Trickster Magazine

So what’s your lore? Who are you and where do you come from?

I once played in a Hollywood film. My classmate was in it as well and there was a scene where she played the violin. First, I fell in love with her. Then, with the violin. I was 13 and burning to find someone who could teach me music. I knocked on every door, and they all said I was too big. But fate had other plans.

Usually, rockstars go for the guitar, but your hands reached for the trumpet – how did that happen?

My first instrument was actually the trombone. I was offered a spot to study with a legendary Polish professor named Boleslav Volak – the man who played “Flight of the Bumblebee” on trombone faster than most violinists ever could. I had no idea how a trombone even sounded – I just saw brass and thought of Louis Armstrong. I was also a hip-hop dancer and making videos, so I wanted to study music, not just to play, but to dance with the instrument at least. I got into the Academy of Music, majoring in classical trombone. I didn’t know what jazz really was. I just played, performed classical pieces and even won a few contests. Deep down, something didn’t fit though. The orchestra didn’t feel like home, but I finished the academy and got my degree. Then I went out into the streets of Riga old town. I started street performing while still studying, and kept doing it for 5–6 years.

The trumpet came when I was performing on the streets, to upgrade my show-programme. I showed up in the rain, in the snow, in the silence. I dressed like I was heading to a stadium show. My mission was to light a fire in every passerby. Even on the days I felt nothing – I still showed up to bring joy. To make a celebration out of air. Eventually, I started writing my own music. I got invited to play a lot of weddings and I still do these gigs quite a lot these days. People book me because they know that wherever I appear,  there will be a celebration. I bring that. I live for that. I guess you can call me the monk of love.

We have this song called "Mis värvi on armastus" (What colour is love”). What colour is love for you?

For now, love is colourless, scentless, and shapeless. It’s boundless and untouchable. But we can try to feel it during the next show.

How did you get into the wedding musician business? Do you remember your first wedding?

I only remember one thing – I’m on the stage, then boom, a blackout..I wake up with the bride.

What’s your favourite moment in a wedding?

I like to jump on the table – and for those first 5 seconds, I see it in their eyes. There are two options: either kill me or jump up with me.

Were you a bohemian / love monk back in your music academy days or are you an academic turned rebel?

I’ve always had to hold back that bohemian fire. The Academy crowd never really accepted me.  I wasn’t “one of them.” I was a white crow. I like to dress up. I love to be bold, to be glamorous. I like fashion, culture and the nightlife. I love when it’s joyful and when it’s sad –  everything all at once, you see? At the academy, they tried to trim the edges, paint me grey and make me blend.

What feelings does German Superfin's music evoke in you?

Listening to German Superfin’s music feels like stepping into a dream where elegance and chaos dance together. It stirs something raw and honest — like a velvet storm. You feel seen, shaken, but comforted at the same time.

You have recently switched your repertoire to all-english – why so? Is it easier to communicate with the world in English?

Music, art and language – there’s something deeper about it all. It’s movement,

presence, truth. And people do understand my energy without a single word. At the Vonge Festival in 2023, I performed right before the Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza. My set was 90% non-English, but still, I saw a full field of people completely mesmerized and hypnotized. They felt it. They were all part of the Bohemian magic. But I guess I switched to all-English just to be sure. The whole world speaks English now. Even on the Moon, they probably say “check one, two” before a soundcheck. English is just like a color, even though people also get me without speaking the same language. 

You also performed at Tallinn Music Week this April. How did that go?

Pure magic. I felt like they already knew me and we were family. Everyone felt it. A wild fountain of love, celebration of life, and dance.

And next up is Station Narva! Performing at the Hermann Castle just after you have released a song called “PUNK IN THE CASTLE” – you really manifested something with that one?

Some things you don’t plan, you just say them out loud, and they appear. It’s not like I can see into the future, but the future is definitely bright. And “PUNK IN THE CASTLE” is more like a spell than a song. I often think I’m writing from memory, but my songs usually turn out to be prophetic. I wrote this song back in September or October of 2024 but I honestly couldn’t imagine back then that I would be performing it in a festival that takes place in a castle. And a castle with that kind of a name! It was really magic that just after the release, I got the message to perform at Station Narva. It’s really cool.

Your previous album BOGEMNY DOM, served as a creative manifesto as well. Are you a firm believer in the art of manifesting?

I believe in discipline and in true, devoted love for what you do. BOGEMNY DOM was my public statement about my aesthetic and cultural identity. I just shared my atmosphere. In a way, it was an introduction to the world that I come from. Bohemia, for me, is a community built on art, uncertainty, and deep creative bonds. Most of the people around me have always been artists, musicians, and dreamers. That’s the life I know.

Which artists out there do you really respect?

Intars Busulis. This guy plays the trombone too and we often meet at the weddings we perform. And I of course have to say Raimonds Pauls! The guy is 90, he still has swag, still doing shows and he is the real Boheme Latvian Grandfather.

Are there any Estonians featured in your playlists?

I have studied the works of Arvo Pärt in the  music academy. And of course Tommy Cash pussy money.

You have said that you would love to collaborate with Tommy Cash and that you’re both Dalí in the family tree. Care to elaborate?

I was not joking. I’ll bring the family tree documents to Narva in September. About collaborating with him… Why shouldn’t two surrealist forces of nature make a global super-sexy-banger together? Tommy is a bit older than me, so I have been inspired by him. If I had been born earlier, it would be the other way around.

What song from his repertoire would you steal?

“Benz-dealer”. But I would rename it to “Benz-Papa”.

Musicians are constantly compared to Gods – if you could be a God for a day, what would you change in the world?

Jesus turned water into wine but I’d make champagne flow from every home.