'What concerns me the wreck of the world, I know about nothing but of my blessed island.' (Hyperion, Friedrich Hölderlin)

"Fool's Island Project" a film concert based upon a song cycle by The Karlbauers
(Rosivita - Lyrics & Klaus Karlbauer - Music)

This series of songs is a contemporary descendent of Franz Schubert's „Winterreise“, reflecting subjective emotions as well as encounters, situations and episodes in the so-called 'real life' of its protagonist. The piece embodies a radical, subjective view of presence, musically expressed in an unconventional mixture of singing/ songwriting and contemporary music in combination with film projections. Instruments such as electric guitar, electric zither, alto clarinet and drums are employed, in concert with advanced electronics, for complementing Rosivita's voice. The songs are arranged within a overall soundscape in the manner of „Islands in an Ocean of Sounds“.

Fools Island Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEYEXLBetg

Rosivita - Voice/ Lyrics
Markus Moser - Guitar/ Electronics/ Co-Arrangement
Klaus Karlbauer - Alto Clarinet/ E-Zitha/ Electronics/ Composition/ Arrangement

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