„This is Radio Circus of Fools speaking, the ghost of your past and present. Broadcasting live from a grim and all-consuming future void.
We are the voice of the helpless, of the millions dead, of your children and children‘s children. We travel vast and poisonous wastelands, monuments of human failure. If you are receiving this message, listen closely: You are among the last people who are able to prevent THE END. This is A Broadcast from GEN .0 ARE YOU FUCKING LISTENING?“
A Broadcast from GEN .0 sheds a light on our current society, in the form of a radio broadcast, telling 9 individual stories. These stories are written from the perspective of a post-apocalyptic generation, advising us to change course and prioritize the protection of our little planet, benevolence and love over hate, destruction and narcism. Obviously spiced with a bitter satire and metaphors from literature´s and film´s history, our mirror is supposed to wake up people, leaving a wide grin on their faces. The album came out very versatile but still the songs are strung together by a common thread. The stories culminate in the last and only German track called Paradoxon: Humanity is a contradicting curse and blessing in itself. Each scientific invention enables us to live longer and brings more freedom, but at the same time it leads to overcrowding, exploitation and the individual person vanishes in a cold mass. ”Quo vadis humanity“?
A Broadcast from GEN .0 was financed by our fans via a very successful Startnext crowd funding campaign. They gave us the possibility to have our album recorded and produced at the Sawdust Recordings Studios in Halle, by the team of producers we have wished for, consisting of Christoph Wieczorek (Annisokay) and Julian Breucker. A choir and string orchestra parts were recorded in Zurich. Musically we've pressed every button to feature the heaviest, quietest and most danceable sounds that Circus of Fools has ever written.
Choir Weilheim: Charlotte Lauel, Ursula Wörz, Tammy Keinath, Nico Staller, Thomas Melchert.
Choir Zürich: Stella Vetter, Julia Vetter, Chiara Dubey, Ksenia Ignatenko, Silvia Pellegrini, Alina Harangozo, Noah Schmid, Cedric Joel Ziegler, Dominik Läuchli, Philipp Classen, Simon Eugster, Severin Thalmann, Michael Hirst, Aron Tschanz.
All tracks produced by Christoph Wieczorek, except track 6,7,11 produced by Julian Breucker and track 12 produced by Daniel Hildebrand.
Mixed and mastered by Christoph Wieczorek at Sawdust Recordings, Halle.
Co-production by Circus of Fools and Daniel Hildebrand.
Vocals recorded and edited by Daniel Hildebrand in Tübingen and Christoph Wieczorek, Julian Breucker and Vince Ebicht at Sawdust Recordings, Halle.
Guitars recorded and edited by Daniel Hildebrand in Tübingen and Julian Breucker and Vince Ebicht at Sawdust Recordings, Halle.
Bass recorded by Yannick Ninkov in Neumünster and Vince Ebicht at Sawdust Recordings, Halle, edited by Daniel Hildebrand.
Viola and Violin recorded and edited by Coen Strouken in Zürich and Christoph Wieczorek at Sawdust Recordings, Halle.
Violoncello recorded and edited by Coen Strouken in Raitbach, Schopfheim.
Drums and Percussion recorded and edited by Daniel Hildebrand in Reutlingen.
Choir Weilheim recorded at Nikomedeskirche, Weilheim by Tim Strouken and engineered by Daniel Hildebrand.
Choir Zürich directed by Coen Strouken, recorded and engineered in Zürich by Hannes Bachofer
Guest Vocals by Felix König and Ulli Perhonen recorded by themselves, Guest Vocals by Thomas Melchert recorded and edited by Connie Andreszka at Omniverse Studios, Neuhausen ob Eck.
Track 1 music written by Tim Strouken, Coen Strouken & Christoph Wieczorek, spoken words written by Tim Strouken.
Track 2 music written by Tim Strouken & Coen Strouken, lyrics written by Tammy Keinath & Tim Strouken.
Track 3 music written by Tim Strouken, Daniel Hildebrand & Coen Strouken, lyrics written by Tim Strouken & Tammy Keinath.
Track 4 music written by Dominik Bolter & Christoph Wieczorek, lyrics written by Tammy Keinath & Tim Strouken.
Track 5 music written by Dominik Bolter, Coen Strouken & Christoph Wieczorek, lyrics written by Tammy Keinath & Tim Strouken.
Track 6 music written by Tim Strouken, Daniel Hildebrand & Julian Breucker, lyrics written by Tammy Keinath & Tim Strouken.
Track 7 music written by Coen Strouken & Julian Breucker, lyrics written by Tim Strouken.
Track 8 music written by Dominik Bolter, Tim Strouken, Coen Strouken, Aeris & Christoph Wieczorek, lyrics written by Aeris & Tim Strouken.
Track 9 music written by Coen Strouken, Tammy Keinath & Christoph Wieczorek, lyrics written by Tammy Keinath.
Track 10 music written by Coen Strouken, Dominik Bolter & Christoph Wieczorek.
Track 11 music written by Dominik Bolter, Julian Breucker & Christoph Wieczorek, lyrics written by Veronika Carver & Tim Strouken.
Track 12 music written by Tim Strouken, lyrics written by Tim Strouken.
All string arrangements by Coen Strouken
All drum arrangements by Nico Staller
Choir arrangements by Tim Strouken and Coen Strouken
All additional arrangements by Circus of Fools, Christoph Wieczorek and Julian Breucker.
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