OSTAR Music Network

We are super greatful, that we were able to co-host this years Ural Music Camp despite all challenges. To celebrate the amazing team-effort and all the people involved we have made a short documentary for all of you.

https://youtu.be/ORH97pnPgtw

A big hug goes out to everybody involved in making this happen and of course to all the participants, who were open to explore new hybrid and digital possibilities while keeping spirits high.

Director of Photography Germany: Georg Kruggel 

Audio & Streaming Germany: Tobias Schmidt 

Camera & Streaming Russia: Снято нами & ProfiStream 

Editing & Colorgrading: Eugen Langolf

Supported by:
Auswärtiges Amt
фонд президентских грантов
министерство молодёжной политики
ДКЖ Екатеринбург
WEJansenFonds

The project was part of: Deutschlandjahr in Russland 2020 / 2021

Special Thanks to:
Фестиваль URAL MUSIC NIGHT Уральская Ночь музыки
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg
Die Stimmgabel Mannheim
Feeling Agentur Mannheim

This journey in music is about more than just the distance between three countries.

TEAM8 has grown together incredibly fast and created a unique piece of music that will enter through your eardrums, hits the spine and is guaranteed to stick in your head forever.

Take a bath in the soulfully bubbling goodness that is this acoustic track entitled „The Surface of my Moon“, a spectacularly sparsely arranged pop song with crisp guitars and heartbeat-like drums.

Brought to you at this Popakademie Baden-Württemberg summer camp by:

+ Daria Bogdanova (Bodaria) – punk rock singer-songwriter from Moscow, Russia

+ Louisa Wenderoth of EMBER TALES – singer-songwriter from Germany

+ Daniel Weixler - singer/songwriter from Vienna, Austria

+ Carsten Nothof - guitarist/composer from Germany

Draw inspiration for your music from their full story on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/p/CXUBzIPsoJV/

If you too wanna find musicians from other countries to collaborate on a song together, subscribe to our newsletter and be the first one to find out about our new cross-cultural songwriting camps: https://gmail.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b0c2ff6af9caa978523f2cd25&id=94bcc79e15

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Most crucial experience in a music collaboration comes from the most unexpected background.

Just like this amazing team up between Frankfurt's progressive pop band Elda - Band and Mannheim's GEISTHA, a dark and wonderfully melancholic goth music producer.

ELDA are well known for their progressive pop style circling around multi layered and carefully crafted lyrics. Their live sets are full of eclectic energy and focus, a multi colored playing field for unconventional ideas.

Push this through a sieve and put the essence on the dark, wobbling cloud of GEISTHAs synth driven soundscapes and you got yourself a rare species of sound and feeling.

Find out the whole story of their experience on our Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/p/CXB3iV3sWqR/

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To write music together with musicians from abroad, it's crucial to find a supportive and organic music community.

BLUNGE is a perfect example of an international collaboration between three musicians taking part in a Popakademie Baden-Württemberg online music camp.

BLUNGE is your perfect melting pot for some real heavy stuff. All three musicians feel most comfortable in the heavier section of a record store and eagerly bring their voice and attitude to the table.

- Nikita Borisov - video director and concert promoter at Octus , amateur guitarist and sound producer from Kirov, Russia

- Dmitry Musatov - guitarist, keyboardist and sound producer with Musatov Brothers from the scientific city of Obninsk, Russia

- Daniel J Golden - metal singer/songwriter of Deceiver from Frankfurt, Germany

The result is inevitably ear drum blasting: a feast of progressive metal, a wild ride through unusual arrangements, loud and honest - just the way you want it to be.

Their track “Raging” written during the songwriting camp circles around the age-old conflict between fathers and children, sometimes it’s not enough to simply talk things through - sometimes you just have to shout them.

Learn more at our Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdr06lsFTE/

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New revelations in music often follow you when you dive into a completely different genre than you've got used to.

Jenny Vinogradova, a punk rock singer from Russia, tells us about her unforgettable international collaboration at Popakademie Baden-Württemberg Songwriting Camp 2020.

Used to play catchy guitar riffs in front of a slamming mosh pit, Jenny was completely taken aback when she was put together with a multi-genre singer RIIVA and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Mclellan at the Camp. As turned out later, all happens for a reason.

Check out this amazing story of personal growth at our Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/p/CWMIKXOsXg0/

If you would also like to take part in international music collaborations, subscribe to our newsletter to be in the loop for more opportunities and find partners across the world!

Link to newsletter: https://gmail.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b0c2ff6af9caa978523f2cd25&id=94bcc79e15 (you can also find it in our Instagram BIO)

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Self-made musicians and songwriters rarely have a chance to gather a cross-border team to make a track together.

Brace yourselves, everybody: here comes a real musical thunderstorm from 3 countries.

TEAM7 originated at the International Summer Camp at
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2021. In this weeklong workshop musicians from all over the world forge tracks in all different kind of styles and genres. You can always expect high level outcomes but TEAM7 really raised the bar this year.

The quartet forms a long distance triangle between Russia, Namibia and Germany:

- Maxim Khrychev aka MYTH Миф from Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

- Zakhar aka ZKHR from Bryansk, Russia

- Karl Morenga from Windhoek, Namibia

- Johannes Frick aka Jon Darc from Mannheim, Germany

We could try and go into detail about the individual styles of those four gentlemen, but you will find that the track you’re about to hear is far more than the sum of its parts. It’s the dark trilingual soundtrack to the Blade Runner movie that yet needs to be made.

No questions asked but one: How do you create something this mesmerizing when you cannot even meet in person? Beats me, but TEAM7 did it anyways.

Check out the full story at our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5wWfIMh9R/

SIGN UP for our November EAST x WEST digital SONGWRITING CAMP - we accept applications till 12 November:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHO1uv1RYNdQ7l5FolOt3QULKVVeLCZa8fp4zHyJwbRZ6sPQ/viewform

You can also find the application link in our Instagram BIO

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