History of the harlequin (Lacrimosa)

The Harlequin , emblem of the group . He was the central character of most of the musical history of Lacrimosa , usually accompanied by his violin , has remained in a constant search for lost love. One day , after a sad lonely life and hope you will return to the escape route to get away by order of the falsity of this world and rejoin his beloved Elodia In the first instance the harlequin appears as a shoddy stroke two figures , showed : first the sadness and joy on the other . Theatrical evocation of course. But this idea was polishing to become what we know today. In 1990 Stelio Diamantopolous and Tilo wolff know thus aware was in search of an artist to undertake the cover of " ANGST " and the logo of Lacrimosa .
The chemistry flowed so naturally do in the company of Tilo Stelio are responsible for the design of album covers . But? From where did the idea of a duality as the harlequin to represent Lacrimosa ? As many know Tilo is a man lover of music, horror literature and film , among other things. This time hilaremos your taste in film and music. For Chaplin , one of their favorite characters has been considered as the source of inspiration for Linden , at the time of giving life to so famous harlequin Lacrimosa .
And so we present one of the possible reasons could be the inspiration Chaplin Wolff regarding the harlequin and why not say, to determine the line of his nascent musical band . Chaplin basically built his career around a very particular one that earned him fame. It was that the Tramp (The Tramp , in English) : a man with refined manners and dignity of a gentleman , wearing a straight jacket , pants and shoes a size larger than a bowler hat , a cane and a distinctive mustache .
Its distinctive walk oscillating a marked emotional sentimental and melancholic disenchantment against ungodliness and injustice of modern society , made him an emblem of human alienation , especially emerging social classes . Translating the character to the music of Lacrimosa find great similarities , since all disks can find the ambiguity of the human soul , the refined musical aesthetic , the dawn of love, opposed to the dark side of human feelings , such as injustice, hopelessness , loneliness .
In order to understand the balance is easy almost sublime between Lacrimosa (musically speaking) and Lacrimosa (iconography , album art) . Since this last one of the reasons why Lacrimosa has reached many ears , even though the native languages ​​are not the same , it is possible to understand the musical line of each disk to find the covers. Obviously the art of each disk must be one more piece that meshes perfectly with the music and lyrics of the album . This is why most are in black and white . They should have the style of Lacrimosa . That duality of complexity and simplicity , love and hate . Finally we can see that the harlequin , also represents Tilo and passions always contrasting? And who would say , not like a harlequin?
"The eyes of a person tell you much , are a window to the soul , and if you could look behind the mask , you could also notice that the harlequin is full of emotions which does not show for many reasons. " - Tilo Wolff 

in summary:
is a symbol that has been with the band since its inception, is inspired by Charles Chaplin, one of the cultural heroes Tilo.
Originally Tilo had drawn a sketch with the universal symbol of theater ... a face crying laughing and another one, in his opinion this defined Lacrimosa music, a mixture of sadness and joy, however the final logo was created by artist Stelio Diamantopoulos, which is the same that is in charge of all covers Lacrimosa discs.
The harlequin is a kind of affection that does not reflect any expression, which would be the symbiosis between happiness and sadness so the harlequin is the perfect symbol to represent the music of Lacrimosa.

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