Levka - Vertigo Tour 2026 - Nachtleben Frankfurt

In the organizer's words:

Admission: 19:00

Start: 20:00

How do you get a record deal in 2024 without having a single song out and a gigantic social media following? The classic way, just like in the 90s: with incredible talent and a demo tape. Well, the demo was now digital and no longer a tape. But apart from that, LEVKA's music career started in the spirit of the good old days and somehow this fits in with the 19-year-old's sound, which always has a certain nostalgia and glamor of past rock star eras. He financed the demo himself. "There were three songs on it, all of which still sounded very raw, but you can't complain for €200," jokes LEVKA, whose real name is Levin, when he remembers his first musical creations, which ultimately opened the doors to the music industry for him despite their rawness. An acquaintance knew an acquaintance, who in turn knew a manager, who in turn knew an A&R - long story short: Levka's demo finally ended up at Sony Music, where it immediately caused him to gasp. The raw demo revealed a diamond in the rough that could already be seen glittering and shining. He signed his record deal and as fate would have it, LEVKA went viral the same day with an audio clip. It seems as if the universe has a plan for the young indie pop star in the making.

Of course, a talent like this does not emerge in a vacuum. Diamonds need a certain amount of pressure to form. Levin was sent to music school by his mother at the age of four. "It was actually like a kind of toddler group, only with flutes and drums instead of shovels and molds," he says, describing his first contact with music. No matter! In his Estonian mother's upbringing, early musical education was a must in order to train the mind. After the toddler group, ten years of piano lessons followed. Today, LEVKA plays the piano perfectly and the guitar, among other things, and he always points to his mother's help in getting him through and allowing him to discover more and more over time that music might not only prepare him for a successful life, but that it could be HIS life. "Of course, my mother actually wanted me to go to university and become a doctor or something. Last year, I also wanted to start training as a physiotherapist. But I don't think that's going to happen now," laughs LEVKA. Instead, it's now all about sessions in the studio in Trier, LEVKA's home town, which his management is currently finalizing for him and, of course, at the piano at home, where all his song sketches are actually created. The ideas come to him everywhere. In the children's room, on the way to the supermarket, in the bathroom of course. After the idea, it usually happens the same way: LEVKA sits down at the piano and works on the melody, then comes the lyrics. "My music is written, composed and recorded exclusively in analog form. I write every song at the piano in my home and record it with the Memo function on my iPhone," he says with a laugh. Professional dilettantism in all its beauty. He then perfects it in the studio. Just like in the 90s.

If he had to describe his sound, LEVKA keeps it simple: somewhere between indie and pop. You can't really categorize him because every song sounds a little different. Fortunately, in 2024 you no longer have to clearly define yourself. Not even, and certainly not in music. But what can LEVKA offer the indie pop scene that it doesn't already have? "The combination of lyrics, voice and music doesn't yet exist in the way that I do," he answers after a few thoughtful seconds of reflection. And because he's a humble king, LEVKA quickly adds: "That doesn't mean it's better the way I do it! But my writing is not as commercial as the sound of the music would suggest. I bring in a new mixture of opposites." When asked how he wants to be perceived as an artist, LEVKA answers, this time without thinking twice: "Oh, just as a guy who can sing a bit well and make music." And then he laughs his shy laugh again. We told you: humble King.