Night Songs

New album 'Night Songs' by Michael Moravek will be released on 24.01.2025 (backseat / the orchard)

Night thoughts full of contradictions that reflect the universal feelings that haunt us on sleepless nights.

Instead of being overwhelmed by persistent sleeplessness, Michael Moravek transforms this state into a creative process. He allows his nocturnal reflections to flow into his music and lyrics. His new album 'Night Songs' is a captivating collection of songs written in the time between darkness and the first dawn.

The minimalistically arranged songs were recorded in a creative flow within a few days, as soon as they were put down on paper. Inspired by Springsteen's album Nebraska, Moravek realized that the fleeting magic is often lost when songs linger too long in an arrangement process. For him, the moment of creation is crucial.

Michael Moravek is one of the most poetic Americana songwriters in Germany. His music is substantial and atmospheric, filled with hopeful melancholy and always with a biographical undertone. With his band Electric Traveling Show, he is considered one of the most interesting acts in the German Americana genre, enriched with a refreshing jazzy note. His previous releases include the album November, which was highly praised by Deutschlandfunk and includes songs written for a play based on Melville's Moby Dick. Moravek manages to open up a world of emotions and stories with every note.