After Flying Letters and Shadow Garden, Sarah Buechi is releasing her third album on Intakt Records, Contradiction of Happiness. She has seized the opportunity to take her music in a new direction, and has augmented her superb quartet – with pianist Stefan Aeby, bassist André Pousaz and drummer Lionel Friedli – with the addition of three string players.

"The results are extremely convincing." writes Manfred Papst in the liner notes. "She demonstrates once again that her compositions are far more than run-of-the mill songs with verses, rhymes and a chorus. They are ingeniously structured minidramas in which complex stories are told in a confined space. They are poetically dense, with vocal beauty and an enormous spectrum of expression. Their music is sophisticated, thoughtful, but also very sensual. The wonderful ‘After We’ve Kissed’ on the new album is the best example of this.“

Cover art: Conor Flynn O’Donnell
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Manfred Papst

Lyrics and compositions by Sarah Buechi (except Obigstärn, trad.). Recorded by Andy Neresheimer at Hard Studios Winterthur 8 ,9,10 Juni 2017 for SRF Kultur und Intakt Records. Mixed by Martin Ruch, Berlin. Produced by Sarah Buechi and Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt.