Raul Walther in his fathers hometown in Portugal.

Raul Walther in his fathers hometown in Portugal.

„I hope you’ll find yourself somewhere someday.“

Hello! My name is Raul Fernando Walther and I’m an Indie-Folk / Progressive Rock musician and aspiring director from Berlin, Germany. My main influences are Classical music, Folk, Hard-Rock and Jazz. I learned to play the piano at a very young age and mainly played Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. While growing up, my taste of music expanded to more experimental Bands. Keeping my love for the piano, I also took saxophone lessons. After that, I taught myself how to play the E-Guitar and later the Acoustic Guitar. Sometimes I play the drums and bass, but my main focus stays on the piano and the guitar.

In July of 2019 I started working on my first own album and learned how to record, produce and mix songs. I wrote 9 Songs and played all the instruments myself. For me, the story/lyrics are the most important part - I always write them first.

In January of 2020 I finished and released my first album “we burnt stuff” to all major platforms. My live-tour was sadly cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so I started working on my second album. I got contacted by a young director, who wanted to film a music-video for my song “Stars in May”. So I gathered some friends and filmed it. In the editing process I started to do the video-editing himself, because I felt there were some rhythmic and story-telling issues. We finished the music-video and it was released in July of 2020.

My second album “Dark City Lights” was released in October of 2020 after months of countless working hours. Up next is a music-video and my second book. The songs reflect my life experiences in my own way; my main topics are always isolation, loneliness, family, nature and love.

Apart from writing songs, I also composed music for short-movies, wrote a script for a short-movie, worked as a Boom-Operator, wrote a book and am currently writing my second one. My lifetime goal is the release of my 4 albums and directing my own movie.

 

Stars in May

(official music-video)

The first of many upcoming music-videos for Raul Walthers songs.