Black hole swallows, I remain
Cross the wormhole, break the chain
Unknown, unseen by machines
First free future, death of dreams
In the opening days of a new year, Germany’s Caput Medusae (Tina Mar and Stefan Scott) release Schwarzschild as if sending a carefully calibrated signal into the dark, one that travels with the quiet authority of astronomy itself, attentive to forces that govern motion, closeness, and collapse. Drawn from the language of physics yet grounded in human intimacy, the song frames attraction as a gravitational problem, asking how near two bodies can move before distance disappears and inevitability takes over.
Schwarzschild advances with a controlled sense of motion, its low frequencies tracing steady orbital routes while synth lines shift, intersect, and settle into a tense equilibrium. Lyrically, the song takes its cue from the physical concept of the Schwarzschild radius—the point of no return in a black hole—and translates it into the dynamics of human relationships: how close can two people draw before everything collapses inward? Over this terrain, the vocal arrives as a focused transmission, reminiscent of HAL-9000: calm, deliberate, and alert to the danger implicit in proximity. As the arrangement unfolds, time and space seem to exchange properties; memory slackens, foresight loses its authority, and consequence becomes absolute. The event horizon is treated not as spectacle but as a condition of being—continuation remains possible, yet reversal has quietly vanished. Within this precise, highly controlled sound, echoes of Visage, Gary Numan, John Foxx, and Kraftwerk surface with measured clarity. At the same time, the lyricism approaches an Anne Clark level of poetry, patient and observant like a cosmologist monitoring encoded futures—until a single decision disrupts the structure, snaps continuity, and forces a release from the past.*
The accompanying video, directed by Designbaustelle, extends this meditation through stark black-and-white imagery that feels like a message received out of sequence, filtered through obsolete technologies that still hum with intent. Human faces hover in an uncanny valley state; familiar yet altered, suggesting a future imagined by earlier generations, where optimism and anxiety shared the same architectural plans. Op art disorients the eye, Brutalist forms impose order, and the overall effect carries the unsettling atmosphere of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or a clasic Star Trek quest in progress – a vision recognized by its nomination for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2026.
Watch Schwarzschild below:
With Schwarzschild, Caput Medusae locate themselves at a precise point of convergence, where darkwave heritage meets contemporary electronic restraint and emotional inquiry is framed through cosmic scale. Like the universe it quietly references, the song suggests that meaning often reveals itself at the boundary where certainty fails, where forward motion continues, and where understanding begins precisely because there is no way back.
Caput Medusae are back with a brand new mini-album, arriving at the beginning of 2026, and for true fans and music lovers, the band has crafted a limited edition Digipak CD featuring an exclusive Black Hole design. This eye-catching collector’s piece is available exclusively for pre-order here.
Listen to Schwarzschild below and order the single here.
SCHWARZSCHILD [Album] by Caput Medusae
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