Sleep somehow
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| Wolfsheim | |
| publication | July 26, 1999 |
| length | 3:13 (album version) 6:29 (extended version) |
| Genre (s) |
Drum and bass , synth pop |
| Author (s) |
Peter Heppner , Markus Reinhardt |
| album | Spectators |
Sleep Somehow ( English for sleep Somehow ') is a song of the German synth pop - duo Wolfsheim . The piece is the fourth single release (promo single) from their fourth studio album Spectators and part of the soundtrack for Straight Shooter .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. In collaboration with Jose Alvarez-Brill , the two also produced the single. The original piece was mastered in the Hamburg Master & Servant Studios, under the direction of Tom Meyer. The single was mastered by SST Brüggemann, under the direction of Daniel Krieger. The single was released under the music label Strange Ways Records and distributed by Indigo . The recordings were made in The Factory recording studio in Belgium . Only the single print can be seen on the cover of the maxi single.
Publication and promotion
The first release of Sleep Somehow took place on January 29, 1999, as part of Wolfsheim's fourth studio album Spectators , in Germany. On April 12, 1999, a remix version of the song appeared on the soundtrack to Thomas Bohn's action movie Straight Shooter . Three months later, Sleep Somehow (Remix) was released as a promotional single on July 26, 1999. The single was only released as a 12 " vinyl record and not on CD. The vinyl record includes an extended and instrumental version of Sleep Somehow .
content
The lyrics to Sleep Somehow are in English; Translated into German, the title means "Somehow to sleep". The music and the text were written jointly by Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. Musically, the song moves in the realm of synth pop and drum and bass . The song is built up on four stanzas and a refrain in between and at the end of the song. While the first stanza still consists of eight lines, the rest of the time only consist of four lines. The tempo is 155 beats per minute .
The content is about a person who longs for closeness and tenderness again. The person would like to spend nights together again with their life partner and not separately - callously - linger the night next to their partner.
- Refrain, original excerpt
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- Refrain, translation
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Contributors
- Jose Alvarez-Brill : music producer
- Peter Heppner : vocals , composer , songwriter , music producer
- Daniel Krieger: Mastering (Single)
- Tom Meyer: Mastering (Original)
- Markus Reinhardt : keyboard , composer, songwriter, music producer, lyricist
- Indigo : distribution
- Master & Servant: Mastering (Original)
- SST Brüggemann: Mastering (Single)
- Strange Ways Records: Music label
- The Factory: recording studio
reception
Michael Schuh from the German-language online magazine laut.de said that Sleep Somehow could be seen as a kind of “experiment”, as drum'n'bass bonds have not yet found a place in the “Wolfsheim cosmos”.
To date, the song has not been able to place in any official charts and exact sales figures are not known.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfsheim - Sleep Somehow. discogs.com, accessed August 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Wolfsheim - Spectators. discogs.com, accessed August 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Straight Shooter. amazon.de, accessed on April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Sleep Somehow by Wolfsheim. songbpm.com, accessed April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Sympathetic synth pop with heavenly melodies. laut.de, accessed on April 26, 2017 .