The new Album "Schwarz auf Grün"
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The new Single "Hör mir noch einmal zu"
I wanted to write a song about the moment that you sometimes have to take in life because otherwise you regret it. It's presumptuous to believe that you have time. That's why there are so many words that unfortunately have never been said, because time is pushing them away. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can say today. We repress transience and fight it instead of using this very time to say what we have known for a long time.
Listen to me one more time is the moment to share the words before you may never get the chance again. Saying something to your parents before you can't anymore. Apologizing to that one person who used to be so important, but you've been at odds for years and don't even know why anymore. Tell this one person how you feel and fall in love without being afraid of overwhelming them. Because it's better to overwhelm someone with honesty than never to have given the truth a chance. Not opening your heart is like consciously choosing not to live. Therefore. Listen to me again.
The new Album "Schwarz auf Grün"
Musically, you can hear a big development compared to his last German-language longplayer. The voice and the stories are finally firmly in the foreground and the songwriting is the spine of the sometimes still playful musician in his 22nd year of creativity. Thanks to the collaboration with London producer Yoad (Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Sugababes), songs such as EGAL WAS DU TUST and HÖR MIR NOCH EINMAL ZU sound very European and dispense with flourishes and garnishes but not with the London symphony orchestra from the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Thanks to the man from Los Angeles John Van Nest (Michael Jackson, Prince, Chaka Kahn), some songs like EINE NACHT are pure soul and the German takes on a color that has rarely been heard before. Songs like KURZ AUF STOP show the joy of constantly evolving and the fruits of the songwriting sessions in the Parkhaus Studio Cologne. Whether Jan is writing with new people like Revelle, Nico Gomez, Martin Jungck, Benjamin Alasu, Teesy Tones or with old acquaintances like Rose Ann Dimalanta, Flo Mega, Massimo Buonanno or Kilian & Jo, one thing is very clear, the voice is always the center of attention and the music is the stage on which he sings his stories from his life and gets all the space his voice needs. This is exactly how Jan produced this album.
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His stage name was always a good match for the Swiss musician who has just turned 45
His stage name was always a good fit for the Swiss musician who had just turned 45. At 22, Jan Dettwyler called himself "SEVEN" because seven was both his favorite number and his favorite Prince song. With an English name and lyrics, the actually introverted young man from Aargau created enough distance to be able to pour his heart out with his music. "I never used to talk about private matters, I never did a home story and my artist name, which is a number, i.e. an object, was like a protective armor for topics that I might otherwise have been ashamed of. Over time, I've become more relaxed, gained experience and self-confidence and slowly but surely another part of me is taking up more space."
Passion is his trademark, unbridled curiosity his perpetual mobile
His musical journey began in 2002 with his debut "Dedicated to ..." and has taken him closer and closer to himself over the course of a 21-year global career with 13 studio albums and four live albums, countless collaborations, international awards, regular TV appearances and more than 1000 headlining shows. With German lyrics, a new album and five "Sing meinen Song" seasons as guest and host under his belt, the Swiss 'Soultrain' is picking up speed again as jan SEVEN dettwyler.
