Kai Althoff

Aber mich macht’s traurig ("But It Makes Me Sad") is Kai Althoff’s first regular release after several records as Fanal and before with his band Workshop. The music for the double album was recorded by Kai Althoff between 2016 and 2019 with numerous instruments - including synthesizers and various flutes, guitars and African drums, rattles, cymbals, ratchets and Japanese string instruments. "Nobody had to bear this music, neither was it thought out by anyone, played by none, nor dedicated to som…

The story of Kai Althoff's music is a deeply personal and richly complex one - but that's not to say that it's ever too late to immerse yourself. fanal 4 strikes the listener as a document of althoff giving in to various impulses - fleeting, fugitive, often inchoate ones, to be sure, but isn't that a primary allure of the record? fanal 4 marks a serious break in the program. fanal - a recondite word for lighthouse or torch, and a cognate in german and english - began as althoff's solo step outsi…