About me
IN SEARCH OF THE PEARL MOMENTS
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I create my own wonderland with my songs.
I love to play with words and put them into a (musical) form.
I summarize it with the question "Aren't we all a bit Ö?" and mean an attitude to life where spontaneity and lightness have a place.
Because I would like to encourage you to go your own way (sometimes to deviate from the socially trampled path of school-training-job-marriage-house-child) and to live in trust and joy. To be simple for a moment every now and then (with all the naivety, love and reverie).
I don't always want to have an answer to everything and I don't always want to take everything so terribly serious.
Life is full of surprises, like a kaleidoscope. The images and feelings change, sometimes very chaotic. Again and again now - now and now!
That's exactly what happens at my concerts.
That's exactly what happens in my music.
Here I would like to bring people together and create a break from everyday life, in which we are often driven by what we have to do and achieve. Must - must - must -without knowing whether we really want that.
I fell into a magic pot when I was a child
During my childhood I lived at times in communes where dancing, singing and trying out the wildest forms of meditation were part of everyday life.
My world was colourful.
Until my parents split up and I moved into a townhouse with my father. I went to a municipal high school, found my passion in jazz and tap dance and enthusiastically learned entire musicals by heart.
So while I was riding my bike, I sang "Maria's song" from "Line 1" or the Threepenny Opera up and down. My path often took me through an underpass... The reverb smashed back my vocals. I loved it!
Just be - citizen of the world - we all are one
Despite music and dance, I was not happy in the system of bourgeois life. I wanted to just be and didn't give in to the pressure from outside - to learn something "clever" and always have to know what you want from life.
So I grabbed a guitar, learned the first 3 chords and started writing songs. I dropped out of school at the age of 18 and traveled to India.
And so continued my journey through the world, always looking for the pearl moments, the magical. I wrote songs, I danced, I contacted animals through the power of thought, etc.
So one day in the Indian jungle I sat cross-legged on the ground with my drawing pad until I suddenly heard a rustling behind me and had this deceptive feeling on my neck that I was being watched.
I turned and there he was, a leopard. He watched me and I froze.
This moment changed my life and I humbly set out to find a home.
My "Atelier Ö" in "Kunstwerk"
After a few extra rounds, I finally came to Cologne, where I was able to move into a studio in an artists' house.
From then on, this was the meeting place for many creative happenings.
For example, I became part of the "Electronic Ladiez" network, with which we organized concerts and jam sessions. I developed performances, let off steam in solo and band projects and taught myself sound and image technology.
I found the love of my life and founded Studio X.1 with him, where we still produce successfully today.
Become part of my story
I invite you to my magical world!
I'm starting a blog where I tell little stories from my life and share songs and videos from my past and now.
Be there and let yourself be carried away into the Sitara world!
You can also experience the birth of my new music project "SITARA"!
