Simon und Jan: Heiße Luft

From fragile, tender numbers—carried by two guitars and two voices—to sophisticated loop arrangements and orchestral battle cries, it’s all there. Their songs aim for the mind and strike the heart. “As touching as Simon & Garfunkel and as surprising as Rainald Grebe,” read the laudatory speech for the two singer-songwriters when they received the coveted Prix Pantheon. They have also won nearly every major cabaret and cabaret-style award over the past two decades.