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Nice to meet you again! One year has passed since I have posted the last news online. This is indeed a long period of time. So, what has happened meanwhile?

STORMY WEATHER CONNECTION

The band that I'm closely connected to has finally released its debut album!! It is fantastic und has produced great new ideas! I'm mighty proud of the guys to have brought in so much effort, love and high spirits! But how do I fit into? Quite easy, I'm also playing along. In fact, it's just one song, but none the less I feel honoured to have been permitted to bow my double bass for this masterpiece! But the best is yet to come! Last year I turned an old hobby of mine, the photography, into a serious side job. I have done the cover shot for this album. But more about my second career later on….Listen to the album and buy it at the web page of STORMY WEATHER CONNECTION

CRIS COSMO & GUERRILLA BAR

Yes, I know, it's been some time now since we announced the release of this album and it will even last a bit longer, but the album “SANDKORN” will definitely come out this spring. We played a lot last year with the Guerrilla Bar band. But this summer will be record-breaking, the festivals are planned at the moment – so be curious about all those fancy concerts that will be realized with this wonderful artist. In the meantime me and Cris are writing, working on and producing new songs. Keep the wheel turning! You can find songs from the new album at http://myspace.com/cosmocris

New Releases

Söhne, Mond und Sterne

Yep, I was also involved in this release by the Söhne Mannheims. Every member of the giant band presents a tune from his own project. You can listen to me at Tino Oac's song “Seit ich dich kenn”.

Daniel Stoyanov - Draußen vor der Tür

The debut album of the young, extraordinary talented artist Daniel Stoyanov appeared currently on February 15 th . I'm proud to have contributed to this production a few deep frequencies . You can listen to me at “Wenn du”. One of my favourites on this disc is “Warum bist du bei der Polizei?” Take a look at
http://myspace.com/danielstoyanov

TASTE T meets EKG

Let's move on to the next step of my career: Producing. It's been a while now since I have my own studio, in which I work on my own material. The cooperation with my studio neighbour Wolfgang Wahl alias Taste T has brought up a very nice and successful result: “SEALED” appeared on our house internal label “amused records”. It ranked several weeks under the TOP 10 at the online portal Beatport! Listen to it at http://myspace.com/tastett

Talking about studio…

The whole Medienhaus4 has moved from the „cool“ Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim to the “hip” bohemian side of town Jungbusch in Mannheim. At „Musikpark 2“, it's located directly in the Hafenstraße. That's why: WATCH OUT (Achtung) NEW ADDRESS pictures will follow, or rather a whole website is in the pipeline. Haste makes waste.

My life as Schlapparazzi

The photography has always been present since my early youth, but last year I finally bought a digital reflex camera and everything happened in quick succession...A new artist name was born. Well, how can you call a Schlapbe who is a photographer? Schlapparazzi! This is clear as daylight. And a new website developed quickly. In fact, there emerged even two websites. One is a photo blog (http://blog.schlapparazzi.de) , in which I publish my best pictures in regular intervals. I recommend this site warmly to everybody! And the second site presents the “collected” works in a photo gallery http://schlapparazzi.de. You can find many pictures from concerts, or rather from backstage. I would be glad if you drop by.

In the end I'd like to present you a delicacy: The title photo for the Stormy Weather Connection was not my first one....No, an old friend and fellow student of mine from cologne, Peter Protschka, also released his debut album “Point of View”. First class staffed quintet and really extraordinary compositions! This is really worth listening to! I myself took the cover picture as well as some others in the booklet and on the back.

Well, dear readers, this was a lot of stuff to read I'd say! Tomorrow I will retreat myself for 12 days into the isolation of a monastery and learning to meditate. I'd like to thank you very much for your attention and wish you all a good time!

Yours truly, Sebastian "Schlapbe" Flach