DARK SELBO IS AN INSOMNIAC, METROPOLITAN SPIRIT SUSPENDED BETWEEN MELANCHOLIC ALT POP, NOIR JAZZ, AND POSTROCK. IT IS THE SOLO PROJECT OF SEBASTIAN EPPNER AKA LO SELBO. ITS FIRST INCARNATION “RODION”, A COLLECTION OF SONGS CIRCULATING AROUND THE CHARACTER RODION RASKOLNIKOV OF DOSTOYEVSKI’S “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”, CAME TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION WITH MANUEL CHITTKA (DRUMS) AND RICHARD SETFORD (LYRICS). >>

SELBO ON THE ORIGIN OF “RODION”: “FOR A LONG TIME I WAS VERY FOCUSED ON WRITING HAPPY, POSITIVE SONGS. I BASICALLY WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AND MY FRIENDS FEEL GOOD. AFTER QUITTING MY LONGTIME JOB AND THE SUBSEQUENT CORONA PERIOD, I FELT A GROWING URGE TO PAINT THE SOUNDS OF MY ANXIETIES, MY SLEEPLESSNESS, AND THE ALIENATION THAT CREPT UPON ME. I USED RODION RASKOLNIKOV AS MUCH AN INSPIRATION AS A PROJECTION. I DISTILL HIS PATHOLOGICAL TIREDNESS, HIS DISAPPOINTMENT, WHICH IS AS MEGALOMANIACAL AS HIS SELF-IMPORTANCE. I THINK THESE PARTS OF HIM STRUCK ME BECAUSE TODAY MANY OF US SEEM TO HAVE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE KEEP DEVELOPING AN EVER-GROWING AWARENESS ABOUT OUR WORLD. IT’S VERY HARD TO HAVE ALL OF THIS ON YOUR MIND AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOU’RE CONSTANTLY FAILING. I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA THAT, WITH SOME HELP, RODION EVENTUALLY COMES BACK.” >>

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"RODION IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT—FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH RICHARD SETFORD, A MUSICIAN AND FRIEND FROM BERLIN WHO RECENTLY RETURNED TO HIS HOME COUNTRY, NEW ZEALAND. RICHIE WROTE ALL THE LYRICS. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN HIS WORDS; THEY REBUILD THE VISUALS THAT CREATED THE MUSIC AND ADD TO THEM. WE WORKED IN A FOUR-WEEK FRENZY. OUR TIME DIFFERENCE MEANT WE WERE EFFECTIVELY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK: WHEN I GOT OUT OF BED, THERE WOULD BE AN EMAIL WITH NEW LYRICS; BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP, I WOULD SEND HIM MY NEW RECORDINGS.">>

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“THE DRUMS WERE PLAYED AND RECORDED BY MANU CHITTKA, WITH WHOM I USED TO SHARE A STUDIO IN MARZAHN. WHEN HE BECAME A FATHER, WE SAW EACH OTHER MUCH LESS, SO RECORDING TOGETHER FELT LIKE A HAPPY REUNION—LONG TALKS AND DOING WHAT WE BOTH LOVE: PLAY. ALTHOUGH WE BOTH LOVE POSTROCK, WE’VE LOST TOUCH WITH THE IDEA OF REACHING EVER NEW HEIGHTS THROUGH ENDLESS CRESCENDOS. WE WANTED MATURE BEATS, SUSPENSE, NO OUTBURSTS.” >>

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“FATHERHOOD WAS ANOTHER TOPIC WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, AND ANOTHER STRIKING PART OF THE SONG CYCLE. I HAD CARRIED THE IDEA OF RODION AROUND FOR A WHILE, BUT EXPECTING TO BECOME A FATHER ADDED JUST ENOUGH ANXIETY AND URGENCY TO FINALLY SEIZE THE MOMENT. THE ENTIRE CYCLE WAS MADE FROM SCRATCH IN SIX WEEKS, AND PRESENTED TO CLOSE FRIENDS IN A LISTENING SESSION JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE MY SON, OTTO CAMILLO, WAS BORN.”

THERE IS NEW LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. >>

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>>Contact Dark Selbo

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