Music

Made up of Styrian musicians Johannes Kölbl, Leonhard Waltersdorfer, and Hannes Schöggl, the Austrian trio Quetsch `n´ Vibes has made it their mission to export the instrument of their native country – the Styrian accordion – into a variety of musical styles and combine it with instruments that are uncommon in folk music including vibraphone, marimba, handpans, mbira, and the singing saw. From arrangements of Viennese music from the era of Johann Strauss to Johann Sebastian Bach and Georges Bizet to their own compositions: Quetsch `n´ Vibes provides a diverse musical kaleidoscope in which the Styrian accordion has found a new home far beyond its natural habitat.

Johannes Kölbl: Steirische Harmonika, Percussion
Leonhard Waltersdorfer: Vibraphone, Percussion
Hannes Schöggl: Marimba, Percussion

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total playing time: 49:55 minutes
released on 2022/01/01 on the label “Kunsträume Records”
EAN-Code: 9007157216194

Six young musicians who try to take the Steirische Harmonika (Styrian Accordion) and explore different new sounds with it. The live album from the two bands “Quetschklampfa” & “Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes” is now available here as mp3-Download.

Jonathan Herrgesell: saxophones
Simon Ankowitsch: Steirische Harmonika, percussion
Johannes Kölbl: Steirische Harmonika, percussion
Leonhard Waltersdorfer: vibraphone, percussion
Elias Plösch: guitar
Maximilian Kreuzer: bass

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www.quetschklampfa.at
www.quetschnvibes.com

Leonhard Waltersdorfer’s “3 pieces on 2 instruments for 1 player” are unique in their instrumentation: vibraphone & marimba are played simultaneously by one player. The recordings of these pieces are now available here as mp3 download.

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Languages, Languages, Languages,.. something we used to hear from our teachers at school. The young Trio Tribal Dialects speaks different musical languages and dialects in a twilight zone between minimal and ethnic music.
The Trio with its unusual lineup founded by the eloquent Austrian reed player Patrick Dunst has already established itself with its first release Home in 2014.
In 2016 the lineup has slightly changed moving its focus towards percussion, adding Leo Waltersdorfer on vibraphone and marimba.

Patrick Dunst: saxes, bassclarinet, duduk
Grilli Pollheimer: percussion, electronics
Leo Waltersdorfer: vibraphone, marimba

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total playing time: 47:56 minutes
released 2018 on the label “Session Work Records”
EAN-Code: 9005321114192

Steirische Harmonika meets vibraphone – Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes combines two opposing musical worlds. In this duo the Austrian folk music fuses with the jazzy sound of the vibraphone. Out of this combination rises a river full of new sounds and colours.

But Johannes Kölbl and Leonhard Waltersdorfer do not just play Steirische Harmonika and vibraphone on their CD. With more than 25 different instruments (from handpan to bass-ukulele) the two musicians exploit their full creative potential and create new combinations of many different sounds.

Johannes Kölbl: Steirische Harmonika, percussion
Leonhard Waltersdorfer: vibraphone, marimba, percussion

tracklist:

track 1 written by L. C. Seydler, arr.: Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes
tracks 2, 4, 6, 11, & 13 written by Johannes Kölbl
track 3 written by Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes
track 5 written by Josef Peyer, arr.: Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes
track 7 written by Herbert Pixner, arr.: Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes
tracks 8 & 9 written by Leonhard Waltersdorfer
track 10 – traditional, arr.: Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes
track 12 written by Rudolf Kummerer, arr.: Quetsch ‘n’ Vibes

total playing time: 47:48 minutes
released on 2017/05/19 on the label “Kunsträume Records”
EAN-Code: 0683121799956

8 own compositions and 6 arranged christmas carols for vibraphone.

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tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 & 13 written by Leonhard Waltersdorfer
tracks 1, 5, 10, 11 & 14 arranged by Leonhard Waltersdorfer
track 4 arranged by Rudi Wiesegger & Leonhard Waltersdorfer

recording, mixing & mastering by Leonhard Waltersdorfer

total playing time: 40:46 minutes
released on 2015/09/04 on the label “Werkstatt Waltersdorfer”
EAN-Code: 0609132792298