Universe in a Shoebox, by Kiki Manders

Universe in a Shoebox

by Kiki Manders

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1.	On behalf of Love 01:38	info	buy track
2.	I Miss You 05:22	info	buy track
3.	Universe in a Shoebox 04:13	info	buy track
4.	Echo 04:39	info	buy track
5.	What We Don't Know 01:25	info	buy track
6.	Mins Dörf Te Laeve 04:01	info	buy track
7.	Oceanmind 03:42	info	buy track
8.	Kala 06:28	info	buy track
9.	Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen 05:51	info	buy track
10.	Seeker 04:16	info	buy track

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With her widely acclaimed debut album Love is yours is mine (2016), Kiki Manders already made a clear statement: she does not fit into any category.

On Universe in a Shoebox (2019) Manders manifests herself again as the creative source of a delicate kaleidoscopic sound world, which skill fully brongs musical finesse and sophisticated storytelling together.

Her voice is both powerful and fragile and Manders alternates between improvisation and composition, and always in service of the song.

Universe in a Shoebox contains ten compositions, and almost all of them are written by Manders. They are based on questions about our concept of time and space, and about our different perceptions of reality. “If the universe would fit in a shoebox, how unbelievably small would we human beings be?’, Manders wonders. And with absolute confidence she finds the perfect balance between an melodic poetic world and a flow of abstractness.

Similar to her first album there are in addition to English lyrics twop songs in the Venlo dialect Manders grew up with and in which she feels most comfortable expressing herself. The German lullaby ‘Der Mond ist Aufgegangen’(trad. 1777) also is part of Universe in a Shoebox: “I wanted to create another world, a journey into the known unknown.”

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released April 1, 2019

Kiki Manders - Vocals
Philipp Brämswig - Guitar
Jonathan Ihlenfeld Cuñiado - Bass
Jim Black - Drums

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Kiki Manders Berlin, Germany

Alternative Vocal Jazz Singer/Composer from Venlo (NL), since 2015 living in Berlin (DE).

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