Fior - Manuskript

All four of us have studied and played folk music from e.g. Ireland, Sweden, France and other countries for many years, but at some point we asked ourselves: "Do we have interesting traditional folk music like this here in Germany as well?".

This question was the starting signal for our band Fior. Together we went on a search and found what we were looking for! We discovered a real treasure of songs and tunes! Some of the pieces we unearthed had been waiting for centuries to finally be played again!
As sources, we used old songbooks, poems and manuscripts of dance musicians from the 17th to the 19th century.
After intensive rehearsals, we then wanted to go on stage in 2020 with a new concert program. Unfortunately, this plan fell victim to the pandemic, as virtually all of our concerts had to be cancelled. Therefore, we went directly to the next step: The production of an album, based on these very songs and tunes!

We chose the Artes Studio of Jürgen Treyz (e.g. Cara, Deitsch) as our recording studio, who conjured up a wonderfully lively sound for our album. We are very excited to finally share our debut album Manuskript with you!

But now we need your help, because we've been financing and working on this project completely on our own so far. There is no label, no record publisher or anything like that behind us. Only with your support can we press the album on CD and release it!

The goal is to create a really great album! We want to breathe new life into this music and bring it to as many people as possible.

At festivals, concerts and visits abroad we were asked again and again by the folk musicians there, if there are actually good folk tunes from Germany. For a long time we had no good answer to this question ourselves. We are all the more happy that we can now answer this question with a loud "Yes, of course there are!”. Because where music comes from doesn't really matter - there were and are great musicians and composers everywhere, so of course also here in Germany.

We are sure that our album can reach many different listeners who want to go with us on a musical voyage of discovery into a musical world that was thought to be lost to time.

Apart from us, there are only a handful of passionate musicians who have dedicated themselves to the revival of this music. Unfortunately, so far not many people have an idea what "Deutschfolk" is and what it can sound like. With "Manuskript" we have put together a fine album that gives an insight into how modern, refreshing and stirring German folk music can sound.

If you want to help us on our mission to bring this music to more people and that this wonderful music gets the attention it deserves - then support our project and we can work on it together!

So far, we have covered all costs of the realization and production of the album completely by ourselves. In case of a successful financing of this project, we would use the proceeds to finance the pressing of the CD, the release of the album and the production of the crowdfunding rewards.

However, this would only cover about a third of the total cost of the album production. Should we raise more money with your help, we would use it to cover our expenses to date for the following items:

• Recording, mixing and mastering of the album
• Design and layout of the CD packaging and booklet
• Photoshooting and image editing
• Filming and editing of the music videos for “Manuskript”