hinterland records

label

Founded by songwriter/producer/keyboarder Tobias Meggle, hinterland records mainly releases his own productions. The name hinterland reflects his choice to live and work in an old farmhouse facing the Bavarian Alps where he can tune into the diversity of natural and personal rhythms. The remoteness of the setting fosters a particular kind of focus in collaborating with singers and musicians.
Hinterland records wants to open your ears to a whole range of music – NuJazz, Brazil, or BrokenBeat, call it whatever you like – music that has structure and texture, clarity and subtlety, voice and vision – with more than a nod in the direction of jazz, funk and club music, but it’s music to listen to, too.

artists

sandboy, Tobias Meggle’s current project was formed after a productive period of 5 years as member of beanfield. He quit the band in 2001 and now pursues his own artistic direction. One and a half decades of experience in playing with different bands, composing, arranging, touring, dj-ing and producing renewed his attention to the role of the human voice as a main source of song. Inspired words are combined with meticulously detailed treatment of the vocal’s surface, the song’s lyrics become explicitly musical gestures.
Meggle says: "My productions aren’t specifically aimed at the dancefloor.
Whether someone happens to be dancing or not doesn’t make that much difference to me. I want adventure in the listening process, a whole spectrum of sensations – not experiment for its own sake. I see music as a weave of rhythms and resonance, textures and patches, melody and variation, singularities – a magic carpet of sounds that may take the listener elsewhere. The individual elements originate in nature, in the human voice, in physics, at the piano, in the studio, or in old scratched vinyl. They can be highly complicated or incredibly simple. They can also be both at the same time."

musicians

Nanar Vorperian (vocals, lyrics & composition) can be heard on "written in the leaves" and "pomegranate". She will be the core of the forthcoming and third album release on hinterland under the name of sandboy and nanar.
www.myspace.com/nanarvorperian

Sebastian Zimmermann (bass, composition, production) can be heard on "written in the leaves", "bsb", "pepe", "pomegranate", "nieve", "lua nua", "call out", "common cause", "so real" (rmx), "bain mousse" (rmx). His contributions to the sound of sandboy go far beyond his tasteful bass playing. He lives in Stuttgart, Germany.
ess-zett@gmx·net

Thomas Simmerl (drums & percussion, composition) grooves on almost every song of sandboy’s productions! He lives in Munich, Germany.
www.thomas-simmerl.de

Christoph Flueler (trombone, trumpet and flugelhorn) can soon be heard on "night song". He lives in Zurich, Switzerland. www.klangfaktur.ch

Clara Hill (vocals, lyrics & composition) appears on "common cause". She lives in Berlin, Germany.
www.clarahill.de

Randolph Matthews (vocals, lyrics & composition) is featured on "call out". He lives in London, UK.
randolphmatthews@yahoo.co·uk

Marianne Kirch (vocals, lyrics & composition) can be heard on "les éclairs" and lives in Munich, Germany.
maakiikii@web·de

Marishka Phillips (vocals, lyrics & composition) can be heard on "the hike". She lives in New York City.
www.marishkasphillips.com

Esther Proud (vocals, lyrics & composition) can be heard on "motion capture" and "nieve". She lives in Munich, Germany.
esthercita@web·de

Patrick Gammon, 1956-1996 (vocals, piano & melodica, lyrics & composition) was a great musician and dear colleague of Tobias Meggle. Gerhard Augustin, his manager and closest friend, kindly permitted the use of original recordings from the 1976 Motown release "pepe".

Robert Klinger (acoustic bass, composition) plays on "the hike", "motion capture" and "nieve". He lives in Munich, Germany.
bartl_five262@freenet·de

Leroy Schlimm (guitar) can be heard on "common cause". Check also his amazing remixes of "lua nua" and "les éclairs". He lives in Kaufbeuren, Germany.
www.leroyschlimm.de

Pedro Tagliani (acoustic guitar) plays on "viver", "bsb" and on the hidden track of sandboy’s "wanderlust". He lives in Munich, Germany.
www.pedro-tagliani.de

Magnus Schriefl (trumpet, flugelhorn) can be heard on "bsb", "inner light", "lua nua" and "so real" (rmx). He lives in Berlin, Germany.
schriefl@gmx·de

Jens Gad (electric guitar) plays on "written in the leaves" and lives on the island Ibiza, Spain.
info@gadmusic·com
www.gadmusic.com

Stefan Karoll (bandoneòn) plays on "nieve" and lives in Munich, Germany.
bandoneon@karoll·com
www.fetenfeten.com

Ananda (violin) plays on "les éclairs". He lives in Schondorf, Germany.
jiananda@aol·com

Nice Ferreira (vocals, lyrics & composition) can be heard on "viver", "bsb", "lua nua". She lives in Kraiburg, Germany.

partners

Worldwide Distribution
Intergroove
info@intergroove·de
Fax: 0049 69 94547 - 555

Publishing
edition hinterland/AMV ALSTER
Bramfelder Chaussee 238c
22177 Hamburg
Fon: 0049 40 642 143 - 700
Fax: 0049 40 642 143 - 4700
info@amv-alster·de
www.amv-alster.de

licensee for Japan/sandboy "wanderlust" (CD) and "echoes".
village again
village@breeze.biglobe.ne·jp

Mastering
calyx
calyx@d2mail·de

Booking
Phil Darimont/Metronomic Family
phil@metronomic-family·de

Visuals
SUB-/Brussels
Thomas Lommee
thomas@sub-net·be

Artwork
lilly31

Internet
Sebastian Zimmermann
ess-zett@gmx·net

Press photos sandboy "wanderlust" and "echoes"
Judith Haeusler
www.judith-haeusler.de

Photos
Tim Krieger
www.timkrieger·de
Sebastian Zimmermann

pictures