Ganze zehn Jahre nach “Neukölln Burning” bringt der aus Berlin stammende DJ, Musiker und Sounddesigner Rick Bull in Kürze das achte Album seines Soloprojektes Deepchild heraus. In den feinkörnigen Muster eines reichhaltigen Ambientsounds verarbeitet Bull auf “Fathersong” sehr persönliche Erfahrungen der vergangenen Jahre, im Zentrum steht die Trauer des Künstlers über den Tod seines Vaters, der während der Pandemie in einer Seniorenresidenz verstorben ist. “Fathersong” trägt eine atmosphärisch intensive, berührend warme und zugleich dezente, zurückgenommen Handschrift, die dem Thema und den musikalischen Motiven gut zu Gesicht steht. Der Titeltrack “Fathersong (First Transfiguration)” wäre mein Anspieltipp. Das Album erscheint im Juli auf Tape und digital bei Mille Plateaux.
“I wanted to write a work to honour the life of my father, whose death from dementia-related complications was heartbreaking to witness – behind a security door, in the midst of a pandemic he couldn’t begin to fathom. This work is a creative meditation on the moments spanning his final exhalation and on the new, mysterious relationship I’m discovering with him, one which is imbued with unexpected wonder and surprise. Dad, transfigured yet somehow less of an enigma than before, drops poignant lessons in unguarded moments – each one a disarming reminder of the inherent playfulness and joy within and without. This album is also a small offering to family, friends and strangers who’ve trod the waters of complex grief in the last few years, particularly those who’ve served tirelessly amidst torrents of political indifference, as my father did. Might it offer a balm of solidarity. To witness and hear each other’s grief is to begin to find wholeness and healing, in order to remember we are all fragile passengers on a deeply miraculous voyage”. (Rick Bull)