The musical project „Heimat, so near so far“ is a collaboration of the Brazilian bassist and guitarist Jorge Degas and the German percussionist, composer and author Andreas Weiser in conjunction with the record label Piranha Musik. An array of astonishingly new interpretations of German songs, both classical and folk, which will lead the listener to a pleasureful rediscovery of the german „Liedgut“, the songs of generations.

The result is a swinging and very Brazilian view of these old german songs, which animate the listener to hum along happily. Jorge Degas and Andreas Weiser reharmonized these songs and added infectious Brazilian rhythms, which in effect revitalized the songs in their entirety, filling the gap between the generations.

Including texts by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, Georg Scherer, Heinrich Heine, Matthias Claudius ...

Including compositions by: Franz Schubert, Karl Friedrich Zelter, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Draffi Deutscher, ...