DECHA is the solo project of the artist Viktoria Wehrmeister, born in Mexico City.
In the mid 90s, she was a member of la! NEU?, a project by Klaus Dinger.
Since 2014 she sings in TORESCH - alongside Detlef Weinrich and Jan Wagner.
DECHA is an everyday life thing, home recording with garageband accompaniment, a phantom, which she feeds with several voices.
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Where are you from ?
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I live in Düsseldorf
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Earliest musical memory?
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My Mother singing to me, when I was a child
Oddity Influence Mix
Viktoria Wehrmeister
Marine Girls
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Second sight
Decha
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Lyrics from "La vie tranquille" - Marguerite Duras
Laurie Anderson
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Kokoku
Decha
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Lyrics from "La vie tranquille" - Marguerite Duras
Milton Nascimento e Lô Borges
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Tudo que Voce podia ser
Decha
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Lyrics from "La vie tranquille" - Marguerite Duras
Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy
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Blue Nil
Decha
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Lyrics from "Unziemliches Verhalten" - Rebecca Solnit
Les Filles de Illighadad
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Tende
Reuben Sarkisian
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Hallay
Metqal Qinawi
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El bit bedda
Amelita Galli, Crepuscule
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Massenet
Milton Nascimento e Lô Borges
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Clube da Esquina
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Why and when did you start making music?
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Music opens rooms for me, spaces, landscapes…where I can be, exist and discover.
For me music creates possibilities for being myself. Music creates new opportunities.
I was in a choir at school. I loved to be with so many people, all singing together. It was very powerful to me. This group thing.
It started 1990 in Duisburg. I visited friends there…they were playing music, drums and guitar … I started screaming, shouting, singing…and could not stop.
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How did you connect with Malka Tuti ?
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Kris Baha from “Die Orangen“ who is also on Malka Tuti introduced me to Katzi.
He made the connection. I am very very thankful that he did!!
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Some insight on the mix you recorded ?
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Alexis Le-Tan asked me if I wanted to make a mix. Thanks for asking —here it is. My influences for the music I make? First of all my family, with whom I live every day. The children, between 6 and 10 years old, at the primary school where I work. Friends who feed me with music, places where I can go to listen to music and dance as well. Some books I read. And… always… the birds……