TVASHTAR phrases and develop them further. So I am already brainstorming in that language. On the other hand when I start with a bass riff for instance and try to find a vocal line I sometimes just sing gibberish and that is – at least in my case – usually closer to English. That’s how the chant in ‘Batty’ originated for example. The first release from Tavshtar dates from 2018. It was a single song: ‘Drop My Gaze’. It is an enchanting song. Am I mistaken if I say that there was some long period of silence after that? What was the reason you only released this song in the period from 2018 until 2021? No, you are absolutely right. There was a long time of silence. An inconsistent line up and life in general prevented us from being an efficient band. Juliane gave birth to her daughter Caro, which of course is wonderful. Sabine Zöllner – the singer and guitarist of the Hamburg punk band Bullshit Boy – joined us on drums at the end of 2019. That was like a breath of fresh air and changed our sound a lot.We began to play more forcefully. You released your first ep ‘io’ in 2021, so in the middle of the pandemic with its lockdowns and limitations of concerts. Did you have the feeling that the pandemic has hindered you in your progress as a band? As I said, Sabine Zöllner joined us in December 2019 and soon after came Covid and several lockdowns as everybody knows. But we were super excited and keen on making music together and creating our sound,so we didn’t mind the restrictions at all. At times we met in sets of two in the rehearsal room and then recorded our 5 song EP all by ourselves.We only had one gig that year, which was in open air, but otherwise it was a very productive time despite the odds. 2023 saw two new releases by Tvashtar: the single digital song ‘Raw’, and the double single on vinyl ‘Dear www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 16 - Sappho/Batty’. How do you look back at these releases and the response of the public? We had some good reviews though we did not promote the releases as much as we probably should have. We are not on Spotify or any other platform apart from Bandcamp.We pressed a rather small batch of 7” singles and saw that our audience is really into physical products. Vinyl but also cassette tapes. What are your plans for the future? As we were often asked when there will be an album, I think we should start to put some money aside. But mostly we want to play live! Xavier KRUTH https://www.tvashtar.de https://tvashtar.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/tvashtarmusic https://www.instagram.com/tvashtar_band
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