Rammstein keyboarder Flake has released his first solo album with covers of popular Christmas carols. “Flake feiert Weihnachten” (Flake celebrates Christmas) is the title of a longplayer with a tracklist of 16 songs.
If you think of the traditional carols, you might be surprised what the iconic musician has created out of songs like “Winter Wonderland (Weißer Winterwald)”. It’s a robotic version of the song with an eccentric video that you shouldn’t miss. Or check out the video for “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”, originally by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, where you can hardly recognize the original song.
Flake also invited some guests for this very ironic look at the holiday season. Farin Urlaub (Die Ärzte), Joey Kelly and Doro are just some of the contributors to the album.
If you are tired of the usual Christmas hype, the Wham! song and all the other commercial rituals, this longplayer will help you through a time of forced happiness and pretended harmony.
Tracklist:
- Happy Xmas (War is over) – Flake
- Ihr Kinderlein, kommet – Flake
- Letzte Weihnacht – Icke & Er
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht – Flake feat. Jenny Rosemeyer
- Süßer die Glocken nie klingen – Farin Urlaub
- Guten Abend, schön Abend – Flake
- Schneeflöckchen Weißröckchen – Käptn Peng
- Freu’ Dich (Leise rieselt der Schnee) – Tausend Tonnen Obst
- Weißer Winterwald – Flake
- Oh, es riecht gut – Flake
- Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom – Stumpen (Knorkator)
- O du fröhliche – Flake feat. Andrea Hüber-Rhone
- Feliz Navidad – Flake
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Michael Robert Rhein (In Extremo)
- Alle Jahre wieder – Flake
- Fairytale of New York – Doro Pesch & Joey Kelly
Photo: Claudia Weingart
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