What do you get if you mix a blend of musical inspirations that includes Can and The Beatles? The answer, at least in this case, is Berlin-based artist TWÏNS – real name Miro Denck – who will drop his album The Human Jazz on February 19. Before that though, PopWrapped are delighted to premiere the lead single from the collection, “Peace”, and its B-side “Anatman.”
Asked about “Peace” Miro shares: “To be honest, this is one of the most intimate songs on the record which generally is one revolving around break-up and trying to tackle impermanence, and as such it’s certainly the one where I felt most vulnerable recording it. It’s really nothing else than self-therapy, and other than that me trying to communicate with someone through the means of a song when I couldn’t in real life. And thus actually postponing said communication. In a way maybe like writing someone a letter, putting all your effort into trying to make it as beautiful and honest as possible and then never sending it. It already takes a lot of weight of your shoulders — and it kept doing so every time I listened to it, repeating my lament, my excuses and my hopes like a mantra.”
He goes on to add: “Like all the other songs on the record, I recorded and produced it all by myself. In that sense it was to me what recording music alone has always been to me, retreating to a safe space and opening up completely. Experimentation, trial and error until I found the language I was looking for to say the things I wanted to say, but for most part it’s sort of a cleansing, spiritual experience in which I feel closer to the world around me as well as within me, closer to love, closer to life.”
He also hopes the song resonates with those who hear it, saying: “Whatever it may be is what it is. I don’t believe in telling people how they should perceive art. It’s a very subjective experience. In any way I hope that they can connect and that it gives them something that makes them feel alive.”
As for B-Side track “Anatman,” he reveals that it was: “…inspired by the Buddhist concept of ‘non-self,’ which naturally integrates in the album’s overall theme of impermanence. As such, it’s part of my search for ways to deal with the inevitable change we’re all facing constantly, and in particular can be seen depicting the bliss that can ultimately stem from non-attachment. For me it’s a meadow bathed in sunlight with a little stream, an impressionist sound-painting that ends as abruptly as it begins.”
Listen to both “Peace” and “Anatman” below, check out the video for “Peace” above, and for more information on TWÏNS, follow him on Instagram.
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