Selected work
2020
When I was a Bird
2019
Now I’m a Plant
Songs based on poems by Katherine Mansfield
Produced by Hanno Leichtmann, CD, 2019
2022
Tiny Moment
2016
Envelopes
New performance by Natalia Pschenitschnikowa, Berlin 2016, Unerhörte Musik
2023
Tree Torn Mind
Composition for contrabass clarinet, electric guitar, violoncello, live electronics, fixed electronics, video and theatrical elements; world premiere at Radialsystem Berlin; Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin; Commissioned by Heroines of Sound Festival
2017
The Mark on the Wall
Interdisciplinary music theatre; “The Mark on the Wall” was brought to the stage in London, Berlin and Ulm between 2017 and 2019 – sponsored by LAFT Berlin and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (among others) – was widely acclaimed by both the public and critics.
100 years of “The Mark on the Wall” – In her musical theatre “The Mark on the Wall”, Stepha Schweiger focusses on Virginia Woolf’s short story of the same name which was originally published in 1917.
The protagonist’s gaze is drawn to a mysterious stain on the wall, which makes their mind spin, both sensually and intellectually – leading their imagination to run wild. Split into 3 roles – singer, dancer and speaker – the protagonist embarks on a phantasmal journey between imagination and reality...
Written during the 1st World War, the story's topics are still as relevant today: human and women’s rights, safety, social norms, and the conflict between people and nature are analysed during the maelstrom of events that unfold on stage.
“The Mark on the Wall” was brought to the stage in London, Berlin and Ulm between 2017 and 2019 – sponsored by LAFT Berlin and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (among others) – was widely acclaimed by both the public and critics.
2022 – 2025
THE WATS
In an apocalyptic desert three travellers encounter a mysterious woman and her child. What begins as both an exhausting and cheerful journey develops into an absurd, but humorous night. A new, genre-spanning music theatre based on „The Woman at the Store“ by Katherine Mansfield. The project is funded by the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF) as well as the Losito • Kressmann-Zschach Foundation and supported, among others, by the New Zealand Embassy in Germany. Premiere: 02.10.2025, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin. THE WATS is about lust, emancipation, child power and violence.
concept, composition, direction and video content Stepha Schweiger; dramaturgy Dag Lohde; sound design Florian Tippe; electronic music arrangement Pyrolator; stage background / video PFA-STUDIOS; mask & costume consultant SofieRöhrig; drawing / requisite support Sofia Casas; light design Asli Atasoy Öner ; production management Johanna Madden,Dag Lohde; director's assistant Luca Anthony
cast
Stepha Schweiger (the Wind, Singer)
Anke Retzlaff (woman, singer, actress,avatar)
Ziv Frenkel (child Else, dancer,avatar)
Deborah Rawlings (narrator, performer,avatar)
Raphael Dwinger (Jo, baritone, actor)
Adam Goodwin (Hin, double bass, avatar)
ensemble LUX:NM:
Silke Lange (accordion)
Ruth Velten (saxophone)
Florian Juncker (trombone)
Zoé Cartier (cello)
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Title
Year
Instrumentation
Duration
Details
Premiere
Tree Torn Mind
2023
For contrabass clarinet, electric guitar, violoncello, live electronics, fixed electronics, video and theatrical elements
Commissioned by the Heroines of Sound Festival Berlin
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin at Radialsystem, 2023
audiovisual
ensemble / orchestra
music theatre
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THE WATS
2022 – 2025
Singer, baritone, narrator, dancer, trombone, saxophone, accordion, cello, double bass, electronics and video
60:00 min
Interdisciplinary music theatre based on the short story "The Woman at the Store" by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Premiere 2.10.2025, Ballhaus Ost Berlin (further performance @SONIC VISIONS Festival Reutlingen)
music theatre
ensemble / orchestra
audiovisual
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Rook Organ
2019
Organ
Adaptation of Rook Song for Thomas Noll
St. Emmaus Church, Berlin, November 2019
solo
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Take a Seat
2019
Voice, electronics, performance
frei
Commissioned by Pacifico Exercises II / Stepha Schweiger: electronics, Natalia Pschenitschnikowa: voice, performance / Mariangela Tinelli: choreography and dance
/ Supported by INM Berlin
Acker Stadt Palast Berlin, April 2019
music theatre solo
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Rook Song
2019
flute, clarinet, accordion, violin, violoncello
For ensemble, electronics and video / For the Ensemble via nova Weimar / Commissioned by pyramidale #18 | awareness of time
2019
audiovisual
ensemble / orchestra
music theatre
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Drunken Trees
2018
Fixed electronics
Commissioned by Pacifico Exercises / Funded by INM Berlin / Music for a choreography
Acker Stadt Palast Berlin, 2018
music theatre
electronic with / without instruments
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ver.blich
2018 (new version)
For double bass and live electronics/fixed electronics
Commissioned by Steirischer Herbst Graz / for “Guts'n'Faders”, Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka and Peter Venus / newly arranged for the IKO loudspeaker of the IEM Graz (Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics)
musikprotokoll at Steirischer Herbst Graz, 2018
strings
solo
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Koi Song
2017
Performance with voice and electronics, with fragments of the Women's March by Ethel Smyth
For Anna Clementi
Brazil, 2017
solo
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Pas d Asphodeles
2017 / 2018
Trumpet and electronics
For Nathan Plante
solo
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Connecting...
