Description

Tracklisting:

Side A

01 Bar Open 3:25
02 All This Violence – live in Vienna 13:41

Side B

01 All This Violence – live in Dresden 17:23

Archaic, infernal, radical, consistent, courageous…

Following the release of his first composition The Lovers And Destroyers with Caspar Brötzmann Bass Totem in fall 2024, the internationally renowned guitarist Caspar Brötzmann and his band CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER are happy to announce a new record.

it’s a love song is a collaborative release between Exile On Mainstream and the Chicago, Illinois-based art space Corbett vs. Dempsey. The album-long record features two different live versions of his song “All This Violence,” which were recorded in Vienna and Dresden with Saskia von Klitzing (drums) and Eduardo Delgado Lopez (bass).

About this unconventional release, Brötzmann says, “…after just a few moments, it became clear that the live recordings I was hearing had a message, a power to reflect on current events. None of my studio recordings had this power… I think I am probably difficult to understand… Words are just a tool, of course, and a means to an end, eventually building a cage I do not wish to step into. This is why I love the freedom of music so much. Music comes along just like that and wants nothing, needs no explanation, demands nothing. This makes me all the happier to write ‘it’s a love song’ on this record, and that I have done so with my band Massaker which has always been my very own way of enduring the horrors of the world. I get the feeling of having done something that stands up against these horrors and I hope the album conveys not only this but so much more…”

The record is released on vinyl with the CD bundled, No seperate CD release.