Der Assistent

Pop musicians also provide us with assistance. Emotional support. When no one is around, we put on a song. Songs to stay awake. Songs to get over heartbreak. Songs to make potato salad. Songs to dance to as lovers!

Der Assistent—the solo project of FOTOS singer Tom Hessler—writes extremely pleasant, dubby pop songs for us that, above all, give us room to breathe. Songs for relaxation. For winding down. In a very uplifting way. Despite the melancholy conveyed in the music.

𝘿𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨' (𝙍.𝙄.𝙋.) 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝘿𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙪𝙗, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙣 𝙞𝙣 “𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙨,” 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝘿𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤, 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙧𝙯𝙮𝙨𝙯𝙩𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. Always maximally relaxed. And always as a provider of good vibrations. He calls it “Signals of Forbearance.” A collection of gentle theme tunes for our individually fragile lives. Incidentally, he has written an anthem for the letter W for all eternity. How wonderful!