Slowtide

Slowtide is the artist name of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Werdelmann from Bochum, Germany. Inspired by the music of Vince Clarke and Chris Huelsbeck Kevin started out as a teenager composing synth-music on an Amiga 500 homecomputer for various self-made films. His first official output was the electronic concept-album “London”, inspired by his first visit to the English metropolis in 1997 (digital release 2017). But his love for guitar-driven music from British bands like The Verve and songwriters like Nick Drake eventually lead him to pick up a guitar and become a self-taught multi-instrumentalist. With the founding of Slowtide in 2002, he combined the best of both worlds, creating versatile Indiepop-music. Since then he played live with bands like British Sea Power, Gravenhurst, Treetop Flyers or The Wave Pictures among others and released two critically acclaimed albums, Origins and Solaria.

The new album ‘A Gentle Reminder’ (Timezone Records / 2018) features re-recorded and re-arranged studio-versions of songs from his early demos ‘Time Escape’ and ‘Things That Fade’.

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PRESS (translated where appropriate)

REVIEWS: Slowtide - “Origins”

Intro Magazine
"Kevin Werdelmann alias Slowtide teaches us with his debut album that great pop may arise from the smallest of spaces."

Visions
"Music that lets you breathe freely; from an euphoria that is aware of life and still takes pleasure in it with utmost care."

WDR2
"...the album became a real ear-catcher."

Popconnection
"You just cannot help but love this album!"

Kulturnews
Album of the month, January 2009

Adam
Album of the month, January 2009, "A gigantic debut album!"

Allgäu Live In
97 of 100°, "... the quality of the songs is close to everything that’s already become world famous."

Bild.de
"Origins is a melancholic pop gem for indie lovers"

Ox-Fanzine
09/10, "A beautiful album..."

Piranha
"Slowtide succeeds to convince completely over the entire playing time."

Oxmox
"13 Pop-jewels"

Sonic Seducer
"A successful album by itself, atmospheric and soulful ..."

Ran Magazin
"Thus, Slowtide already shows that the city is not unfairly part of the major project 'Ruhr 2010. Cultural Capital of Europe'"

Intro.de
"Wide, beautifully staged pop songs that do not need to shy away from comparison with similar 16:9 productions from the United Kingdom and sound like anything but the small room in which they were allegedly recorded."

rockszene.de
"Jauntily beautiful. Definitely worth the trip for discerning ears and lovers of British music."

REVIEWS: Slowtide - “Solaria”

Ultimo
"Solaria offers timeless, radiantly beautiful pop music"

Popconnection
"With his second longplayer Kevin Werdelmann has created a powerful album"

Intro
"Slowtide's strenght lies in the pointed melodies, that vary the concept of the well-crafted pop song."

REVIEWS: Slowtide - “A GENTLE REMINDER”

COMEHEREFLOYD
“Introspective and reflective, SLOWTIDE’s single “Soothing Light” is a gateway to a new place for your emotions”

Popconnection
“You will undoubtly hear that the musician cares about these old songs. The albums’s strenght lies hands down in the gorgeous melodies and the varied arrangements.”
Martin’s Musikrezensionen
“Kevin Werdelmann managed to led his old songs a brilliance that is second to none.”