MORGENLANDFAHRT is a mix of Dub, Reggae, Bossa, Jazz, Electronics, Trip Hop and Break Beats woven with a Balkan twist. Numerous co-operations with both Viennese and international musicians from the Balkan and Klezmer scenes have enriched many of the tracks on the album, namely performers like Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Fanfare Ciocarlia, 5’nizza, Harry Stojka, Östblocket, MC Killo Killo, Orient Expressions and many more. The re-release of this classic album is a must-have for all fans of Balkan Beats and Electro Swing!

With MORGENLANDFAHRT (originally released in 2007), [dunkelbunt] combines the many facets and faces of Southeast European music with various stylistic elements of electronic and world music. These fusions one may call Balkan-Dub, Balkan-TripHop or simply Balkan-Electronics! But it is more than a mere musical melding of genres. It tells of a bicycle trip from Vienna to Istanbul through 7 countries in 2005, which provided the inspiration for the album.

And it is also a result of Ulf´s move from Hamburg to Vienna. Initially inspired by the rich electronic music scene in Vienna, he quickly encountered the special Viennese musical diversity. This historically grown “Melange” of cultural influences has ever since been a specialty of Vienna. Something you can inhale everyday at Vienna’s famous “Naschmarkt” with it’s babel-esque mix of languages, foods and goods to buy.

It was this side of Vienna, which let Ulf discover his second passion: he mixes and blends exquisite spices from India, Africa, South America and Europe. In a certain way cooking and composing seems to be something very similar to [dunkelbunt]. Basically he simply uses different ingredients: herbs or instruments, sounds or colours, taste, smell, or look. It all comes down to the search for an harmonious whole. Nuances will come with the seasoning. Food is both – one fort he body, the other fort he soul.