There he is, suddenly standing in the room, silent. He’s sitting down and waits to be addressed. He doesn’t mind when people stare at him because he’ll never give away too much of himself anyway.
He has all the time in the world and that makes him superior to anybody trying to stress him out, even if he doesn’t know that. Only judging him by his looks will mislead you. Reducing him to his attractiveness would be a fatal mistake.
His eyes promise profundity and warmth and the longer you look into them, the more questions come up. Rafael withstands your glance. There’s no reason to give way. Something has made him strong. It is left to you to find out what it was. Rafael doesn’t provide biographical information. His life is not an accumulation of facts and numbers. His personality cannot be crammed into a single page. A smile reveals more than anything else. A doubtful glance replaces feigned attitudes. Rafael is real. He’s true and his tangible presence is mysteriously attractive. Every minute that passes with him in the room makes you want to learn more. A detail, a landmark, some personal note. Where does he come from? Where does he go to? What are his dreams? What is he thinking now, in this second?
Rafael is an open person, he likes to communicate, but not at any price. What he wants to say is in his music and in his lyrics.
That’s when you can read him like an open book. Rafael sings in German so that we can understand him. He asks the questions of an often enough alarmingly indifferent generation. His song “Warum” not only sums up the experience of a failed relationship, but also deals with how to cope with a phase in life where there are no definite answers any more. He articulates what we usually keep quiet about. He sings about his fears. He shows us the nightmares (“Albtraum”) we all have. Rafael sings about love, poignantly, as only very young people can who have not yet become numb to every emotion. “Wir laufen zusammen” deals with the immortal hope that maybe someday we’ll understand who we are.
Wir laufen zusammen, wir laufen zusammen gegen den Wind, niemals wissend wer wir sind. (We’re running together against the wind, never knowing who we are)
Rafael Weber sings about first touches and infinite passion; moments, when it’s best to say nothing at all. When it’s all about lust and desire and when there’s no need to think about a shared future. ”Kaffee oder Tee” tells the story in a candid and refreshingly unromantic way.
Es wäre unverzeihlich wenn wir uns bald verlieren. Es wäre unbegreiflich, dass jetzt nicht mehr passiert. Doch es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass wir uns wieder sehen, denn nach dieser Nacht stehen wir auf und gehen. (Parting now would be unforgivable. Incomprehensible if nothing happened. We’ll never meet again, tomorrow we’ll part and walk away.)
Rafael lets his guitar scream and brawl when he expresses his pain as in “Therapie”. But there are also those songs that approach us with virtuosic tenderness. Songs such as “Wir laufen zusammen” and “Wo soll ich jetzt hin”.
Rafael covers the whole range of emotions. His topics include anger, hatred,
passion, powerlessness, unconditional commitment and life as such. Sometimes you’re afraid that he’ll lose his way. Searching, asking, crying out for help. Rafael wants to find his way on his own. He has all the time in the world. It’s the privilege of the young generation not to be obliged to come up with all the answers at once.
Rafael Weber is a traveller; he’s in search of something. He’s watching and learning. He’s collecting experience to pass it on. And he already has a lot to tell.
Often enough, his answers spawn new questions. These questions lead to new journeys with unknown destinations.
Rafael invites us to join him.
Das Fremde liegt vor mir.
Was ich kenn lass ich zurück.
Wird es besser oder schlechter?
Anders wird es sein.
(The unknown lies in front of me. What I know I have to leave behind. Will things get better or worse? Different will it be.)
RAFAEL WEBER - DATES
RAFAEL WEBER
Currently not on tour
RAFAEL WEBER - PHOTOS
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Rafael Weber - Es tut mir leid
