The ten tracks of the album "Tango" deal with different perspectives on European decadence in the 20s of the 21st century. The political events of the past years – especially the shutdown of Europe from an increasing number of refugees seeking protection, the upheavals in the context of the climate and Corona crises, as well as the developments surrounding the Russian war on Ukraine – form the foil on which the album attempts to pose critical questions. What responsibility do former European colonial powers have in the face of the overall global political situation? How strongly do (socio-)political contexts reach into the lives of each individual person who grew up in a safe and prosperous Europe? How do people in Europe deal with their ethical and moral responsibility? How do they process the fact that they live in a bubble of prosperity while the world around them is falling apart? The helplessness and depression resulting from these political realities, the abysses of the "Children of Europe", however, "Tango" does not try to judge, but rather to describe from the inside. And in doing so, the record always comes to an ambivalent conclusion: responsibility and escapism, political awareness and consumerism, pain and pleasure, life and death, fear and courage, bliss and depression negotiate their positions of power within the psyche of the individual, gain the upper hand or are suppressed, dance "Tango".
Nevertheless, "Tango" does not have to be read as a political album, because most of the tracks also work as songs about different facets of life in a metropolis: the lure of nightlife, the highs and lows of excess, queer desire between self-hatred and beauty, the death of loved ones, the realization of physical decay and one's own mortality, and so on.
released July 8, 2022
Music and Lyrics by Paura Diamante/Jan Noll
(except „Zu nah am Feuer“: Music by Stefan Waggershausen, Lyrics by Waggershausen/Alice; (c) MIAU Musik)
Produced by Romain Frequency
Mixed by Electrosexual (
electrosexual.bandcamp.com)
Mastering by Daniel Hallhuber at Young and Cold Studio (
youngandcold.de)
Vocals and Guitar: Paura Diamante
Keyboards: Romain Frequency
Saxophone and Backing Vocals: Ruby Mai
Bass on „Shadows“ and „Stahnsdorf“: Magnus von Keil (
herrvonkeil.com)
Additional Vocals on „Zu nah am Feuer“: DIAF (
diaf.bandcamp.com)
Spoken words on „Berlin“: Miss Later
Photos: Marcus Witte (
marcuswitte.com)
Make-up: Antina Christ (
antinachrist.com)
Logo and title design: Tim Brackmann (
timbrackmann.de)
Retouch and Layout: Doris Belmont/Alexander Heigl
Special thanks to: Arno (
arno-image.com), Else Edelstahl (
boheme-sauvage.com), Ingo Spanka, SchwuZ Berlin, Thomas Funk, Jörg Barfuß, Sharleen Voyage, Niko Biberger/DIAF, Marcel Leidenroth and Daniel Hallhuber of Young & Cold Records, Thomas Thyssen, Stefan and Marlon Waggershausen, Madmoizel, Double Echo, Paula Balov, Zacker, Galya Feierman, Helmut Hellmund, Angela Noll, Erik Szynkowski, Beate Uwe Berlin, Etna, Patsy, Kaey and Betty and all the others without whom Paura Diamante and this record would have never come to life.