At the beginning of the nineties, a so-called multicultural movement developed in Europe. Its sources—the serious study of other cultures in conjunktion with a creative re-examination of one‘s own—have since been so obscured by commercial discovery and marketing that they are hardly to be seen any longer. AUFWIND, founded in the eighties in the German Democratic Republic (a state whose multicultural interests were limited to the state cultures of the USSR and other „brother“ states) went to Eastern Europe, visiting survivors of the Holocaust and searching for their own responsibility; they also found their own identity. They haven‘t stopped searching or making their discoveries heard since then. Compared to the superficiality coming out of radio stations every day, AUFWIND is real.
Maria Kondratzki
Folk-Michel: Anatevka pales with envy. Sparing but emotional instrumentation with expressive singing...klezmer melodies full of verve and life—a real treat. Overall verdict: Fantastic!
Freie Presse: The quintet from Prenzelberg (a district in East Berlin) have music in their blood; they gave a transfusion to the audience, who sometimes couldn‘t keep the rhythm from passing out of their ears and into their feet.
Nordbayrischer Kurier: Mimic—vivid—dizzying
Musikblatt: Klezmer music at its best: perfect and sensitive
Neue Zeit: ...excellent by virtue of authenticity, musical ability and sebsitivity, of joy in playing music.
Saechsische Zeitung: ... Nomen est Omen.
Jerusalem Post: Germans fascinated by the sound of Yiddish.
Sing Out (USA): Aufwind‘s isolation from the klezmer mainstream has made for some fascinating eccentricities. You have never heard it this way before.
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releases/discography
Live (2004)
Ineynem (2002)
Avek di yunge yorn (1996)
Yunge yorn (1995)
Gasn zinger (1992)
Lomp nokh nit farloschn (1989)
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.aufwindmusik.deTrack List:
1. Power Mazl
2. Eyder ´kh Leg Mikh Shlofn
3. Kheyder
4. Shnayder
5. Unter a Kleyn Beymele
6. Papir Iz Nokh Ways
7. ´s Brent
8. Dos Kelbl
9. Di Mame
10. Sits Ikh Mir
11. Moyshele
12. Oy Dortn
13. Bistu Mit Mir Broyges
14. Trink Bruder
15. Sholem
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