground as if it was a mini music festival! It was insane and the energy was buzzing and so I played more, and attempted a whole lot of covers also, some failed miserably, some were great.

I played an acoustic version of ‘TNT’ by ACDC and a local German rock fan came up to sing with me in the mic, but instead of singing “Oi Oi Oi!” he sang “ja ja ja!”, it was hilarious when I tried to show him the correct way. My good friend Jonas Dahl also gave me a break and got up and sang a few tunes, in one song he was accompanied by a rapper who couldn’t rap! The smoke and drinks were passed around and by the end of the night I was completely gone but managed to pull it together for a couple of final songs, including Halleluiah and Fuzzy (Grant Lee Buffalo) and as the night and the applause reigned down I looked at Smi, and she gave me this lovely little smile as if to say “You’re awesome”. That night, Jonas and Smi walked around with my hat and by the end of the night we had raised 120 euro! Not bad for a gig that I didn’t think was going to even happen. A memorable moment was when Jonas grabbed the mic and said “Please give warmly and help Jona get to Iceland and help him battle his diabetes”…nice touch man :)

The next couple of days Smi and I could afford to eat properly again, after being broke artists we had a break from struggling and enjoyed our final days together. After my friend Pete Uhlenbruch left back to Melbourne and Smi returned back to Hamburg, I got the blues for a couple of days but then I played a warm up Melodica show at Cafe Ici in Mitte on the 4th August with many of the artists who are scheduled to play the first Melodica Festival in Berlin (coming up in October). Each artist played 2 songs each and it was a very special and beautiful night, and a full house! After the gig my friend and musician Jonas Dahl and I began our journey back to his house and on the way home we told a joke to a prostitute, found a half bottle of tequila and a pouch of tobacco and all was good with the world.

The next morning I woke up and gathered some more of my things from Matthias’s and then had some dinner with Jonas and Sebastian and we laughed about me locking myself away in Svavar Knutur’s cabin for a month with his mother bringing me traditional Icelandic meat dishes…such as sheep head. And now, I write this in Reykjavik Iceland. I have been here for 2 days only and my head is still spinning from Berlin. Last night my beautiful new friend and spellbinding musician Myrra Яós greeted me and Svavar and I hung out at her place and spoke to Pete and Jonas on Skype…it was a trip and like a virtual reunion. You really miss people when you’re on the road and you are reminded, there are a lot of beautiful people in the world.

So now here in Iceland, this is one of the most important parts of my journey; to come here, write, record, isolate myself in Svavar Knutur’s cabin (now almost famous) and play festivals, shows and Melodica in late August. I literally had about 2 euro left, but my little brother just sent me some emergency money, bless him. I have all the love in the world, and incredible friends. The journey continues …

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Jonas Dahl foran spejlet hver morgen.

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Sød mail fra SF :-)

Jeg har selvfølgelig takket ja tak til forespørgslen om at vi må være en case:

Hej Mette,

Først og fremmest skal jeg beklage, at vi ikke har kigget på jeres sag før nu. Ministeriet og Jonas har simpelthen så travlt for tiden med at få finansloven på plads. Jeg har læst det, som du har sendt til os, og jeg er virkelig ked af, at i er fanget i sådan en håbløs situation.

Regeringen er opmærksom på det, og der bliver en gennemgang af reglerne om kønskorrigerende behandling. Der vil man også se på mulighederne for at foretage et juridisk kønsskifte uden at der stilles krav om kirurgiske indgreb.

Jeg har sendt jeres henvendelse til Astrid Krags personlige medarbejde og anbefalet, at i bliver brugt som ’case’, så at sige, når vi skal i gang med at lave en gennemgangs af reglerne. Det er desværre noget, der tager tid, men jeg vil meget gerne have lov til at kontakte jer, hvis vi skulle have brug for rådgivning og erfaringer. Samtidig skal jeg nok gøre mit for at holde jer orienteret undervejs i processen.   

Jeg ved godt, at det er en ringe trøst, men vi er opmærksom på jeres problem samt de generelle uligheder og uretfærdigheder, der eksisterer på området p.t. Du skal være velkommen til at tage fat i mig igen, hvis der er noget, som jeg evt. kan hjælpe med.

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