Catharina Boutari aka Puder is a musician, performer and music theater director. She runs her own feminist record label, Pussy Empire Recordings. Born in Austria to an Egyptian father and a German mother, Catharina has learned to combine diverse identities with a natural verve. As Puder she produces very contemporary international pop with Jazz and Elctro particals that does not adhere to the norms of production conditions or other conventions. Since 2016, Catharina has been hosting a format she created, the "Puder Session Tapes", to give herself the freedom to explore unfamiliar musical terrain. For her albums, she has since collaborated with musicians from Germany and abroad to write songs in 10-day sessions, record them live in the studio with guests in the recording room and accompany them with a film documentary. Aha. Ok. Let's Surf The Planet, the new album by Puder aka Catharina Boutari (22.03.24), is an acoustic road movie that effortlessly takes you from her home in Hamburg, behind her own dreams and fears, across Europe, from the deep forest to the Future Echoes Festival in Sweden. Five songs, which are combined with 6 soundscapes to form a large picture, to illuminate the cosmos of friendship and connection. The sound of the album is dark, warm and big. Sparsely instrumented, the songs are carried by dreamy melodies and polyphonic vocals. Double bass soundscapes meet sparkling beats and tastefully placed electronics. It is full of hope, sometimes even danceable.