This is a quite uni–que col–la–bo–ra–tion, an unex–pec–ted one bet–ween the ita–lian com–po–ser Teho Tear–do and Blixa Bar–geld, lea–der of Einstürzen–de Neu–bau–ten and for–mer Bad Seeds. They first met du–ring the rea–li–za–tion of In–giu–ria, a thea–tre pièce and right after that they col–la–bo–ra–ted on a song for a sound–track, "A Quite Life".
That song star–ted the whole pro–cess of wri–ting and pro–du–cing an album to–ge–ther where songs and more ex–pe–ri–men–tal pie–ces could find a com–mon ground.
The ori–gi–nal use of strings: cello, vio–lin, gui–tars, a full string quar–tet di–verts the tra–di–tio–nal per–cep–tion of those clas–sic in–stru–men–ts when they deal with elec–tro–nics and the re–sult is emo–tio–nal–ly mo–ving.
The album has been writ–ten and re–cor–ded bet–ween Ber–lin and Rome, it took near–ly two years to be made, Teho and Blixa wor–ked next to each other choo–sing ca–re–ful–ly every sound, every word and si–len–ce.
There are 12 songs on Still Smi–ling, in–clu–ding a new ver–sion of A Quiet Life and a cover of Alone With The Moon by The Tiger Li–lies.
Among–st col–la–bo–ra–tors there are The Ba–la–ne–scu Quar–tet and cel–li–st Mar–ti–na Ber–to–ni.
Ly–rics are vi–sio–na–ry and are sung in en–glish, ger–man and ita–lian, Blixa re–veals a real–ly per–so–nal and in–ti–ma–te side to the li–ste–ner this time.
Still Smi–ling is an album whose spe–cial vi–sion co–vers all the sky bet–ween Rome and Ber–lin, day–ti–me and noc–tur–nal.
