While concerts and rehearsals were cancelled during the first lockdown, I spent my days reading, writing and practising. Looking back, I had a very positive […]
Listen to the city and the gods above
Theresa Michel, a curator and artist from Hamburg asked me to provide the soundtrack for a four-part podcast series about the coherence between religion, sacred […]
Negore
Olith and I played a few concerts together during the pandemic. We performed in Addis and Warsaw, for example. However, working together on a new […]
Hoya
I met Fhun during a dance piece production for the opera in Cologne. I was hired to provide the soundtrack. Fhun was hired as a […]
Weird And Wonderful Vibes
During the pandemic, Warner Chappell approached me and asked me if I wanted to release a „production music album“. Rehearsals and concerts had been cancelled. […]
Auma
Tabu Osusa, producer and Ketebul music legend from Nairobi, called me one day and told me that he had recorded new vocal tracks with Olith […]
Economic Partnership Agreement
I enjoyed the recordings of ‘The Nutcracker Sessions’. It was great to take the time to meticulously go through a classical score again. I learnt […]
Radius Walk
The second album by ‘Schneider Kacirek’. Stefan and I had already played a few gigs together before we recorded this album. I think you can […]
Rhythmus I – IV
After the release of ‘Shadows Documents’, Gunther Buskies, the managing director of ‘Bureau B’ Records, asked me if I would be interested in working on […]
Shadows Documents
Stefan Schneider and I played together for the first time at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi after the ‘Mukunguni’ recordings. ‘Shadows Documents’ was the first of two […]
Songs From Okinawa
After the release of ‘The Palmin Sessions’, Rüdiger Oppermann – a harp player and field recording legend – asked me to record a few pieces […]
Rangala
I feel very honoured to have played with such great musicians as Nils Frahm, Shabaka Hutchings, John McEntire, Marc Ribot and Sofia Jernberg. But no […]
The Nutcracker Sessions
I have been working on soundtracks for contemporary dance pieces for many years. In 2012, the German choreographer Antje Pfundtner asked me to provide the […]
Mukunguni
When I was still working on ‘The Kenya Sessions’, I met Stefan Schneider, who was playing with ‘To Roccoco Rot’ at the time. Stefan has […]
Scarlet Pitch Dreams Remixes
Wonderful Remixes by Opiate, RSS Disco, Robert Lippok, Stefan Schneider and others. My favourite track: Scarlet Pitch Dreams (Robert Lippok Remix) https://svenkacirek.bandcamp.com/album/scarlet-remix-ep
Scarlet Pitch Dreams
The album that followed ‘The Kenya Sessions’. It was a time when I was a bit undecided about where to put my focus. The album […]
The Kenya Reworks
After the success of ‘The Kenya Sessions’, the record company Pingipung decided to release a 10’ with remixes. I also contributed an additional track (‘Takaye […]
The Kenya Sessions
The album that definitely changed my life. I travelled to East Africa for the first time in 2008 to create the soundtrack for the choreographer […]
The Palmin Sessions
The first solo album will always be a special one. After working with musicians and producers from Hamburg in the early 2000s, I decided to […]
Secret Drum Grooves
After the book was published, I continued to be strongly inspired by electronic music. I was fascinated by electronic producers like LTJ Bukem, who realised […]
Drum n bass – Creative Concepts For Drummers
My first solo release was a book publication. As a teenager, I was really into jazz, funk and Latin music – until I heard Goldie’s […]
Palagoma
ODD OKODDO & OGOYA NENGO PALAGOMA “This is one of the most original and effective releases this year” Derek Rath (KPFK, US) “Fabulous and monumental […]