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Sometimes, a song comes along that makes you remember who you are. A song that reminds you of the great and small moments in life that define you. It might only be a short song, but in the few moments it plays, it can give the feeling of being able to understand how everything fits together.
Christina Lux can write and sing such songs. For years she has continually and quietly perfected her songwriting art. Without compromise or concession, she has taken to the stages of the world with just her guitar and her intense, soulful voice. She breathes an unforgettable atmosphere into her concerts, looking her audience directly in the eye.
Lux has always wanted to sing about the truth. She has gathered her thoughts, channelled her words into music and opened up her own world to look inside, even when it hurts. When Lux sings, no one in the audience sits there and analyses her. Rather, as the lyrics wash over them, they find that their own world is opening up to them.
Lux’s songs are always brave and eloquent. She writes lyrics such as (in Love is my Religion) "Love don't choose between black or white - Jewish, Muslim, Christian, girl or guy - but blindly passing on traditions leads to fanaticism". And in Man without a Face: “When you cry while making love – when a certain look of a man makes you fall apart – someone comes close you’re rushed with fear…”
This is not toothless poetry. Often, Lux’s lyrics can be bitter and questioning. Yet she always leaves behind a harbour for the stranded, a big coat to roll up into. “I curl up in my coat and I hear you say – don’t hold them back – it’s healing waters.”
Christina Lux says that "Coming Home At Last" is her milestone. Something special, a piece of heaven, a suitcase to travel on with. She has produced the album together with Matthias Krauss, while also central to the album’s atmosphere is long-time sound engineer, Klaus Genuit, whose finely-tuned ears have masterfully illuminated the songs. Lux’s band make an important contribution too, with Marius Goldhammer (bass), Tommy Baldu (drums), Heiko Braun (percussion), Matthias Krauss (keys + guit) and special guest Joo Kraus (trumpet) playing all the basic tracks live. The album has become what Christina Lux hoped it would: a snapshot full of life and intensity.
Twenty years ago, Jim Rakete and Christina Lux met for the first time and he has photographed her again for this album. “Jim is a station in my journey and I am very happy that he is involved with this album“, she says.
Lux’s career so far has been prolific. She released two albums with the vocal ensemble “Vocaleros“, played support for Tuck+Patti, Paul Young and even Status Quo. In 2004 she was Laith Al Deen’s special guest and she supported Die Happy on their Unplugged Tour. WDR broadcast a concert as part of its Jazz Line series. The song “All the Kings Horses“, co-written with Torsten Wingenfelder (Fury) found a place in the U.S. series the O.C. (The Proposal).
In 2005 she played at the Montreux Jazzfestival. In 1998 the singer and guitarist released her first EP “She is me“, followed by the first album “Little Luxuries“ in 1999. This tender brew of funk and folk already showed the vocal qualities and her unique improvisation. As well as the string quartet, there was only Lux’s percussively played guitar and voice, which really gets under the skin. Two further albums followed: “Pure Love“ (a solo live album from 2001) and “Live aus dem Stadtgarten Köln“ (2003) with Nippy Noya and Marius Goldhammer.
"There are albums, that when you hear them for the first time, you want to call up your best friends and play them the nicest parts. And at the same time you want to have the songs all to yourself, as you can only then share things that you have really taken on board. "Coming Home At Last" is one of these. The feeling that a song can cause, the simultaneousness of beauty and desperation and the knowledge of the dialectical connection of things. That’s what you can find in these songs. Lux’s songs never try to be larger than life, that makes them so familiar, and at the same time so unique."
Would you be there with arms wide open - If you knew all of this, if you knew all of me - If you saw our hearts colliding - With the old bitterness - Would you still stand here behind me –
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