The duo Attwenger from Urfahr near Linz is sympathetically unclassifiable. And they have been doing so for more than 30 years. Their origins can be found in folk music as well as in the alternative band scenes of the 1990s. On regional radio they heard a gstanzl in which the word “attwenger” appeared, they tell in their biography. With drums, button harmonica and the anarchic Upper Austrian Gstanzln, they conquered – along with their first recording in 1992 – a public audience far beyond the borders of the country. “I have no idea what it Às all about, but I like the general noise, a great deal,” John Peel, BBC radio legend, said of the duo. The poet Ernst Jandl added with reverence, “It’s simply concrete poetry”. Attwenger has been a project in constant motion since 1991. Markus Binder writes lyrics and plays drums, Hans-Peter Falkner plays the accordion (electric squeezebox). Both sing and use contemporary electronics in their music.
The cult band Attwenger has its origins as much in folk music as in the alternative band scenes of the 1990s.
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Programline
Contributors
Attwenger (Artists)
Wolfgang Schlag (Project manager)
Christian Haselmayr (Head of Programme Music, Youth, Community Building)
Marian Holzmüller (Production)
Thanks to: OÖ Seilbahnholding GmbH
Where
When
August 2024
