Topsi Series / Cloud Reading Society (May 3, 2021 Umlaut Records)

“Hopscotch” is a Berlin based Company and represents Tristan Honsinger’s latest effort in a lifetime search for unity between music, theatre and poetry. This gatefold vinyl contains a collection of songs and compositions invented through the years as musical material for Hopscotch’s performances and plays, along with improvisations and dialogues.

1. Mother‘s Song Suite

2. Stupidity March

3. Family Suite

4. Potatoes

5. Father‘s Song Suite

6. Mockery Suite

7. 10 Inch Screw Suite

8. Electromagnetismo

Featuring:

Tristan Honsinger (cello, voice), Izumi Ose (voice, toy piano), Franziska Hoffmann (violin, voice), Tobias Delius (saxophone, clarinet, voice), Axel Dörner (trumpet), Hiroki Mano (tap dance, voice), Klaus Kürvers (bass), Antonio Borghini (bass, voice), Steve Heather (drums, voice).

Children choir on tracks A1, A4 and B3:

Mathilda Burand, May Fischer, Greta Grip, Frieda Simons, Pauline Simons

All compositions by Tristan Honsinger. Recorded (Kühlspot, Berlin, February 12 and 13, 2020), mixed and mastered by Alexis Baskind. Cover painting by Joel Grip. Still photos from the film Proud Cloud by Mauricio Hernandez (also including Hopscotch members Ciska Jansen and Hisako Horikawa). Produced by Topsi Series for Umlaut Records. Topsi Series produces records, books and films related to the activities around the venue Au Topsi Pohl in Berlin.

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Topsi Series / When Will Never Meet (May 3, 2021 Umlaut Records)

“When will never meet” is the soundtrack of a fragmented movie in transformation. Engaging many musicians of the Berlin scene, performing in solo or in small bands, this soundtrack is a collage of the impossible, a mosaic of wishes and lost opportunities, the dream of a lonely demiurge.

1. Kleiderordnung

2. Irrenanstalt Buch, Festes Haus

3. Das Schiffchen Fliegt, Der Webstuhl Kracht

4. Niemand Ist Hier Geboren

5. But Being

6. Spreekreisschiftfahrtsgesellschaftstouristenselfiestangenhauptknopf video

7. Über Das Taubenproblem

8. Du Bist Bereits Auf Der Anderen Seite

9. Smalltalk Über Zeit

A : Sheeps

Olga Nosova : drums, voice

DJ Illvibe : turntables

Antonio Borghini : electric bass

B : Andrea Neumann

Andrea Neumann : inside piano

C : Carpet Below

Michael Thieke : clarinet

Kai Fagaschinski : clarinet

Liz Albee : trumpet, conch shell

Matthias Müller : trombone

D : Heather / Repotente

Steve Heather : drums

Rico Repotente : electric guitar

E : Il Salto del Dogo

Antonio Borghini : double bass

Grégoire Simon : violin

Anil Eraslan : cello

Rudi Fischerlehner : drums

F : Peepholes have the power

Mat Pogo : voice

Liz Albee : trumpet, conch shell

Antonio Borghini : double bass

Steve Heather : drums

G : Lillinger /Schick

Christian Lillinger : drums

Ignaz Schick : turntables

H : Al Schachtel

Alexis Baskind : electronics

I : Manunkind

Almut Kühne : voice

Michael Thieke : clarinet

Gerhard Gschlößl : trombone

Girogio Pacorig : piano

Antonio Borghini : double bass

J : An Kopf

Antonio Borghini : double bass

K : Hook, Line and Sinker

Tristan Honsinger : cello, voice

Antonio Borghini : double bass, voice

Tobias Delius : tenor saxophone, clarinet, voice

Axel Dörner : trumpet

L : Die Hochstapler

Louis Laurain : trumpet

Pierre Borel : alto saxophone

Antonio Borghini : double bass

Hannes Lingens : drums

Conceived and produced by Antonio Borghini and Alexis Baskind.

Recording : Berlin . 2017-2018

Sound engineering : Alexis Baskind (Christoph Schlimbach for session I)

Painting and graphic design : Joel Grip

Produced by Topsi Series for Umlaut Records.

Topsi Series produces records, books and films related to the activities around the venue “Au Topsi Pohl” in Berlin.

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