#tekamolo

Are you wondering how you should structure the middle part of German sentences with several different information? In the past, students were taught to follow time-manner-place, but this formula does not capture all adverbs. So ingenious German teachers came up with the abbreviation “tekamolo”, which I explain in my latest blog post

Here’s a curious sonic nugget from Estonia’s Hidden Harmony Recordings: a beat tape on wax from an established artist operating under a pseudonym.  In light of this knowledge, we can’t call it an intriguing debut album; we just don’t know how many albums the artist has under their belt.  Muddying the water, TEKAMOLO is a technique for recalling the word order of a German sentence.  When applied…

Tekamolo : Best Tunes For Your Answering Machine

Ante : Love Over Entropy

Kirk Barley : Lux

Lust For Youth & Croatian Armor : All Worlds

U.e : Hometown Girl

X or Size : All Avail

Destroyer : Dan's Boogie

Lucy Dacus : Forever Is a Feeling

Brian Eno : Aurum

A new release from Tekamolo out soon on Hidden Harmony Recordings Tekamolo will release the debut album best tunes for your answering machine on April 11, 2025, through Hidden Harmony Recordings. The album will be available in both digital format and as a 12″ 180g black vinyl, limited to 200 hand-numbered copies. The album presents a combination of synth pop and trip hop, featuring…

TeKaMoLo: word order in German with adverbs

When it comes to positioning the different parts that makes a sentence, it is quite definite in the German language. This is one beautiful aspect of German. Adverbs in particular are placed in the third position (I.e directly after the verb and before the object) except the object (Akkusativ or Dativ) is a pronoun. In this regard, the order for a German sentence that contains an adverb becomes;…