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Video edited by Andreas Reihse. With footage from (CCA4.0I): Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (naturalresources.wales), Dan Butt, Tuur Hofman, Egor Kunovsky.

The Morning Stars

are a gift –
at least that’s how it starts.

Because when a surprise birthday party is organised for drummer Sebastian Vogel to help him cross the inner threshold into the new year of life, his friends Barbara Morgenstern, Alex Paulick and Felix Müller-Wrobel thought: maybe he needs a new band.
And so they decided to give him one.

The four of them have known each other since the end of the 1990s from playing together and working on projects with their bands Kreidler, Coloma, Morgenstern’s solo project and Kante. Their paths crossed again and again in different constellations and in different places, so it immediately felt familiar when they finally stood together in a Berlin rehearsal room for the first time.

The first sessions quickly developed into pieces, pieces became songs, often enriched with polyphonic vocals. The music-making is decidedly free, yet harmonious and equal, based on a shared history and shared musical passions: influences from Kraut and post-rock can be heard in Sebastian Vogel’s drum patterns; Alex Paulick’s fretless bass and Felix Müller-Wrobel’s often percussive guitars interweave with them to form bouncy grooves, around which Barbara Morgenstern spreads out her keyboard pads.
The English harmony vocals above, on the other hand, sometimes lend the music a light touch of Americana, as if a warm wind from the West Coast had carried it into the songs.

The Morning Stars recorded the songs for their first album in February and May and have now released the first single "One Of The Doors".

Their live premiere was November 18th 2023 at Badehaus Berlin and November 19th at Knust Hamburg supporting the legendary Ostzonensuppenwürfelmachenkrebs. August 30th 2024 they played at the Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin. Next Berlin show: Ocotber 19th 2024 at framed art space.

The Morning Stars
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"'The Morning Stars' is a unique combination of a 'feel good band' with 'depth and darkness'. They uplift your soul, move your feet, make you smile, while acknowledging the undercurrent constant movement of darkness below. Extraordinary musicians, good vibes, rare."

Yael Nachshon Levin, founder of framed art space Berlin