What makes a song decadent? Is it the banging build-up giving way to a glorious release? The urge to don a banana skirt or surrender to collapse in a bathtub of brandy?

From glitter to dust and lugubrious Balkan brassy indie waltzes, we wade into the lush layers of musical decadence. Melancholy meets spectacle. Longing meets the dance floor. Find out why surrender sometimes feels like survival, and whether we’re living in a decadent moment ourselves.

VIDEOS 

Babylon Berlin Soundtrack, Severija and the  Moka Efti Orchestra:  Zu Asche Zu Staub (2017)

Prenzlauerberg, Beirut (2006)

EXTRAS

Zu Asche Zu Staub Scene from Babylon Berlin (English Subtitles)

Weimar Decadence - Guardian Piece About the Real Moka Efti 

Nantes Accordion Tutorial (this is from 2012, but Moshe Zuchter has a lot more tutorials with far better quality and more Beirut!) 

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