Nebendann by Markus W. Schneider

“Nebendann” is a collection of four distinct yet conceptually connected songs.
All sounds—except the tearing of paper—are created using only guitar and voice.


About the pieces:

The piece “Nebendann” came about unexpectedly while I was working on a new album of songs based on improvisations—a process I began with the help of Erik Emil Eskildsen in December 2023 and which is still ongoing.
Two pieces didn’t quite fit the overall vibe of the others, but they kept drawing me in.
“Nebendann” is a made-up German word coined by the writer Ilija Trojanow to describe a relationship to a parallel universe—“next to then,” so to speak.
That’s exactly how it felt working on this track. I never really knew what it was supposed to become, but a strange kind of intuition guided me—like from a parallel universe.

„Move On“: partly sampling vocals from the opening, “Move On” acts like a selective - projecting fragments back, distilling the urge to move on.

„Inbetween“ is the only instrumental piece on the album. A state of disorientation and interruptions - waiting for things to make sense.

The title „There“ suggests an arrival yet offers no rest. Over strangeness we connect.

Markus W. Schneider – experimental guitarist, singer, songwriter
…mainly works in the field of experimental music and improvisation – always with the aim to connect with different genres.



In his solo project „Widerspruch“ he works on the synthesis of his sound explorations, avantgarde pop and folkish songwriting. His minimalistic lyrics are inquiries of inner and outer states of being.

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