“Where do we put all the words that held us captive? We put them in a bottle post and send them out into the open sea. Back on land, there is fluttering in the space of spaces. Corners and edges crumble away in tumultuous layers. Let us take the time that the melos urges us to take, let us entrust him with our voice. Sensually coded sequences of notes disrupt the free flow of our thoughts. Cranes hop and counter common notions of progress. Hopping instead of marching. Jumping instead of stomping. Up into the sky. From 3/4 to 4/4 time and back again. With hissing and quiet humming. Do we like it better up here? Where do we come from, where are we flying to for the winter? No more getting lost: Wrap your words. Our hearts are light. Slow and deep beat based on a warm fundamental sound. Crunchy bass melos. Clear bell-shaped organ synths, accentuated by subtle vocals. Alluring and delicate lines. 138 BPM. Where do the words that held us captive come from? Let’s put them in a bottle post and send them out into the open sea. Let’s free ourselves from all words and sing bluntly wherever it takes us. Let’s take the time that Melos urges us to take. Let’s entrust our voices to him”. (r-ecords)

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“Velvety longing, full of clarity, warmth and harmony. We revolve around each other, the airy melos is like a bond connecting us, making us buzz. The straight beat gently pushes forward. Just like you. We strive for the same thing. For this one moment. Will we ever get there? SUMmerSUMmer by R. Schappert is the second release published by the label r-ecords on KOMPAKT Digital Distribution. Seven tracks bring together personal expectations of the summer of 2025. The pace changes constantly, as do impressions and emotions. Speed & dream, movement, dance and thoughtfulness follow each other closely. Life gains momentum. ‘My dream is the other side of the end. You know this is the truth.’ Individual lines of text by R. Schappert, spoken and sung by AI voices, set atmospheric accents. We don’t want to decide on a mood, the future is too uncertain. At the same time, we run in different directions. This journey sounds like an audio book of our ideas and feelings. Are we moving forwards or backwards? This album combines introspective electronica with danceable emotionality. It invites the listener to be carried away – by the rhythm and melos. In the now, in perhaps the most beautiful contradiction of the summer.” (r-records)

“With Can’t see the Rebel we celebrate the first release of R. Schappert at KOMPAKT Distribution in spring 2025. The album will be published on the project label r-ecords. r-ecords was founded in 2022 and launched in the same year with ROUTE 1 (LP and digital) and ROUTE 2 (double LP and digital). A lot has happened in the meantime. The new album is not just a set of six tracks, but a cohesive work of sound that feels like a familiar dream that you can’t quite remember, but can’t forget either. It’s an album that doesn’t force itself on you – it drags you in. Right from the start, there is this interplay of movement and introspection. A fluid clarity that lays over the listener in waves, carried by a bass that not only provides structure but also creates confidence. Floating above it all are sounds that are not simply melodious, but seem like fragments of a collective consciousness – memories of moments that may never have happened, but still feel real. Between playful sparkling moments and clear rhythmic paths, a soundscape unfolds that takes its listeners seriously. Not as consumers, but as travel companions.
This album is full of departures without ever arriving. There are doors that open briefly – the view into a club where the light flickers. The music pulsates – suddenly the doors close. Are we outside or inside? The tracks make you feel what it’s like when sounds dance – not only on the floor, but also around your head, inside, in the space between sensation and reflection. At a time when everything seems to be getting faster, louder brighter, this album takes the freedom to take a stand and pause for a moment. It opens up where others hold tight. It thinks in circles instead of structures – and that is precisely why it seems so present. R. Schappert calls this organic digitality. Perhaps this is its greatest strength: it is a soundtrack for the uncertain, for the as yet undecided. For the moment before something begins – or ends. In the best moments, something arises that has become rare in electronic music: a feeling of sincerity. Not a pose, not a quote – but expression. An album like looking through a half-opened door. Behind it: Space. Potential. Sound. And the invitation to linger, to dance, to dream.
Can’t see the Rebel is the title track of the album and unfolds like a sparkling moment between daydream and dance floor. A pearly, melodic sound composition that works with a clear structure and playful lightness – as if you were looking through an opening club door for a moment, only to be immediately drawn back into an inner world. The track combines a dreamy lightness with a booming depth that immediately gets under your skin. Like champagne on the tongue: the highs dance around your head, the synths float like petals in the spring wind. The bass provides support time and again, guiding you through dazzling sound chambers, opening up spaces that seem larger than they probably are. Between mind trip and physical flow. Can’t see the Rebel appeals to both the body and the heart”. (r-ecords / KOMPAKT Distribution)

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