The 29-year-old says he also had such an encounter in Berlin last night. He was sitting in a restaurant. Not a wild night, just four, five beers with the crew. There he would have struck up a conversation with a 60-year-old Berliner while smoking in front of the door. "We had a fascinating conversation about life in front of and behind the wall". Maybe one day it will become a song. "Each of my tracks starts with the sample. It has to be special and trigger something in me," explains Fred. "After that, I spend many hours finding the right melodies."

Three albums have been created in this way in the last two years. After the debut album "Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020)" and the successor "Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15, 2021)" followed in October "Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)". It should remain the last part of the series for the time being.

At this point in our conversation, Fred seems thoughtful and distant. His gaze is fixed on the bare wall of the arena catacombs. After all, Fred Gibson's diaries, disguised as albums, also tell a different story. One of personal loss and pain. While working on his first album, a close friend fell seriously ill. The happy, euphoric melodies later become a more thoughtful sound. The first part of "Actual Life" later comes to a tragic end.

Also on the two following releases, there is always a tension between euphoria and the worry that one day this may suddenly be over. The artist himself describes it vaguely before his performance in Berlin: "The first album was about falling in love, the second about grief. The third describes a new level: acceptance." For Fred, it's a logical end to the issue and a mechanism to protect himself. "I have to stop writing about the same thing over and over again. It's not good for me. But I'll definitely find my way back to it at some point."