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LYRICS AND TRANSLATION - From the Album "Gute Reise". Ich + Ich is a duo comprised of singer Adel Tawil and Annette Humpe, established as one of Germany's most promising new pop acts with their eponymous album debut in 2005. In addition, it was refreshing to see a guy-girl pop duo in which the guy is the one doing the singing while the girl is the one writing and producing the music rather than the other way around. As impressive as Ich + Ich's debut album was, however, their second album, "Vom Selben Stern", is even more impressive, with brilliant song such as the amazing "Wie Konnte das Passieren", fulfilling much of their debut's promise and firmly establishing the duo as one of Germany's top homegrown pop acts. The musical style of Ich + Ich mixes sharp electro-pop beats and effects with drums, keyboards, guitar, and strings, plus straightforward verse-chorus-verse arrangements. It's a delicate pop/rock balance. Humpe never tries too hard to be cutting-edge in her beatmaking, yet her productions have a modern touch that makes them sound fully up to date and at times a little ahead of the curve. Moreover, while the songs are adult-oriented in their moods and themes -- songs about life and emotion, more melancholy than fun-spirited -- the youthful vigor of Tawil and the production wizardry of Humpe transcend the traditional boundaries of adult contemporary music. This is extremely well-crafted music with widespread appeal, and in an age where most pop acts are targeting <b>...</b> |
