Tiflis Transit is one of those bands that keep you waiting. Waiting for the next single, waiting for the first album, waiting for their first tour - always waiting for the next step to be made; a bit like life. When they started out in 2018 with their debut EP featuring the lead-single "May", the path was hardly mapped out. Starting out as a side project of the busy minds Fabian Till and Birk Buttchereyt, it quickly became clear that something very special was being created here, made up of set pieces from soul, psychedelia, jazz influences and an indie past. No wonder that "May" has collected over 3 million streams on streaming platforms since, the track "Mosaic" has been prominently featured in a Netflix series and an illustrious circle of colleagues are also asking themselves: aha? Since the first songs in 2018, listeners have been waiting for the first full-length album, instead receiving two measly EPs within 5 years and being surprised by the pandemic while waiting for the first tour. After this first tour was played with success, Tiflis Transit's debut album will now be released on April 12th 2024.
"A Thought Is Not A Feeling" is the title and reveals: Waiting is some sort of concept here. "I've been a longtime-fan of slowness, to the delight of my label," says Fabian Till and explains: "We could certainly be faster, but when I thought about whether that would be a good thing the other day, I came to the conclusion that NO. If songs are to become really good under the time, financial and social conditions under which we write, compose, arrange, record, etc. them, then it takes that time."
So here come the stripped down versions of 'The Fencer', 'Two Out' and 'Flat' off of their debut album in a one-take live session, which has also been made visible on youtube. It takes you on a journey through the place where many of the songs, most of the work for "A Thought Is Not A Feeling" has been done.
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released October 30, 2024
Tiflis Transit performing live at K2 studio, Funkhaus Berlin, songs off of their debut album "A Thought Is Not A Feeling" out April 12, 2024 via Listenrecords.
'The Fencer' (excerpt)
'Two Out'
'Flat'
piano, vocals - Fabian Till
guitar, backing vocals, MD, mix, arrangement - Birk Buttchereyt
flute - Lisa Baeyens
clarinet - Noam Carmon
Wurlitzer piano - Niklas Nadidai
written & composed by Fabian Till & Birk Buttchereyt
lyrics by Fabian Till
Thank you to the whole crew, who made this precious little thing possible, Kick The Flame Publishing and Listenrecords.
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