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After a long journey across the deserts of Paris and the meadows of Rome, Sturmgeist settled in Berlin. Once a Kaiserstadt, Berlin is now the metropolis of European contemporary culture. It has to be that way. And Sturmgeist has to be there.
They believed me dead. But I never died. That does not mean they did not try to kill me. Because they tried.
Sturmgeist is the sound of struggle, the noise of will reckless and relentless. Sturmgeist is resistance to the bitter end – resistance as in Resistance. Three world wars - and battles before that - have been commemorated and commented upon over three albums: WWI, WWII & the War on Terror. There is no subject graver than war. Human history is riddled with conflict from beginning to end.
What Sturmgeist makes you feel may be similar to the emotions induced by war. Beware.
Here is my anger, the beast within let loose. It is a tale of injustice and revenge to be taken. Here is my anguish, the torment of rejection. I give you my shivering nights, the loneliness and hatred of the insomniac.
Strife is the mother of greatness. In 1909 the Italian Futurist F.T. Marinetti wrote: "Non vi è più bellezza se non nella lotta. Nessuna opera che non abbia un carattere aggressivo può essere un capolavoro." It is no coincidence that, a century later, Sturmgeist returns with "Manifesto Futurista". Can you hear the clattering machine guns, the roaring motors and the cheering crowds? Herein you shall recognise all the buzz and clamour of the early 20th century, just as disastrous as it was bloody.
Sturmgeist explores stories of warfare without endorsing war. The real peacebuilding operation succeeds in the shift from external to internal conflict. When the perceived threat is transformed into a solvable problem, you can start counting the lives saved.
I speak of war but pray for peace.
Sturmgeist
Berlin, April 2009