Christian Löffler Releases Fourth Album, ‘Lys’

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Lys, Christian Löffler’s newest album, serves as a sequel and contrast to Graal, its predecessor.

Whereas the latter is the result of a six-month period spent largely on the road in between live shows, the former is a studio release in the truest sense, recorded and compiled in the serenity of Löffler’s home studio. Lys is out now via Ki Records, Löffler’s own label, launched in 2009 as a platform for the music that inspires him.

While produced within four walls, Lys’ grounding comes from what lies beyond them—Graal, Müritz. This isn’t the first time Löffler has drawn on his home surroundings for his art: the woodland refuge formed the basis for his 2012 album, A Forest. Lys, however, captures something even more fundamental in nature: light. “I realized that the light is different in the north of Germany, and this became an overall theme for the album,” Löffler explains. “Before I had Mare, and Forest, and now it’s become light,” hence the album’s title, meaning “light” in Danish.

What unifies these songs is the process behind them. Waking up early, Löffler would head for a run in the nearby woodlands before settling in his studio for 8am. He’d cast his mind back to the early morning and reflect on how the light had changed, marking the passing of time during the day—the passing of seasons in a year, and the constant change of everything there is. He’d observe how the light would trickle into his studio, in between the leaves from the trees just outside, casting shadows on his instruments and paintings, giving color to his world. Inspired by the inherent beauty of this process, he found himself painting these patterns and then communicating his feelings in his music.

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