Just Flo

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Just Flo
General information
origin Mödling , Austria
Genre (s) pop
founding 2013
Current occupation
Florian Ragendorfer
Richard Oliver Gillissen
Benjamin Zumpfe
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Heroes
  AT 52 07/08/2016 (3 weeks)
Then comes the music
  AT 29 01/20/2017 (13 weeks)

Simply Flo (former name Flow Rag or FlowRag ) is an Austrian band from Mödling . It consists of Florian Ragendorfer (vocals), Richard Oliver Gillissen (guitar) and Benjamin Zumpfe (piano).

history

Each of the three musicians was initially the front man of their own rock band, Gillissen and Ragendorfer also played together in the punk rock band Red Ties . Flowrag was originally created in 2013 as a YouTube channel and was founded jointly by singer Florian Ragendorfer and guitarist Richard Gillissen, later pianist Benjamin Zumpfe was added. The cover version of 7 Years by Lukas Graham received over 780,000 views. The band name is derived from the name of singer Florian Ragendorfer.

Ragendorfer took part in the ORF show The great opportunity in 2013 , where he reached the semifinals. In 2014, the band took on the RTL - talent show Rising Star in part and came into the final. In 2015 they stood on the Ö3 stage at the Danube Island Festival and came second at the Rock the Island Contest .

Her song Helden was played on Hitradio Ö3 from April 2016 and made it into the Austrian charts. Texts and music are written by the group itself, guitarist Richard Gillissen is primarily responsible for the music. The group describes their music as "acoustic pop with Mozart influences". In November 2016, they released the second single, Then comes the music . In July 2017 they could be seen on ORF and MDR at Starnacht am Wörthersee . In August 2017, the single was released day in, day out .

Musician

  • Florian Ragendorfer from Mödling, born on July 13, 1993, trained media designer
  • Richard Gillissen from Brunn am Gebirge , student of food and biotechnology, born on January 6, 1993
  • Benjamin Zumpfe from Mödling, music student, born on May 22, 1995

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b orf.at - Three musicians from Mödling storm the charts . Article dated August 16, 2016, accessed August 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Flowrag - Federspiel Music ( Memento from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Chart sources: AT
  4. ↑ Flowrag are now called Simply Flo. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c RTL Rising Star Talent 2014: FlowRag . Article dated September 15, 2014, accessed August 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Donauinselfest 2015: FlowRag ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 16, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 2015.donauinselfest.at
  7. ↑ FLOWRAG: "We're not just a band, we're friends too!" . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ orf.at - "Then comes the music" by Flowrag . Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ orf.at: New in the Austro charts: "Heroes" by Flowrag . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ orf.at: "Heldinnen": Flowrag sings his hit again . Article dated August 7, 2017, accessed August 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2017: The nominees . Retrieved February 27, 2017.