Voodoo Juergens
Voodoo Jürgens ( real name David Öllerer , born August 2, 1983 in Tulln on the Danube ) is an Austrian songwriter . His trademark are the black humor texts in the Viennese dialect . Musically he is attributed to the Austropop .
biography
David Öllerer was born and raised in Tulln. When he was seven years old, his father started a prison sentence , which led to a rift between father and son. After finishing school, he began an apprenticeship as a confectioner at the court confectioner Demel , which he did not complete. At 19, he lived in Vienna. After dropping out of his apprenticeship and studies, he later worked as a gardener in a cemetery , as his music wasn't enough to make a living.
Öllerer was the co-founder and singer of the fairly successful garage rock band Die Eternias , a Britpop band that was formed in the first half of the 2000s . The Austrian accent was clearly audible in his English singing. With him two studio albums and an EP were released. The members of the group gave themselves new pseudonyms with the release of each album , Öllerer's last stage name was Voodoo Jürgens . At some point he switched to songwriting and dialect and thus landed his first hit in 2016: Roughly clear the dead .
Öllerer lives in Vienna . He has a daughter, but does not live with the child's mother; he has reconciled with his father in the meantime.
Musical creation
After Die Eternias ended in 2014, Öllerer started his solo career under his last pseudonym Voodoo Jürgens. This is a corruption of the name of Udo Jürgens , an Austrian pop singer. With his songs in the Viennese dialect, to which he accompanies himself on the guitar, he mainly performed in pubs . He made his first major public appearance on the Nordbahnhof area . He became known to a national audience through the youth radio station FM4 . In the music video for Gib mir alles by the Viennese band Wanda , Voodoo Jürgens had a guest appearance and was signed by Wanda's management. In May 2016, his first single, Heite grob ma Tote aus , was released, which reached number 1 on FM4's radio charts. In autumn 2016, the debut album Ansa Woar followed on Lotterlabel, the label project of Problembär founder Stefan Redelsteiner. In addition to Austrian musicians such as Der Nino from Vienna and Ja, Panik , the actress Eva Billisich also contributed to the album . It reached number 1 in the Austrian charts . At the Amadeus Awards 2017 he was awarded in the Alternative category.
- The Musikexpress described Voodoo Jürgens as the "Austro-Pop hype of the hour",
- The Music Information Center Austria characterizes its music as "anti- folk for Beisl".
- "Voodoo Jürgens is considered a particularly hot share of local pop music" - ORF
- “It has everything you need as a future fixed star in the Austropop sky.” - WIENER
At the gala event 60 years of Wiener Stadthalle "BEST OF AUSTRIA MEETS CLASSIC" on June 21, 2018 he was one of the artists of the event. He sang the song Gitti in a duet with Marianne Mendt , accompanied by the Max Steiner Orchestra under the direction of Christian Kolonovits .
At the end of June 2018, Voodoo Jürgens & Haberer played on the Danube Island Festival on the FM4 stage . The Haberer were "Die Ansa Panier" with the musicians Alicia Edelweiß ( accordion ), David Schweighart ( drums ), Bernd Lichtscheidl ( piano , organ) and Martin Dvorak ( double bass ) as well as Andrej Prozorov ( clarinet ), Katarina Trenk (from Sex Jams ) , Ernst Molden and Der Nino from Vienna.
The album 'S klane Glücksspiel, recorded with the band Ansa Panier, will be released in November 2019 .
Discography
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With the Eternias
Singles and EPs
- 2010: Broken Bones (Seayou Records)
- 2013: Split with Dust Covered Carpet - King Young Star / Mouthflower (Seayou Records)
Albums
- 2010: The Eternias (Seayou Records)
- 2012: Sold Out (Seayou Records)
solo
Singles
- 2016: Roughly cleared the dead / Ronny (Lotterlabel)
- 2016: sings Goldsoundz (Kim)
- 2016: Hansi da Boxer (feat. Der Nino from Vienna) / Gitti (Radio Edit feat. Eva Billisich) (Lotterlabel)
- 2019: Angst haums (lottery label)
Albums
- 2016: Ansa Woar (Lotter label)
- 2019: 'S klane gambling
Filmography (selection)
- 2018: Tatort - Bring Marie!
Awards
- 2017: Amadeus Austrian Music Award Category Alternative
Web links
- Official website
- Voodoo Jürgens at laut.de
- Voodoo Jürgens in the SR archive of Austrian popular music
- Voodoo Jürgens in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Voodoo Jürgens. In: arge-musik.at. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Angelika Strobl: Austropop? Voodoo Jürgens! In: woman.at . August 4, 2016, accessed January 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Samir H. Köck: The sensitive shadow worldler. In: diepresse.com. October 8, 2016, accessed September 1, 2019 .
- ^ Voodoo Jürgens - Interview, biography and concert review. Concert at the Musikfestwochen Winterthur. In: cosmopolis.ch. August 17, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
- ^ Claudia Fromme: Voodoo Jürgens - Gscheida Bua. In: sueddeutsche.de . February 10, 2017, accessed January 24, 2020
- ↑ Sylvia Meilin Weber: songwriter, singer, celebrated young talent of Austropop: An interview with the Austrian musician Voodoo Jürgens. In: Schirn Magazin. June 30, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ The FM4 Charts from June 4, 2016. In: fm4.orf.at. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Reiner Reitsamer: Review of Voodoo Jürgens - Ansa Woar. In: Musikexpress . September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ^ Voodoo Jürgens. In: FM4 Soundpark. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Anne-Marie Darok: A Strizzi makes Austropop - VOODOO JÜRGENS mica portrays. In: musicaustria.at. June 30, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ^ Vienna Online (vienna.at) "Best of Austria meets Classic": Big anniversary gala in the Wiener Stadthalle on June 22, 2018, accessed on June 30, 2018
- ^ Voodoo Jürgens & Haberer. Program preview. In: 2018.donauinselfest.at . Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Archive: Voodoo Jürgens & the Ansa Panier. In: kinoimkesselhaus.at , accessed on January 18, 2020.
- ↑ Reiner Reitsamer: Voodoo Jürgens - 'S klane game of chance. Review. In: musikexpress.de . November 8, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Chart sources: Austria .
- ↑ Awards for music sales: AT
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SURNAME | Voodoo Juergens |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Öllerer, David (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tulln |