November 30, 2019. A line of eager punters snakes down the long stairwell and out the side door of a nondescript ex-warehouse in the Rothenburgsort district of east Hamburg, Germany. Braving this chilly Saturday evening, they are eager not to miss a moment of the Clouds Hill festival – an intimate gathering taking place amongst the vintage amps, mixing desks and studio spaces of Clouds Hill Recordings, the studio/label run by charismatic local and confessed audiophile Johann Scheerer. On the bustling upper floor, an eclectic collective scramble for space. Scottish indie-rock legends Teenage Fanclub rub shoulders with New York-based avant-garde solo percussionist Deantoni Parks. English brother-sister blues-rockers (and Nick Cave favourites) Joe Gideon & The Shark swap stories with...
