The Belfast Breakfast Songs were composed at the beginning of May 1996 in Belfast/Northern Ireland. They make use of an artificial language, which may be interpreted according to the pronunciation rules of the native language of the vocalist. The choice of tempi should cover the extremes. The use of the voice as well should explore all the limits. In this, the third song requires nine different levels of speaking, reaching from extremely low till extremely high. Every hint of mediocrity is unfavourable to the interpretation of the compositions. This also holds for the clothes, which, if possible, should point into the extreme as well. This includes the rags of a "drag queen" all tarted up as well as the outfit of a "Bag Lady" or the grey of a bureaucrat, contrasting with the eccentricity of the songs.

Gerhard Stäbler