Daisy Grow Yellow

Daisies, today „...and it bloomed in august“, our complete EP is finally available for streaming! 🥳 Now, the work of a singer songwriter alone is thrilling- exploring stories in melody, realising a singular vision, bringing the unheard into the audible world. But what we have here is something else. It has taken us years to transform that solo process into a collective one, representing our four voices. The songs of „and it bloomed in august…“ express this evolution and 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 so. We folded the joy and struggle, fear and arguments settled, earnestness and dance, all of this into the music, to be experienced when you give it a listen. What's better still, is to know that this process of tapping into our collective songwriting, has opened up a whole new world. So here’s to now, and here’s to what’s to come 🌄 Many thanks to these dear friends who shared in creating this thing: Cover design: Joko Mono @joko_mono Cover photo: Carmen Schwarz @schwarz.wie.die.farbe Mixing: Gregor Sonnenberg @greggsberg Mastering: Roy Recklies @royrecklies Drum Recording: Fabian Regel @fabianregel Trumpet: Christopher Collings @christophercollings Cello: Hoda Jahanpour @hodacello Moogbass: Hanna van Tottleben @hanna_vaute Piano: Christoph Stöber @astronaut_onearth Productmanagement: Jenny Naumann @artistpreneur_de @initiativemusik Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

“Don’t let me be misunderstood” Over the months we have been practicing our patience. I say this because this new song was ready to be heard even before the marvelous @royrecklies finished mastering it. Before the beautiful @greggsberg mixed the sound to a tee. Before the excessively talented @hanna_vaute laid down the moog. This song unfolded as we puzzled at our existence, during doldrum lockdown meet ups in a small city apartment. Who are we, and why are we, and who do we want to be? It was finding sanctuary in the understanding of a friend. That’s what “the world is quiet here” is about and that’s what we’ve wanted to share with you. Here is our song that started this whole EP. Photo: @schwarz.wie.die.farbe Design: @joko_mono @initiativemusik „Supported by Initiative Musik GmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.“

🖼️ Art has this most magical capacity to connect us to our humanity, even where words fail. Every piece we put out into the world has its affects, though that sphere of influence isn’t usually visible. Last year, @teilz_ceramics invited us to submit a design for her mosaic project to be displayed on the flower pots of Ehrenfeld’s Körnerstraße. As of last Saturday you can find a visible a piece of our music, bringing colour and life to the streets of the city we live. 😍 Thank you to Bea. What a joy to be part of such a wonderful project!

Helge, Corinne & Dung Körnerstraße 32 @daisygrowyellow Wir sind Daisy Grow Yellow, eine Alternative Folk Band, die seit mittlerweile acht Jahren gemeinsam Musik macht. Unsere unterschiedlichen kulturellen Hintergründe und Einflüsse haben letzten Endes hier in Köln zusammen gefunden, von den USA über Vietnam und Porz bis nach Ehrenfeld. Kennengelernt haben wir Bea bei Zwoo. Daraus sind nicht nur kreative Arbeiten und interessante Gespräche entstanden, sondern auch eine enge Freundschaft. Für uns als Band steht genau das sinnbildlich für die Körnerstraße oder Ehrenfeld insgesamt: Begegnungen, Kreativität, Austausch und eine offene, vielfältige Community. Hier haben wir unzählige Menschen kennengelernt, die Independent Kunst leben und supporten. Wir verbringen nicht nur (zu) viel Zeit in den zahlreichen Falafelläden, sondern sind auch regelmäßig in den verschiedensten Venues des Veedels unterwegs. Ehrenfeld, und besonders die Körnerstraße als gefühltes Herzstück, geben uns jedes Mal das Gefühl Teil eines pulsierenden, ständig inspirierenden Melting Pots zu sein.

april clouds

sometimes we feel like kids in adult bodies Song by @lost_in_lona

lights of march

Do you think we could play support for @bigthiefmusic ? Back in March 2020 we got to see Big Thief right here on our home turf. That was the weekend before Germany went into hiding 😷 🦠 🇩🇪 Now, 6 years on they’re coming back! See You there! 💛

Played our lips like guitars for some analog distortion. Anyone recognize the tune? 🎵

An Open Letter, new chapters After almost 10 years of making music together we were due for a major shake up. Our breaking news is that Jakob, our dear drummer and founding member of Daisy Grow Yellow will be hanging up his hat from DGY and moving on to a new chapter. We owe him a great debt indeed; did you know that both the “Daisy” and “Yellow” in our name we owe to his contributions? That’s of course another story. We who have played with him will miss his mild mannered calm, his sense of fairness and community, his joy in the little things, and most of all getting to play with our good friend. We set off together, and though we will miss you, we are eternally grateful for the way we have had together. “So fill to me the parting glass, goodnight and joy be with you.” Onward my man! ❤️

What’s good, Dortmund!? We’re making our way to you at @songs_and_cakes . Come through on Sunday (08.03) - let us play you into the new week 💗 See you there! yours truly daisy grow yellow

Feb Filter (one for the audio nerds) Spring break! (for the others)