2017
Sketch for 4 electric organs and fixed electronics
Premiered by Thomas Noll, Nathan Plante, Silke Lange, Sebastian Elikowski-Winkler (organs) and Ferdinand Breil (electronics)
St. Elisabeth Berlin (Kultur Büro Elisabeth), 2017
ensemble / orchestra
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Koi
2017
Electronics
Text: Anna Hetzer, speaking voice: Stepha Schweiger
Acker Stadt Palast Berlin, 2017
music theatre
electronic with / without instruments
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The Mark on the Wall
2017
Singer/speaker, baritone/speaker, dancer, clarinet/bass clarinet, electric guitar, percussion/drumset, accordion, piano/keyboard, viola, double bass, electronics
100 min
Premiere Concertante in London at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival, and staged in Berlin at AckerStadtPalast, at the KlangHaus festival at Stadthaus Ulm / Funded by LAFT and the Ministry of Education and Culture Baden-Württemberg
London, 2017
music theatre
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Envelopes
2016
frei
Performed by Natalia Pschenitschnikowa, Berlin 2016, Unerhörte Musik
Unerhörte Musik, Berlin, 2016
music theatre solo
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Frost Pattern - Eisblume
2016
For electric guitar and bass flute, optionally with electronic sounds
Premiere: November 2019, Alte Feuerwache, Cologne /Trio NYT: Pavel Tseliapnou, Stephan Wolke, Emanuel Wittersheim
Alte Feuerwache, Cologne, November 2019
instrument duo
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Three Early Fluxus Pieces
2015
free
2015
solo
various
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Das Geräusch einer Hand denken
2015
(Scenic) text score for trombone, saxophone, accordion, violin
For the ensemble LUX:NM
ensemble / orchestra
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Durcharbeiten
2015
Singer, speaker, performer and pianist, speaker, performer
free
Dieter Schnebel on his 85th birthday / for Anna Clementi and Ariane Jeßulat (2015)
Academy of the Arts, 2015, Berlin
music theatre
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voice with instruments
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Totraum
2012
In memoriam Heinz Brink / Composition commission / Portrait concerto
Art Pavilion Heringsdorf, 2012
solo
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asphodels 8-10
2012
Double bass, if possible electrically amplified
3 min
Randspiele Zepernick, 2012
solo
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Sites (new version)
2012
For violoncello and horn
11 min
Studio recording, CD and DVD release 2012
Portrait concert Kunstpavillon, Heringsdorf, 2012
instrument duo
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Engel
2011
Scene for harp, accordion and play back
16 min
for Eva Zöllner und Eva Curth / Text: Lil Steen
Berlin, 2011
instrument duo
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d. o. a. r.
