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Civilisation

by Hannah Weiss Group

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“Civilisation”, the first single from the Hannah Weiss Group's debut album “Terra”, is about opposites and the unconditional attraction that prevails between them. You can't have one without the other, you can't have wealth without poverty, both exist side by side and are kept in balance. These interactions are omnipresent: Democracy rests on maintaining a balance between different interests, however conflicting they may be. We are constantly moving in this force field that is so unstable and fragile. "Civilization" is about the question of how we encounter these relationships, how we go through the world or maybe should go? Observing, especially when we are unsettled by the unknown and the new. Waiting and humble, we should face what we don't know and don't understand - grasping the razor-thin blanket of civilization.

In the music video, we see the singer observing us from behind the different sceneries she is merged into - just as the audience, who is watching her from a distance, only ever being able to grasp a cut-out part of the whole. The scenery itself is in a constant state of change and de-construction, a space of uncertainty.

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Civilisation

As I cover my eyes
I look in yours
Forgive me my shudder
I’ll hide it behind the tinted glass
Something feels odd here

I was watching you for a while
And I see it, you’ve got a style
You are wearing some good look looking jewelry
It sparkles and it shines

Now I comprehend
How unstable this is
How fragile we are
How vulnerable this idea is
How delicate-

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released June 24, 2022
Hannah Weiss Group

Hannah Weiss, voc
Sam Hylton, p
Robin Jermer, b
Flurin Mück, dr
Feat. Moritz Stahl, sax

Recording: Manfred Mildenberger, Florian Paul
Mixing: Jan Krause
Mastering: Christoph Stickel

Artwork: Yoko Halbwidl

Released on Enja Records 2022

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Hannah Weiss Munich, Germany

Hannah Weiss is a jazz vocalist, DJ and activist. She lives and works in Munich, Germany.

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