En deux = In two

"En Deux" is the collaborative project of Tomas Weiss & Maik Sever. This name is a good metaphor for the way we work - on one hand we try not to create "musical boundaries", but we try to see music, its various styles and characteristics as just "one".

With our project we try to break down boundaries and blend classic and electronic elements to create new/unusual kinds of music. In several of our conversations we both wondered why the emotional aspect of the music that combines classic elements and modern is so rare to find.

We noticed that our understanding of "What has music to express?" is very similar. It becomes very interesting to notice that our individual and also very different influences both enter our project and blend together.

We don't have the ambition to push our music in one direction but to connect and express what the music "requires" - In simple words:... two people draw on one canvas, each with his own vision and possibilities. The desired "picture" is already in place- without exchange of opinions - in mind and present in time - Therefore "En Deux"

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www.myspace.com/endeux

"I’ve been playing piano since 1998. I was for six years in a music school when I finally gave up reenacting Mozart, etc. Instead of that I started composing my own songs. I wrote these songs on paper for one year however it became boring. But that didn’t satisfy me – I wanted some songs with more than just one instrument. Haphazardly I found a job in a clothes shop, which had a recording studio in the basement. I quickly took the chance to record my own songs there.

I departed more and more from my properly kind of music, the piano… the classical music. Inside of the two years I learned a lot about music, and its arrangement. During my progression I developed continuously. I tried different types of music like Trance or Lounge-Music. More and more I turned back to "classical music“. I don’t want to say that producing Trance was not fun however I didn’t have the chance to express my inner feelings. This kind of music wasn’t… well… „me“. It didn’t reflect my thoughts, my feeling. Moreover my music ought to make the listener to think about what he just listened to. How everything goes, how everything takes its way… and finally who is the listener himself.

People ought to be fielded by my music, when they fall. They are due to identify themselves with the music. The most crucial reason for my comeback to this kind of music was Tomas Weiss. He messed about with me and my music, let the music being a part of him. Finally his feedback opened my eyes to find the way to myself.

Maik Sever, 2009

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www.myspace.com/maiksever