Neukauf, Karl
Karleiderskop, Vol. 1
What does it sound like when someone tries to fathom the time in which they live? What does it sound like when someone wants to understand the country they live in? Karl Neukauf is a chanson and songwriter from Berlin who has been touring Germany for years. From north to south, but above all: from west to east. KARLEIDOSKOP, his fifth album, is the result of this long journey. In his musical career, Karl Neukauf has produced records for Andr Herzberg, Judith Hoersch and Dirk Michaelis. He has written theatre and film scores and performed with artists such as Max Richard Lessmann, Danny Dziuk and Lana del Rey. To this day, however, he prefers to play on small stages, in smoky pubs, old churches and winding barns. In places with names like Sandhatten or Trence. Where you can hear what moves people. There's hardly a concert after which Neukauf doesn't get involved in a dispute at the bar: Do so many refugees really need to come? Should Germany supply weapons to Ukraine? Can we still believe what we read in the papers? And can we still have a glass of red wine? Neukauf is a good listener, he engages with everyone, even the difficult ones, the troublemakers, the cranks. But he never succumbs to the temptation to find overly easy answers to complicated questions.