A sound of my own

In 2016, Marja Burchard took over the management of the legendary Krautrock ensemble Embryo. Her father founded the band in 1969. The documentary »A Sound Of My Own« portrays Marja's approach to this legacy: instead of adopting a sound unquestioningly or breaking with it completely, she builds on the existing Embryo sound framework and develops something new from it.

Rebecca Zehr accompanied her on film during this time of upheaval. Her documentary, which won the Golden Dove in the German Documentary Competition at DOK Leipzig in 2021, impressively embodies Marja's constant balancing act in her everyday life as a musician. In an intimate portrait, footage of the musician is complemented by archive footage and abstract animations, giving an authentic insight into the band's inner life between past and future. Centered around a subtle film score composed by Marja Burchard herself, "A Sound of My Own" blurs the boundaries between visuality and acoustics, creating not only images in sound but also sound in image. On the occasion of the Embryo concert at the 48th Leipzig Jazz Days, Jazzclub is now bringing the film back to the big screen in cooperation with DOK Leipzig. 

Cooperation with DOK Leipzig.

On the same evening, the band Embryo will also be performing live on stage at Schauspiel Leipzig!