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🕑 Lesedauer: 3 min / 📷 CTTO / Chris Portka Offizielles Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2025 Mit einem fesselnden neuen Album zog der vielseitige US-amerikanische Singer/Songwriter Chris Portka heute früh all meine Aufmerksamkeit auf sich. Über insgesamt elf Tracks kombiniert er sowohl verschiedene Coverversionen, die in einem ganz eigenen und individuellen Stil interpretiert wurden, als auch eigene Kompositionen mit gehaltvollen Texten auf Basis eines erzählerischen Gesangsstils. Was mich direkt an Portkas Stil begeistert hat, ist der echte, ungeschliffene und authentische Indie-Charakter. Ein äußerst dynamischer Gitarrensound trifft auf eine sowohl gefühlvolle als auch ausdrucksstarke Stimme, die mir stellenweise viel mehr das Empfinden gibt, gerade live einem musikalisch untermalten Poetry Slam zu lauschen. Vielleicht liegt es an meinem Alter, doch auf geniale Weise gibt mir das Album sämtliche 90er Vibes - vor allem wenn ich Songs wie ‘Fun in the Summer’ im Ohr habe, die mir nicht nur eine positive Stimmung auf die Ohren geben, sondern ebenso gewisses Fernweh erwecken. Zeitgleich sind es Titel wie 'Poor Moon’, die mich in einen unvergleichlich guten Groove versetzen und auf direktem Wege zum Bewegen und vielleicht sogar Tanzen animieren. Mit einer schwungvollen Energie, einem beachtlichen Temperament, aber auch einer gefühlsbetonten Facette gestaltet Chris Portka sein neues Album unglaublich abwechslungsreich und begeistert Fans handgemachter Folk- und Rockmusik mit Leichtigkeit. Zwischendrin höre ich auch die Klänge der Orgel, die die Vintage- Atmosphäre perfekt unterstreichen.  Wenn euch 'The Album Everyone Wants’ gefällt, könnt ihr Chris Portka bei Spotify und Instagram folgen, um mehr zu erfahren. Wer lieber den klassischen Weg wählt, dem möchte ich nahelegen, das Album auf Vinyl zu entdecken: https://www.seekcollective.com/products/vinyl-the-album-everyone-wants ➚ Stream    ➚ Folgen Text: Adrian

Lo-Fi music life

Chris said: "I've been working on my new album in some way or another for 8 years and spent the last 1-2 years recording it. There are vinyl records out for it too, read about my connection to music here cportka.io"

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Debut single released in the winter of 2020

The artist said:

Lockdown, bullshit, etc. I was tired, we were all tired, but this song had been 37 years in the making.

I've been playing music since I was a teenager and now I finally release this song as a proper debut single. I wrote it in 2019 while travelling through India with my fiancé on a trip for her textile / fashion business (pre-COVID times). I also wrote and recorded the music to a series of documentary videos she made while we were in India for her brand Seek Collective (this instrumental music was released as my EP "Soundtracks I").

But this song is much more personal and reflects the long, multi-decade struggle I've had with music. My parents were never supportive of my musical ambitions and actively discouraged me from pursuing music as a career. So I've struggled to make my way through jobs in the tech world - all while keeping the hope alive that someday I'd become a musician.

I've always loved guitar, piano, writing songs, and jamming with friends - but my biggest fear in the world was always singing. It's been my major roadblock to releasing and playing music throughout my life. So 6 years ago I got serious and met a Voice Movement Therapist named Julia Norton who helped me slowly be able to use my voice and sing in front of people. I now practice vocal exercises every day and regularly played at coffee shops in the bay area (before quarantine anyway). That's a long way of saying the lyrics of the song are about this candle - the hope, dream, and wish which I've always held for a life in music. I hope it also reflects the secret desires we hold in our hearts for what we truly want in this life.

The song was mixed by Jasper Leach of @jplrecordings (on Instagram) who also played the organ, tambourine, and some backup vocals. I played, wrote, and composed the rest of the music.

The song was mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios.

The artists said:

"Classical guitar driven track with a mellow vibe with some smattering of piano. Ambient, mildly psychedelic. Reminds me of something from Yann Tiersen's Soundtrack for Amélie. A song off of my debut instrumental classical / ambient EP "Soundtracks I."

trash music album out digitally and on vinyl now! read the story: cportka.io/ and trashmusic.xyz

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Chris Portka is an artist and musician based in California's bay area, defying norms with a unique fusion of harsh trash sound and ethereal glitch rock. His music strikes a careful balance between raw and refined.

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Debut single released in the winter of 2020

The artist said:

Lockdown, bullshit, etc. I was tired, we were all tired, but this song had been 37 years in the making.

I've been playing music since I was a teenager and now I finally release this song as a proper debut single. I wrote it in 2019 while travelling through India with my fiancé on a trip for her textile / fashion business (pre-COVID times). I also wrote and recorded the music to a series of documentary videos she made while we were in India for her brand Seek Collective (this instrumental music was released as my EP "Soundtracks I").

But this song is much more personal and reflects the long, multi-decade struggle I've had with music. My parents were never supportive of my musical ambitions and actively discouraged me from pursuing music as a career. So I've struggled to make my way through jobs in the tech world - all while keeping the hope alive that someday I'd become a musician.

I've always loved guitar, piano, writing songs, and jamming with friends - but my biggest fear in the world was always singing. It's been my major roadblock to releasing and playing music throughout my life. So 6 years ago I got serious and met a Voice Movement Therapist named Julia Norton who helped me slowly be able to use my voice and sing in front of people. I now practice vocal exercises every day and regularly played at coffee shops in the bay area (before quarantine anyway). That's a long way of saying the lyrics of the song are about this candle - the hope, dream, and wish which I've always held for a life in music. I hope it also reflects the secret desires we hold in our hearts for what we truly want in this life.

The song was mixed by Jasper Leach of @jplrecordings (on Instagram) who also played the organ, tambourine, and some backup vocals. I played, wrote, and composed the rest of the music.

The song was mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios.

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