NFOP Showcase: Jerry Paper & Yohuna at Mme Claude

19 May 2014 — Henning Lahmann

This Friday, May 23rd, it's finally time for our next official NFOP Showcase, happening at Kreuzberg's wonderful Madame Claude, and we couldn't be happier about the line-up which brings together two long-standing favourites of the site: Brooklyn-based Jerry Paper is coming to town to present us his marvellously obscure take on proto-futuristic sounds, playing music made for (and by?) melancholic androids in search for the human inside them, even if it's not liberation that awaits those who are successful: "I feel emotions / I'm not sure if I like them".

Jerry Paper will be joined by recent Berlin transplant Johanne Swanson aka Yohuna for the first show in her new hometown, finally blessing Europe with her reduced, enchanting synth pop music that's built around breathtaking vocal melodies and minimalist instrumentation, a timeless arrangement that's turned heads in her home country for a good while now. We're pleased to present Swanson's debut appearance on this continent.

Check out some of the artists' music below, and be sure to spend Friday evening with us. The night will start at 9pm. Find more details about the event over on Facebook.

(Poster design by Marius Wenker)