In Jan Kuhlbrodt's "Kaiseralbum," everything seems to be said: through animals. For it is animals that fill the text. With a wink, Kuhlbrodt embarks on a quest for paradise on earth, for the origin - even the Ark makes an appearance. Yet the album is anarchic: it follows the journeys of Frederick II, the medieval emperor who owned no castle and instead roamed the lands with a court of animals. Kuhlbrodt accompanies this monarch, who has proven that life among animals is not purchased at the cost of complexity, but rather signifies a gain in attentiveness - if one simply follows their movement. This movement is sometimes melancholic, sometimes light, always driven by something that seems to lie in the joy and chaos of the animals. Ultimately, it transforms from a journey with animals into the return of the political song: spirit and W.