Sebastian Krumbiegel - Kompass - Live

But away from the big stages, there is another side to Sebastian Krumbiegel: the singer-songwriter, the pianist, the soloist. In this concert, he presents his new album as well as familiar songs.

As a little boy, I sang in the St. Thomas Choir, performing songs for people in church. My teacher was Johann Sebastian Bach. Most of the time, it was about Jesus (Hallelujah)

Once again, Jesus isn’t the focus of KOMPASS, the new album by Prinzen frontman Sebastian Krumbiegel. Instead, it’s about Elon Musk’s tax return, The Little Prince, the fact that 2+2=5, why you shouldn’t be afraid despite everything and should instead dream of a better world, and it’s about music. More music.

Speaking of which: Sebastian Krumbiegel played nearly 70 shows in the last 12 months and wrote nearly 70 songs during the same time. He put the songs through their paces, rearranged them, discarded them, and created new ones. The result: his new album KOMPASS.

As you can see, Sebastian Krumbiegel loves writing songs and playing them live. And he loves not only to entertain his audience before, during, and after performances, but also to engage with them. And little by little, it became clear in his conversations that, in these difficult times, that very audience was craving positive songs. In that sense, the highly valued audience served as the compass for the song selection on this album.

KOMPASS contains 14 songs in which the glass is always half full, the grass is always green, and the light at the end of the tunnel is definitely not a oncoming locomotive. Krumbiegel himself, as he says, wasn’t in the mood for sad songs either. However, anyone who now thinks the artist is drifting into shallow waters is mistaken: Krumbiegel, like few others, manages the balancing act between entertainment and reflection, between criticism and optimism. Sebastian Krumbiegel is a man of faith. He believes in the power of art, in the possibility of change for the better, and his songs are precisely about this belief. He reminds us not to forget the dream of a different, more harmonious world. And he does so without resorting to kitsch. Instead, with humor—lots of humor. Musically, too, KOMPASS is an optimistic album—an optimistic album, but without any pretense.