Recitations and jazz vocals with instrumental accompaniment; some works jazz instrumentals.
"Concept Wergo."--Container.
Music and arrangements by Mike Svoboda, partially based on themes by Richard Wagner; original text excerpts by Friedrich Nietzsche, Filippo Tommoso Marinetti, and Erik Satie; "Secret love" music by Sammy Fain, words by Paul Francis Webster.
Commentaries, interview with Mike Svoboda, and libretto of portions of the recited texts in German and English in booklet ([24] p.) inserted in container.
2 up 1 down (6:42) -- First encounter. I (1:52) ; II (2:39) -- Mix and match. I (5:05) ; II (2:38) -- Forplay to t-chord (5:00) -- Love-drift (4:20) -- Tango tea parties (7:15) -- Punching bag. I (3:44) ; II : Secret love (2:04) -- Wagner, le franco-allemand (2:51) -- River run (5:26) -- Overweight baggage. I (6:27) ; II (1:52) ; III (2:02).
Scott Roller, cello, vocals, melodica ; Wolfgang Fernow, bass, vocals, melodica ; Michael Kiedaisch, drums, vocals, accordion, e-guitar ; Mike Svoboda, trombone, vocals, megaphone, harmonica.
Recorded in Köln Jan. 19-23, 2004.
Recited and sung in English; recited texts consist of translations of excerpts from various original writings in German, Italian, and French.
