Knef, Hildegard/hans Nieswandt
Remixed
In the summer of 2011, when the Hamburg label Bureau B knocked on Hans Nieswandt's door to propose the production of a complete Hildegard Knef remix album, the Cologne-based DJ and producer didn't need to consider it for long. Almost exactly ten years before he had made a remix of a song by this legendary German chanteuse ("Bei dir war es immer so schoen") and had since always touted this work as one of the best remix experiences of his entire career. The reason for this was the special quality of the raw material - complete, digitized orchestral tracks from the early and mid 70s, played by Germany's finest musicians and recorded with the best microphones in rooms with ideal acoustics. And having Hildegard Knef's voice as a dry a cappella is something so incredibly rare and precious, which most people never get a chance to hear. The idea to again be able to dissect and reassemble twelve of these masterpieces was irresistible to Nieswandt.