Tom Liwa

Portrait of Tom Liwa by Moki

Contact (August 2024)

A speculative glance at “Primzahlen aus dem Bardo” by Tom Liwa and his Leuchtturmband

He is walking barefoot through the world. I don’t know if he considers it his world, let alone his home. I think he is not quite sure yet. He has been asking the question for years. Trying to make contact. Through music…

Music as Heimkehr (August 2021)

To be honest, I approached Umsonst & Draußen with a little apprehension. I’m not used to listening to pop or rock from Germany, I am not familiar with it except for a quite shallow acquaintance with the music of Kraftwerk and then some awkward 99 Luftballons that descended from the German skies once upon a time. And on top of that …