Song No. 1 / Memphis – SINGLE 7” vinyl (stockist see below)
Since the release of her debut album in her home country of Germany, singer/songwriter Alev Lenz has busied herself with gigs in London and New York alongside working on soundtracks for several high profile German films and recording what will become her second album in London’s Premises Studios.
Song No. 1 and Memphis are the first tracks taken from Alevʼs second album and take in a diverse set of influences, from European classical through to experimental electronics. Alev’s main collaborator for the album was acclaimed Finnish drummer Samuli Kosminen (Múm, Hauschka, Kronos Quartet, Jónsi). A mutual friend suggested they work together, which began weeks and months of emailing sessions from London to Helsinki and back. Song No. 1 and Memphis are the first songs from that collaboration. The two songs were then mixed by Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco.
UK – 7” AVAILABLE at Rough Trade East and West, Kristina Records in Dalston, Phonica and Sister Ray! (click logos):
Germany – 7” AVAILABLE at Public Possession and SHIROKKO in Munich:
Digital at:
Credits:
Produced by Alev Lenz & Samuli Kosminen
Mixed by Jas Shaw at The Premises, London
Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering, London
Recorded at:
The Premises Studios, London – engineered by Jason Howes
Ulappa, Suomenlinna – engineered by Samuli Kosminen
Alev’s small room, London – engineered by Alev Lenz
Vocals, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel – Alev Lenz
Drums & dingalee dangs, kalimba, glockenspiel – Samuli Kosminen
Bass – Harry Deacon
Debutalbum
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 recordings 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
Soundtracks
Those are soundtracks I sang on and/or wrote lyrics or composed for or that have used my songs.
My newest single “Song No. 1″ is featured on the Movie (and the trailer ! See below!) “Heute bin ich Blond” (the Girl With Nine Wigs). The Movie “Türkisch für Anfänger” featured my track from the Live Session at The Premises 2012 “Well”. The movie “The Dead and The Living” features a cover song I arranged and produced.
You can listen to “Im Winter ein Jahr” (2008, Director: Caroline Link) and “Die Wilden Hühner” (2009, Director: Vivian Naefe) on which I sang, and on “Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht” (2009, Director: Neele Jeana Vollmar) I wrote the lyrics for the track “It’s you and me”. Bon Appétit (2010, Director: David Pinillos) featured my track “Guys With Guitars”.
Song No. 1 on Trailer “Heute bin ich Blond” 2013
Vocals on Trailer “Im Winter Ein Jahr” 2008
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Podcasts
I was doing a weekly radio show for NTS, called Öpücük Alev. You can find a collection of some shows below! I am finishing up my second record and will start to play live shows again so I stopped doing a weekly show but I will try my best and bring you some podcasts with talks soon, as I love talking :) !
For most the last shows and playlists head to http://ntslive.co.uk/?author=167
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 – 2012 so far
1. Flutes / Hot Chip 7:05
2. Wrecked (65daysofstatic Remix) / Kiasmos 4:53
3. Real Talk / Bloc Party 4:14
4. About to Die / Dirty Projectors 3:59
5. Hood / Perfume Genius 2:00
6. Lovers Stone (Alternate Passaros) / Jonti 2:02
7. Firewater / Django Django 4:50
8. Tsuki Kake feat. Aco / Toe 4:23
9. Für Felix / Julia Holter 4:11
10. Darkness / Leonard Cohen 4:29
11. Gotham / Animal Collective 5:16
12. Taro / Alt-J (∆) 5:05
13. Left Alone / Fiona Apple 4:51
Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 – Raining, Reigning Guitars
1. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You / Elizabeth Cotten 2:15
2. Regen / Grey Reverend 11:51
3. Yağmur Olsam / Fikret Kızılok 2:27
4. Sunnyside / Kaki King 3:33
5. Goodbye Blue Sky / Pink Floyd 2:47
6. Hey Onbesli Onbesli / Erkan Ogur 3:41
7. To Build a Home (Grey Reverend Version) / The Cinematic Orchestra 3:40
8. Little Wheel Spin and Spin / Buffy Sainte-Marie 2:29
9. Barangrill / Joni Mitchell 2:52
10. All I Need/AIR 4:28
11. Solid Air / John Martyn 5:44
12. Tenho Sede / Gilberto Gil 4:22
13. Cemalim (Baris K Edit) / Erkin Koray 5:57
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 – Letter To Emily
1. Cherry – Astrid Williamson
2. Necrology – The Cinematic Orchestra
3. The First Time I Ran Away – M. Ward
4. Lava – Air
5. Shape and Honey – Sparkelhorse
6. Fa-La-La – Vic Chesnutt
7. Edit – Regina Spektor
8. Valentine – Fiona Apple
9. Sinking – Scott Matthew
10. Cemalim – Erkin Koray
11. 15 Step – Radiohead
12. George at Coney – Lach
Tuesday June 19th, 2012 – Rare Birds
1. Rare Bird / Tangerine Dream 3:56
2. Sleeping Ute / Grizzly Bear 4:35
3. Tearz for Animals / CocoRosie 4:10
4. Oscura Primavera / Can 3:19
5. Polly / Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra 3:40
6. You could be a model / Beißpony 2:53
7. Forgive Me / Yann Tiersen 5:56
8. Werewolf / Fiona Apple 3:13
9. My Name / Lhasa de Sela 4:16
10. Rembihnútur / Sigur Rós 5:05
11. Midnight Sky / Can 2:44
12. Yalan Dünya / Selda 2:28
13. Captation Cassette n°26 / face B / 1fusé 7:35
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 – German Inflüence
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 – Here We Go Magic @NTS (live interview)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 – My May Day
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 – Smooth and Spherical
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 – Edited in Istanbul
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 – Pop, dreamy. Pop, anadolu.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 – Protest
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 – #1 Walk With… Vincent Moon. Interview with filmmaker Vincent Moon.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 – After The Fire: dedicated to and composed of the artist and labels affected by the fire in the Sony Warehouse on August 8th, 2011
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 – We Are Family: Double Bill – With Guest Host Laura Theis
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 – Radio for Radio, Inspired by Radio, Radio-inspirations
Tuesday, PILOT Show
