Walter Rheiner´s star of fame as an expressionist poet burned out in 1925 in Berlin, Germany. Lonely and abandoned he died from a morphine overdose in a dosshouse on Kantstrasse, being only 30 years of age. The hectic city - the "Berlin of the 20´s" devoured this "sombre poet" (as he saw himself) nearly without a trace.

The novel "Kokain" (Cocaine), written by Rheiner in the year 1918, ranks among the most outstanding literary texts, which originated at the threshold to those nineteen-twenties, which were erroneously declared as the "Golden Years".

This project was initiated by the german painter and writer Karmers. On CD1 the listener will find Rheiner´s poems, verses and his life´s history narrated by some of Germany´s finest actors and speakers. On CD2 the novel "Kokain" is read in full length, decorated with music by Ingo Ito.

Additionally several exhibitions with paintings of Karmers about Walther Rheiner had taken place in Germany during the years 2004 to 2006. Some of these pictures are shown on the left. In 2007 there might be a TV-Documentary about Rheiner on german television. Watch out for this on the News page.

For more information (in german) and the possibility of ordering the Double-CD please click here. A (german) tracklisting of CD1 you´ll find here.

The complete novel "Kokain", with music by Ingo Ito, can be downloaded in the shop. The novel was originally conceived as one long track, therefore the splitting into separated tracks was only done for operating convenience. To maintain the original version, the tracks should be listened to without a break between them.

Obwohl die Aufnahme in einzelne Titel unterteilt wurde, geschah dies aus rein praktischen Gründen für den Download. Alle Titel sollten in der richtigen Reihenfolge ohne Pausen abgespielt werden.
Weitere Informationen zu Walter Rheiner und der Hörbuch Produktion "Kokain" in deutsch findet ihr hier.