2010 / 2013 / 2015
String quartet with speaking voice
Also as scenic version
strings
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perpetual
2005
Concert harp, if possible electrically amplified
8 min
For Eva Curth / Studio recording and CD release 2013 by Eva Curth / First performance in Lübeck 2005 by Elena Lavrentev
Lübeck, 2005
solo
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Schneefeld
2004
concert guitar, if possible electrically amplified
5 min
Commissioned by Caroline / premiered by Johannes Öllinger
Berlin, 2005
solo
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BerlinTaumel
2002 / 2003
20 min
Electronic composition
10 parts, created at the Institute of Sonology, The Hague
The Hague 2002 / 2003
electronic with / without instruments
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ver-blich
2001
Double bass, electronic sound processing in real time, playback tape (digital)
14 min
For Didier Meu (2001) / Inspired by “Èloge de la fadeur” by François Jullien
Festival Agora, IRCAM Paris, 2002
strings
solo
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ver.blich (2001)
2001
For double bass and live electronics/fixed electronics
14 min
Inspired by “Èloge de la fadeur” by François Jullien, created at IRCAM Paris (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique)
Festival Agora of IRCAM Paris, 2002
strings
solo
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Postcard (2000)
2000
For large ensemble: 2 Fl, Ob, 2 Kl, Fag, Horn, Trp, Pos, Tuba, Sax, Harp, Piano, 2 Perc, 2 Vl, 2 Vlen, 2 Vc, Kb
13 min
Inspired by the Archangel Michael postcard by Peter Ablinger of the medieval tapestry from the cathedral treasury in Halberstadt (2000)
ensemble / orchestra
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sum1999mer 1 - 8*
1999 / 2000
Flute, clarinet, trombone, (mezzo) soprano, bass voice, piano, guitar, violin
free
Text instructions for the construction of a score / Text: Goethe / Commissioned by Dr. Helga and Thomas Ulrich / Guitar for Silvia Ocougne
since 1999
solo
various
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sum1999mer
1999
Violin
10 min
For Daniela Linkiewicz / Text instructions for building a score / Composition commission
Zionskirche, Berlin, 1999
solo
various
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asphodels 1-7
1999
Trumpet, if possible electrically amplified
4 min
New Music at Lichthof, Berlin, 1999
solo
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sum1999mer'
1999 / 2004
Amplified trombone
9 min
For Hilary Jeffery / Text instructions for the construction of a score for amplified trombone
Amsterdam, 2004
solo
various
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sum1999mer 1 - 8*
1999
Text instructions for the construction of a score for flute, clarinet, trombone, (mezzo) soprano, bass voice (text: Goethe), piano, violin, guitar
free
For Silvia Ocougne / for Dr. Helga and Thomas Ulrich (1999 / 2000) / Commissioned by Dr. Helga and Thomas Ulrich
1999
solo
various
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sum1999mer
1999
Violin
10 min
For Daniela Linkiewicz / Text instructions for building a score / Composition commission
Zionskirche, Berlin, 1999
solo
various
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asphodels 1-7
1999
Trumpet, if possible electrically amplified
4 min
For Steve Altoft
New Music at Lichthof, Berlin, 1999
solo
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Fresco (1999)
1999
Large orchestra
7 min
After the triptych Crocifissione by Perugino in the Chiesa Sancta Maria Magdalena dei Pazzi
ensemble / orchestra
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exilata for the ensemble Accroche Note
1998
Soprano, clarinet (1998) ; also for soprano, flute (2013) and for soprano, bassoon
5 min
Commissioned by the Festival Lucero For Roman Trekel and Isa von Wedemeyer / Text: Emile M. Cioran
Berlin, 2013
voice with instruments
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Spirkel
1998
Oboe, horn
13 min
Composition commission
Theater music after Goethe
Sophiensäle, Berlin, 1998
instrument duo
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pandory
1998
Marimba, piano
13 min
For Jutta Philippi and Claudia Sgarbi (1997)
Berlin, 1998
instrument duo
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Sommerregen
1997
Mixed choir a-cappella
6 min
Text: Thomas Bernhard
1997
choir
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the garden of flowers
1997
Mezzo-soprano
10 min
Text: Kabir / Commissioned by Zionskirche Berlin
Berlin, 1997
solo
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ekloge
1996 / 1997
For mezzo-soprano, viola, guitar, percussion
10 min
University of the Arts, Berlin, 1997
ensemble / orchestra
