Why that song? First of all I like it so much. Moonlight People I love the title because it talks to the imagination and it honours the moon, which influences us all. But it’s very very beautiful song.
- As I said you grew up in Brussels but now live in Berlin so how have you found the music scene in the German capital?
When I arrived in Berlin the first thing I heard was grime, and I had never never heard that while I was in Brussels, so I was pretty impressed by the bass lines and the deepness of it all - and that was pretty inspiring to be honest.
Then of course you have the techno, which came up in the nineties after the wall came down, and that is still around which I think it the trademark of the Berlin music scene.
There is also a lot of pop and rock music as well as electro so it’s very diverse and people are always trying out something new and some thing different.
Berlin is open for an experiment and it’s a good place for trying out your own taste, style and your own colours - it’s a good place because they leave you alone and you have your own space and time sees to be running a bit different.
- Finally what's next for you?
I hope to be touring with this album as it’s on stage where everything makes sense and where you can communicate a piece of work. Yesterday an idea came to me for my second album, not the concept but I know what it’s about, so I just need to sit down and do it.
I want to go to the mountains, I think maybe Spain, to be surrounded by music and nature and write my second album.
Single Moonlight People is out now
Album Barbara Panther is released 16th May
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw