Wechsel Garland

Jörg Follert was Wunder, now he is Wechsel Garland. One can easily trace the atmospheric relationship between the two projects -- the synthesis of lightness and deep melancholy. A combination that is nearly impossible. In a more accelerated and abstract way Steve Reich achieved that before, but here the music is much slower and far more intimate. That's the place where the floating and ringing sounds of the marimba, the Fender Rhodes piano or the xylophone can vibrate. There's no driving beats, but it's all rhythmic. Can you dance to it? Originally the music was composed due to an order from choreographer Gabrielle Staiger and had its première under the title 'This Very Moment' with the Arazzo dance ballet at the Brotfabrik, Bonn, in February 2000. By later extending the tracks, adding important details and inventing ingenious songtitles the debut of Wechsel Garland was finally born.