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Skira (1997)
1997
For flute, violoncello, accordion
14 min
Composition commissioned by the district of Berlin-Schöneberg, Christine Crecelius
CD and DVD release 2012
Neue Musik im Lichthof, Berlin, 1997
ensemble / orchestra
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Ashra
1997
For singing and speaking voice (1), speaking voice/performance (1), percussion (2)
89 min
Experimental music theater based on texts by Kabir in the English translation by Rabindranath Tagore / For Barbara Thun, Janis Somerville, Claudia Sgarbi and Martin Lonak / Composition commissioned by Dezentrale Kulturarbeit, Bezirksamt Berlin-Schöneberg
Ateliers Crellestraße, Berlin, 1997
music theatre
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frango phragmón extended
1996 / 1997 / 2012
Accordion and electronic arrangement
10 min
CD- and DVD release 2012
2012
solo
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frango phragmón
1996 / 1997
Accordion
5 min
By Gerhard Scherer (extended version 2012)
Berlin, 1997
solo
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metaxy 1
1995
Solo for singing and speaking voice / performance (texts from
dreams and experiences of the singer)
frei
For Anna Clementi
Berlin, 1996
music theatre solo
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Piece for one person
1994
For one to an unspecified number of people, location unspecified
free
1994
solo
various
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Floréal
1994
Flute
5 min
Randspiele Zepernick, 2012
solo
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Words
1994
Flute, voice
For Lil Steen For speaking voice / Text: Andrej Tarkowskij
Portraitkonzert, Berlin, 1993
solo
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Vahide
1994
Violoncello, voice
19 min
Solo for violoncello with voice
University of the Arts, Berlin, 1995
solo
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Solo für Ebba Rohweder
1994
Flute
60 min
Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, 1994
solo
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Sites
1994
Horn, violoncello
18 min
Composition commissioned by the artist group G-Lock, Passau (new version 2012, recording and release of the new version 2012)
Kulturmodell Passau, 1994
instrument duo
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La Crescenza di 49
1994
For flute, clarinet, violoncello, double bass
frei
University of the Arts, Berlin, 1994
ensemble / orchestra
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28
1994
For flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violoncello, double bass
28
Experimental music theater for the ConGioccoEnsemble
Days of Women's Music, Weimar, 1994
music theatre
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Envelopes
1993
Solo for singing and speaking voice / performance (texts: Antonin Artaud and from newspapers)
frei
Portrait concert Berlin, 1993
music theatre solo
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amidst
1993
for voice, acting and prepared piano (without text)
free
Music theater / For Lil Steen and Barbara Thun
Portraitkonzert Berlin, 1993
music theatre
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1au9tu9mn3
1993
four variable instruments
60 min
Experimental music theater for four variable instruments and dance / For Ebba Rohweder, Matthias Bauer, Simon Jacob Drees, Robert Hoare, Alex Brustmann / Commissioned by the Berlin Senate
Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 1993
music theatre
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Songs 1
1992
Voice(s), piano
30 min
voice with instruments
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Sp19ri9ng one
1991
Piano
20 min
Studio recording in New York 1991 / Released on MC and premiered in Berlin 1992
Berlin, 1992
solo
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The Swing
1991 / 1999
15 min
New York, 1991 / 1999; Passau 1996
Passau, 1996
strings
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Erspähet
1990 / 1992
Alto voice, piano
5 min
voice with instruments
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Nine Pieces
1990
For trumpet, trombone, saxophone, percussion, piano, synthesizer, 2 violins, viola, double bass
9 min
Film music
Prize at the Oberhausen Festival
Berlin, 1990
ensemble / orchestra
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Songwriting
Title
Year
Instrumentation
Duration
Details
Premiere
Tiny Moment
2022
Vocals, synthesizer, piano, double bass, electric bass, drums, saxophone, electric guitar
44 min
Debut album of the new band project around composer and singer/songwriter Stepha Schweiger with nine adaptations of Katherine Mansfield poems as CD in digipack and as LP on L'ST Records.
