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Knackenchor by Koenigleopold

Artist Biography For Koenigleopold

There's A New King In Town. The Young Vienna Duo KOENIGLEOPOLD Consisting Of Lukas König And Leo Riegler Is The Inventor And Sole Proprietor Of A Highly Original Musicaltheatrical Style A Show That Veers From Virtuosic Exultation To Comedy To Embarrassment Often In The Course Of A Single Piece. They've Also Got A Hell Of A Wardrobe. Lukas König's Drum And Synth Work Is Built On The Best Beats Of The Last Fifty Years - Dismantled Reassembled And Played At Full Volume On An Ancient Turntable Sitting In A Junkyard On The Slope Of An Active Volcano. We Now Pause For A Natural Disaster. Leo Riegler Is By Turns A Pimp A Dada MC A Gifted Turntablist A Hopeless But Convincing Opera Singer And A Back-Alley Clarinetist ... And A Consummate Showman Throughout.
The Music Is A Rollercoaster Mixture Of Dirty Hip-Hop Rock And Roll And Weird Takes On Bubblegum Pop Punctuated By Pure Noise Improvisations Played With High Precision And A Strange Fierce Intensity That Becomes Positively Unsettling When Coupled With Say The Sounds Of Darth Vader Enjoying A Nice Steak Which Can Happen . It's Almost Like They're
hearing Voices Onstage - But Whether It's The Ghosts Of Zappa And Biggie Smalls They're Channeling The Complete Works Of Monty Python In Cantonese Or A Doll That Just Says "Mama!" Over And Over Again - The Results Are Dangerously Grooving And Completely Unique. When KOENIGLEOPOLD Is Holding Court It's Best To Pay Attention.

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