Independent artist, Ulrich Jannert, has a creative lineage that dates back to 1980s and is based in the city of Stockholm. Now, a multi-instrumentalist of origin Germany, Jannert, combining flute, keyboard and saxophone, flourishes now in a refined mixture of Soul, Americana and Soft Rock. Since his studio in Scandinavia in the dead of winter, he has developed an international fanbase but in a highly studio-centric manner, where the art of composition is emphasized as much over live performance.

Ulrich Jannert captures a common crossroads in the silenced and broad ambiance of Two Men by the Harbor. The song is not merely a song, it is also a reflection on the tension between the comfort of the familiar and the awe-inspiring beauty of the new. In this world where people are required to make noise at all times, a relative silence is provided by the soulful sounds of Jannert.

The career that Jannert had lived is a masterpiece on redefining success by its own terms. Although the industry has established that the number of tour dates and the quantity of sold tickets are the true gauges of artist worth, Jannert has chosen to not participate in the live circuit at all. He composes because he made the craft and because he needs harmony within himself and he asks the world to pay attention but not to lose his sanity in the gears.

This position emphasizes the continuing conflict between the hustle as an independent and the limitations of major labels. Big systems tend to put artists into tight-fitting boxes – they have to be seen all the time, they have to do the hustle culture that may empty the creative well. Creating his work directly in Northern Europe, Jannert avoids these gatekeepers, that is why Jannert demonstrates that even being a creator a person can find the audience all over the world and retain his soul.

In conclusion, Two Men by the Harbor is a reflection to the listener. It challenges us to ask ourselves what sort of man we are, and of which sort we are: the man kettled to the dock, or the man who has the courage to jump. It is an ode to the fact that the greatest wins are sometimes the ones that have been achieved without any sound at all.

Ou bat tanbou epi ou danse ankò.