Just like that, somewhere hidden; in the underground. Like a mole with an antenna, Oskar sends out signals from his underground home. He nibbles at the very bottom of the root tips and finally spits out what he gets to taste. With a sonorous heart, a mixture is created that seems a little different every time.

Tracklist:

1. Resonance 05:51
2. administration, baby 04:38
3. Evaporation in Berlin 03:46
4. Your coffee 03:10
5. The last garden party 03:36
6. Forever me 03:39
7. Everything has a reason 06:31
8. Predator 04:26

Album review by Lagartija Nick // vinyl-keks:

What do a cockchafer larva and the album "Für Immer Ich" by Oskar Ich have in common? Both are in an extremely chilled basic attitude and are in the here and now. For me, this chilledness is already shown on the cover of the album, where a relaxed hand sticks out of a ball pool. And what was chilling as a child than just lying in the ball pool after playing? I can imagine this scene very well. And if you take this attitude and look at your surroundings, the people, sometimes critically, sometimes ironically, sometimes sarcastically, then you are very close to the basic mood of Oskar Ich's album. So the world from the ball pool under the magnifying glass. In my opinion, an extremely great approach, which also musically reflects and conveys the relaxed nature of the basic situation very well.

Oskar Ich is based in Berlin and according to his Bandcamp page: “Just there, somewhere hidden; in the underground. Like a mole with an antenna, Oskar sends out signals from his underground home. He nibbles at the very bottom of the root tips and finally spits out what he gets to taste. With a sonorous heart, a mixture is created that seems a little different every time.”

That actually sums it up quite well, although I find that Oskar Ich watches and listens to his fellow human beings very closely. He seems to take his ideas from what he records, think about them and create something artistic from them in his basement in the south-west of Berlin.

Oskar Ich glides through the opener “Resonanz” like a knife through butter, gently but with sufficient sharpness and an eye on things. Musically, he mixes a very chilled rhythm, with synth sounds and a guitar melody. In the second track, “Verwaltung, Baby”, which with its cheerful mood doesn't fit in with the lyrics at all, Oskar Ich thinks about bureaucracy, only to then evaporate during a heat wave in Berlin. In "Verdunsten in Berlin" the text is excellently supported by an appropriate background music. The track ripples along and seems to dissolve itself at the end. "We're gliding on the Spree, the air is like concrete, just throw us overboard" is a very good way of saying it. And anyone who has ever been to the capital on a hot day will find themselves here. The first side of "Forever Me" ends with the song "Your Coffee", in which Oskar Ich thinks about a morning situation in the kitchen and the strength of the coffee. A beautiful piece in my opinion.

Side B gets off to a pompous start with “The Last Garden Party”, in which the listener is ruthlessly reflected on breaking out of everyday life. The title track "Forever Me" describes a bleak future of conformist individuals. On this track, Oskar Ich was supported by real drums. This makes the atmosphere of the song even more dense and haunting. "Every thing has its reason" is again a wonderfully relaxed song that catches the eye with its decelerated chill lounge atmosphere. Here Oskar Ich manages to create something beautiful out of music and text. You can very well imagine this lake that Oskar Ich is singing about. At the end of the album, Oskar Ich lashes out again and lets his “predator” loose on us. A very good song with a touch of reggae.

The whole album is musically very down-tempo, but has very interesting arrangements and melodies at one point or another, and Oskar I always know exactly when to pull the listener back again. Final praise for the good German lyrics. Oskar Ich has managed to create an album with "Für Immer Ich", which on the one hand really encourages listening - as I said, the lyrics are worth it - and on the other hand it can also melt away in the background until you listen carefully again . That's awesome to my ears.

The features of "Für Immer Ich" include a beautiful inner sleeve with pictures and lyrics of all eight songs. Everything is equipped to a very high standard.