Albums

My debutalbum “Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein”, release February 2009. I did the illustrations based on my amazing experiences in the songwriter scene in New York City and my love for the city itself. Watch the video “Guys With Guitars”, where my good friend and director Edouard Charuit captured the “good times” in the East Village and one of my gigs at the Sidewalk Cafe.

 

Credits “Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein”:

All songs written by Alev Lenz

Produced by Don Philippe

Additional production on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 & 11 by Fab

Engineered by Rainer Robben

Recorded at Audiocue Tonlabor, Berlin

Additional recording at puremix.net, New York City

Mixed by Fab at puremix.net, New York City

Mastered by Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace, New York City

 

Singles, EPs

Guys With Guitars was the most successful song from my album and was released as a online single including one non-album track called “Part of Something Bigger”.

The EP “Alte Schönhauser” – I like to call it my ship named “Alte Schönhauser” – took me over the waters from the recording studio in Berlin to the new shores of the UK that I now call my home and where it was released online.

 

Credits Single see above

 

 

Credits “Alte Schönhauser”:

All songs written and arranged by Alev Lenz, Brio Taliaferro and Don Philippe, except “Dance” written by Kat Frankie

Produced by Brio Taliaferro, Don Philippe and Alev Lenz

Recorded at briomusic, Berlin

Engineered by Brio Taliaferro (assisted by Tobias Neugebauer and Tim Deneve)

Horn Section and Handclaps recorded at Audiocue Tonlabor, Berlin and engineered by Rainer Robben

Mixed by Brio Taliaferro

Mastered by Stefan Heger

 

Soundtracks

Those are soundtracks I sang on and/or wrote lyrics for. You can listen to “Im Winter ein Jahr” (2008, Director: Caroline Link) and “Die Wilden Hühner” (2009, Director: Vivian Naefe). On “Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht” (2009, Director: Neele Jeana Vollmar) I wrote the lyrics for the track “It’s you and me” and Bon Appétit (2010, Director: David Pinillos) featured my track “Guys With Guitars”.