Painting

After the break-up of their band Soft Grid, Theresa Stroetges and Christian Hohenbild founded Painting together with Sophia Trollmann, who had previously played saxophone on one of Stroetges’s solo albums under her Golden Diskó Ship moniker. Splitting vocal duties amongst the three members with Stroetges taking the lead, each of them contributes a wide array of acoustic and electronic sounds to the band’s unique musical blend: while Trollmann focuses on saxophone and occasionally steps up to the synthesizer, Hohenbild adds electronics to the mix from behind the drum kit and Stroetges switches between electric bass, guitar and synthesizers. This unconventional set-up reflects the overall approach of a band that was formed in the midst of a pandemic and took the opportunity to radically reconsider how to present their music while live venues remained shut. Adding Reissig’s digital walk-through spaces, they expanded upon the sheer musical experience while also enriching the traditionally narrow format of a vinyl LP with the possibility to explore the artist’s virtual room installations through the lens of their sound.