Heniu

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songs to sing along - search for melodies somewhere between jazz, singer/songwriter and rock, between people, landscapes and different places. HENIU stands for a band who is experimenting with soundscapes and melodies, captivating the audience, inviting to linger and thereby makes forget time and space.

HENIU’s sound-world resembles slightly film music themes. partly dreamy, partly rock-oriented, sometimes playful, but always with a good deal of self-irony, the compositions allow plenty of room for improvisations, which make heniu, without being over-the-top, whole.

hans arnold - wurlitzer piano sebastian liedke - doublebass julius heise - drums

Heniu: Von Hier Nach Dort

Read "Von Hier Nach Dort" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 29, 2011

Von Hier Nach Dort is Heniu's debut album; a light, almost ethereal, collection of tunes that draws strongly on jazz but also incorporates influences from folk, classical and ambient genres. The result is a pleasingly fresh and accessible recording, with a positive and unpretentious vibe. Hans Arnold composed all of the tunes on Von Hier Nach Dort and it's his Wurlitzer piano that provides this Berlin-based trio's unique selling point: a warm, organic sound that falls between ...