We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Human Reparation

by Marquette

supported by
Gerlinde Roth
Gerlinde Roth thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €7 EUR  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Cover & booklet design by Jef De Corte - Aeronaut - www.aeronaut.be
    Paintings by Brigitte Potjan and Rosemarie Hauser

    Includes unlimited streaming of Human Reparation via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days

      €14 EUR or more 

     

1.
Mystery Train 04:56 video
buy track
2.
Awaken In A New World 05:15
buy track
3.
Adam und Eva 03:02
buy track
4.
The Mirror 09:27
buy track
5.
Syncope Of Obscure Nature 04:06 video
buy track
6.
Mass Hysteria 06:04
buy track
7.
Cancer 08:22
buy track
8.
My Green Garden 04:06
buy track
9.
The Last Kiss 07:11
buy track
10.
La Grande Vallée 03:40
buy track
11.
Lost At Sea 18:00
buy track
12.
Grandmother's Musicbox 04:28
buy track

about

Progressive Rock Made in Germany.
Marquette - Human Reparation the debut album from Markus Roth,
featuring Flaming Bess Guitarrist Mindmovie aka Achim Wierschem
and a couple of additional international guests. Complex, powerful & heartfelt progressive Rock.

THE MARQUETTE was a brand of automobiles that were built by Buick in the years from 1929 to 1931. These cars were imperfect. They had their quirks. But every car was something special.
Music, for me, is one of the most important forms humans use to communicate or express themselves. My music may be imperfect, as were those vehicles at that time, but just like the cars, every song is something special. So, “Adam und Eva” was created as a pure improvisation on the piano, while other songs, like “Lost at Sea,” developed organically and gradually. Music may tell stories, or create images – and it may very well choose to take more than four minutes to do so.
The title of the album relates, first, to the legion of German scientists who, shortly after the 2nd World War, were forcibly recruited and brought to the US or USSR as “human reparations.” There, they put their ingenuity to the development of military technologies, such as the super-powers’ missile programs. But what of their own history in National-Socialist Germany did they carry along with them? Did their past infuse the substance of their new, grand endeavors? Did they reflect upon the nature of their research? What were their thoughts and feelings?
This is not to say that the album is conceptually about these scientists. Secondly and more generally, the title relates to the fragility of human
life itself. Once damaged, whether physically or mentally, we are hard and sometimes impossible to repair. If there is a general theme at work, it is perhaps a notion of destiny and free will, of the way our choices relate to the paths our lives take and what consequences they yield. Making a choice, are we merely working the switches along a train ride whose tracks have been laid out long before and whose course and destination remain a mystery?
Music, too, can be a medium promoting awareness and contemplation. Listening to the world, we can all be more aware about what is going on, both around and within us.
Markus Roth

credits

released July 21, 2023

Line Up:

Markus Roth
Achim Wierschem
Mike Hartman
Benedikt Potjan
Vladislav Porochnikov
Sven Lendt
Reiner Wendland
Karsten Frohn
Andreas Krämer

Mastered at Double D Studios Oberhausen by Fritz Frey and Achim Wierschem

Cover & booklet design by Jef De Corte - Aeronaut - www.aeronaut.be
Paintings by Brigitte Potjan and Rosemarie Hauser

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Flaming Bess image

Flaming Bess Düsseldorf, Germany

Founded in 1969 - Still active as of 2023. Flaming Bess is not your typical band. Though adversity, changing trends, and music industry woes, this band has kept going. They remain true to their vision, without becoming antiquated. A truly admirable group, that shows no signs of giving up (ever).
Back in 2023 with a strong new album "Wrinkle Of Time" ... more

contact / help

Contact Flaming Bess

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this album or account

If you like Human Reparation, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now