Format: LP 12inch
Barcode: 0608917363821
Releasedate: 11-09-26
- Featuring Constantin Krahmer on piano, Jakob Kühnemann on bass, Fabian Rösch on drums and glockenspiel, and Tamara Lukasheva on vocals, the band brings subtlety, energy and strong interaction to the music.
- The music is refined and adventurous, yet remains melodically accessible and emotionally direct.
- Available as cd, digitally and on vinyl
With Rain, Flowers and New Beginnings, trumpeter, composer and bandleader Maik Krahl presents a deeply personal and beautifully balanced album about growth, change and resilience. Inspired by the idea that no flower blooms without rain, the music reflects the quiet strength that can emerge from difficult seasons, transforming experience into sound with warmth, clarity and lyrical depth.
Krahl’s trumpet playing is marked by a rich, flexible tone, elegant phrasing and a calm emotional intensity. Across the album, he moves through spacious, melodic landscapes, playful rhythmic passages and moments of reflective stillness, always maintaining a sense of openness and natural flow. His compositions are adventurous yet grounded, shaped by contrast, silence and release.
The album features an exceptional ensemble: Constantin Krahmer on piano, Jakob Kühnemann on bass, Fabian Rösch on drums and glockenspiel, and Tamara Lukasheva on vocals. Together, they bring Krahl’s music to life with sensitivity, imagination and a strong collective voice.
From the opening “Blue Dots Descending” to the closing “The Journey of Serenity,” Rain, Flowers and New Beginnings unfolds like a musical meditation on renewal. It is an album about what is endured, what is absorbed, and what eventually blossoms.