14th September 2022, Marie Antoinette, Berlin
When I was a Bird
2020
vocals, keyboards, violin, guitar
36 min
Vocals and keyboards: Stepha Schweiger, arranged & produced by Pyrolator, violin on Light as Feathers, Jangling Memories and Sea Crazy Song: Penelope Gkika guitar on Sea Crazy Song and La Chance: Franz Bargmann, mastering: Bo @ Calyx Mastering, Berlin, visual concept: Wolfgang Spelmans, Amelie Graf
cover front: Stepha Schweiger, photo by Marzena Skubatz, music by Stepha Schweiger
words by Katherine Mansfield copyright & publishing 2020
Frannz-Club Berlin / RBB, radioeins, 2020
Now I’m a Plant
2019
Vocals, piano, electronics
46 min
Vocals and piano by Stepha Schweiger, produced by Hanno Leichtmann with electronic sounds, basses and loops, rough effects mix by Thomas Stern, mastered by Ulrich Müller, music by Stepha Schweiger, words by Katherine Mansfield except „Now Once More“: words by Virginia Woolf, visual concept by Wolfgang Spelmans
WOW! Signal Festival @Kramladen, Vienna, June 11 2019
Dissolve Into
2015 / 2016
Stepha Schweiger, vocals, piano, organ; Angela Gobelin, ukulele; Tammy Haider, guitar; Robert Pepe Pöschl, bass
18 min
Mixed by Thomas Stern / Music by Stepha Schweiger / Produced by Robert Pepe Pöschl
Through the Screen
2006
43 min
By Stepha, CD
Songs 1
1992
Voice(s), piano
30 min
Unreleased / Own lyrics
To Live is to Fly
1990 + 2024 / 25
Production as a founding member of the band Baby You Know
Vinyl, SubUp Records, Munich Tapete Records digital re-release 2024 / 25
1990
Bands
The Moon Is No Door
The band The Moon Is No Door, initiated by Stepha Schweiger, merges experimental kraut and punk elements with a magical, poetic sensibility. On their first album, they revisited texts from the author Katherine Mansfield, transforming them into a fusion of psychedelic rock, indie-pop, and avant-garde improvisation. Stepha Schweiger especially values the collaboration within the band, along with the fact that the band project gives her the opportunity to create a harder, edgier, and more krauty sound to match Mansfield’s lyrics. The core lineup of the band features Stepha Schweiger on vocals, pianos, and synthesizers and production, Robert Pöschl on electric bass and co-production, Adam Goodwin on double bass and Mäx Huber on drums and vocals.
Band Page
Discography
Tiny Moment
Floryan nachdenklich (Jlin Remix)
When I was a Bird
Album
Available as download, on cd digipack and blue vinyl 180 g (limited edition)
36 min
Vocals and keyboards: Stepha Schweiger / arranged & produced by Pyrolator / violin on Light as Feathers, Jangling Memories and Sea Crazy Song: Penelope Gkika / guitar on Sea Crazy Song and La Chance: Franz Bargmann / mastering: Bo @ Calyx Mastering, Berlin / visual concept: Wolfgang Spelmans, Amelie Graf / cover front: Stepha Schweiger / photo by Marzena Skubatz / music by Stepha Schweiger / words by Katherine Mansfield
29.05.2020
Now I'm a Plant
Album
CD in cardboard sleeve
46 min
Vocals and piano by Stepha Schweiger / produced by Hanno Leichtmann with electronic sounds, basses and loops, rough effects / mix by Thomas Stern / mastered by Ulrich Müller / music by Stepha Schweiger / words by Katherine Mansfield except „Now Once More“: words by Virginia Woolf / visual concept by Wolfgang Spelmans
17.07.2018
Dissolve into
EP
Vinyl + Digital Album
18 min
Music by Stepha Schweiger / mixed by Thomas Stern / produced by Stepha Schweiger and Robert Pöschl / recorded at Little Salt Berlin; master mix in Munich; music and lyrics by Stepha Schweiger / Stepha Schweiger vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, acoustic rhythm guitar / Tammy Haider: guitar / Manfred Schimchen: microtonal backing guitar, drum / Johan Carlsson: guitar / Hikary Jeffery: trombone / Angela Gobelin: ukulele / Isabelle Fassina: violin / Annelise Collomp: viola / Robert Pöschl: bass / Rainer Tornow: drums /Mäx Huber: drums
27.10.2015
Rubies
EP
Black Vinyl, Single: A Rubies B Dolphin Song. Song texts are included exclusively on this format.
7 min
Music by Stepha Schweiger / mixed by Thomas Stern / produced by Stepha Schweiger and Robert Pöschl
2015
Stepha Schweiger komponiert visionmusique
Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album: Digipack with well designed booklet. Contains all information in english and german. Detailed notes on each composition, photo and biography of composer. Art photography by Stefan Fischer. Also released as DVD.
55 min
Written by Stepha Schweiger
12.09.2012
Sp19ri9ng one for Piano
EP
Compact Disc + Digital Album: Sp19ri9ng one for Piano" has been composed and recorded by Stepha Schweiger in New York City in 1991. The recording is performed on a Steinway B Grand Piano at Baby Monster Studios, New York City in summer 1991. "Sp19ri9ng one for Piano" was released on Music Cassette in 1992, which currently is out of stock, and on CD in 2012.
20 min
Music and piano by Stepha Schweiger / sound engineer: Garris Shipon
1992 / 2012
