El Pescador Borracho
El Pescador Borracho
Serialising the album The Drunken Fisherman (And Other Stories) by Schall und Stille (@stephan): The debut release inspired by early childhood memories, pirate radio broadcasts, war and climate change among other things. It’s a sonic journey between ambient, electronica, triphop, wave and pop; between Eno, Kraftwerk and Massive Attack. Extended instrumental pieces alternate with atmospheric pop songs, layered voices and lush sonic landscapes, sometimes sublime, sometimes sombre.
Track 6/7: El Pescador Borracho
When recording “Me Without You”, I was looking for some additional sonic textures for its dark and droning coda.
It was then when I stumbled upon these rogue amateur shortwave radio transmissions from what supposedly was a drunken fisherman.
Having him in the mix suddenly it struck me what a good metaphor for mankind he is – sailing out into a storm, happily fishing the seas, both vulnerable and threatening in his stupor, and oblivious to the danger around him and to his own mortality.
The image became so vivid in my mind that I not only decided to explore the theme further with its own instrumental track, but also named the album after it and incorporated fishing and nautical imagery into the artwork.
Support Schall und Stille
All proceeds from this album go to “Tara Tierhilfe e.V.“, an animal sanctuary near Cologne, Germany, which is home to more than 70 horses, goats, sheep, donkeys and pigs.
