Franz Löchinger

Franz Löchinger (born November 19, 1978 in Wiener Neustadt ) is an Austrian drummer, cabaret artist and presenter. With his speaking drums, Sandra , he has been touring Austria since 2005 and invites children to join in at events or schools. As an active member of the band, he supports Virginia Ernst on the drums and the music cabaret performers of the Machatschek on an upside-down Baumit bucket, which was specially made for Franz Löchinger and has since become a trademark.

Under the pseudonym The Austrian Drumpower , Löchinger also appears as a show act at major events.

Life

According to his own statements, Löchinger began playing drums when he was four. The autodidact made his live debut at the age of seven. As a teenager he joined the band Daimonion , where he acted as a drummer, songwriter and producer and released the first album.

His studies in journalism and communication studies in combination with political science at the University of Vienna were also shaped by music. The title of his thesis is namely: Establishing a new brand on the radio market using the example of 106.7 Party FM: Localizing the success factors of a private radio station.

Career

In 2004 he joined the dark metal band Vanitas with whom he recorded a total of three albums.

Starting in 2005, Franz Löchinger developed, parallel to his membership in various metal bands, Drums for Kids , an interactive hands-on drum show, which is intended to arouse the creativity and motivation of children and young people. Sandra supports him in this - the speaking drums. In total, Löchinger was a guest in over 500 kindergartens and schools and encouraged around 100,000 children to take part. This is how Robert Steiner became aware of him.

After Vanitas dissolved, Löchinger supported Oliver Linus in the formation Velory Linus in 2006/2007, and the metal band Goddamned X in 2007/2008. From 2009 to 2011 he played drums for the band Heathen Foray and achieved the title Best Austrian Newcomer with them 2009 . From 2011 until their dissolution in 2012 he played for the Lower Austrian band Trashcanned.

In 2012 Löchinger changed the genre and has since supported the musician and cabaret artist of the Machatschek, performing with him in Austria and neighboring countries.

In 2017, Franz Löchinger also worked with the Austropopers Gary Lux , Ulli Bäer , Austrobockerl, Harald Fendrich, Robby Musenbichler and, from 2018, as part of World Womens Day and the #WEARE project launched by Virginia Ernst with GuGabriel , Gisele Jackson , Simone Kopmajer , Karin Bachner , Die Mayerin , Tini Kainrath , Agnes Palmisano , Meena Cryle , Birgit Denk , Stella Jones , and Iris Camaa together.

In 2018 he also presented a 10-part children's program with speaking drums on the private television broadcaster WNTV

Contribution to publications

Albums

• Rusty Pacemaker - Blackness and white Light (2010), http://www.discogs.com/Rusty-Pacemaker-Blackness-And-White-Light/release/3016879
• Heathen Foray - Armored Bards (2010), http://www.discogs.com/Heathen-Foray-Armored-Bards/release/3660893
• The Machatschek - Ans (2013), ISBN 978-3-503-26949-5 .
• The Machatschek - Free Love (2014), ISBN 978-3-9503269-6-3 .
• Rusty Pacemaker - Ruins (2015), https://www.discogs.com/de/Rusty-Pacemaker-Ruins/release/7298629
• Virginia Ernst - One (2017), https://music.apple.com/at/album/one/1206015908?l=en
• The Machatschek - Get through the year with Machatschek 1 (2017), ISBN 978-3-9503269-8-7 .
• The Machatschek - Get through the year with Machatschek 2 (2018), ISBN 978-3-9504590-0-5 .
• The Machatschek - Dark Black Songs (2019), ISBN 978-3-9504590-1-2 .

Books with CD

• The Machatschek - Original Wiener Liederatur, Volume 2: God and the World (2013), ISBN 978-3-9503269-1-8 .
• The Machatschek - Machatschek's AdWEANtskalender (2013), ISBN 978-3-9503269-3-2 .
• The Machatschek - Original Wiener Liederatur, Volume 3: Freie Liebe (2014), ISBN 978-3-9503269-5-6 .
• Der Machatschek - Original Wiener Liederatur, Volume 4: The feeling of being loved (2019), ISBN 978-3-9503269-9-4 .

Film music (cinema)

• The Machatschek - Summer in Vienna (Director: Walter Großesbauer, 2016), ISBN 978-3-9503269-7-0. Equipment

Web links

• Franz Löchinger , official homepage
• Virginia Ernst , official homepage
• the Makhachek , official homepage
• Metal Archives , Franz Löchinger

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Balloon Records: Virginia Ernst. In: https://balloonrecords.com . Ballon Records, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ VAME music Coop. KG: Band. VAME music Coop. KG, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
3. ^ Franz Joseph Machatschek: the Machatschek. In: https://dermachatschek.at . Franz Joseph Machatschek, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
4. ↑ Franz Löchinger: the Austrian Drum Power. In: https://franzloechinger.com . Franz Löchinger, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
5. ↑ Franz Löchinger: Franz Löchinger - the Austrian Drum Power. Retrieved June 14, 2020 . 
6. ↑ fandom: Encyclopedia - Franz Löchinger. fandom, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
7. ↑ University of Vienna: Establishing a new brand on the radio market using the example of 106.7 Party FM: Localizing the success factors of a private radio station. In: https://usearch.univie.ac.at/ . University of Vienna, 2003, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
8. ↑ Warriorofmoderndeath: Vanitas. In: https://www.metal-archives.com . Encyclopaedia Metallum, accessed June 14, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Franz Löchinger - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved June 14, 2020 . 
10. ↑ WNTV GmbH: WNTV Homepage. In: https://www.wntv.at . WNTV GmbH, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
11. ^ Music Vidic Musical Instruments Wholesale Society mb H .: Franz Löchinger. In: http://www.musicvidic.com/ . Music Vidic Musikinstrument-Großhandel Gesellschaft mb H., accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
12. ^ Robert Steiner GmbH: The star fireworks with fun & excitement. In: https://robertsteiner.at/#top . Robert Steiner GmbH, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
13. ↑ ORF: radio FM4. In: fm4.ORF.at. ORF, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
14. ↑ Oliver Linus: Velory Linus. In: http://www.velorylinus.com/ . Velory Linus, accessed June 14, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Azmodes: Franz Löchinger. In: https://www.metal-archives.com/ . Encyclopaedia Metallum, accessed June 14, 2020 . 
16. ^ Rockarchiv Steiermark: Rockarchiv Steiermark. In: https://www.rockarchiv.steiermark.at/ . Rockarchiv Steiermark Verein crew8020_music, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
17. ^ Trashcanned - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved June 14, 2020 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b} Orpheum Vienna: Contemporary history of Austropop. Orpheum Vienna, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
19. ↑ ^{a b} Roland Bürger: Galerie 2019. In: https://worldwomensday.com/ . Roland Bürger, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German). 
20. ^ WNTV GmbH: WNTV Kids. In: https://www.wntv.at/ . WNTV GmbH, accessed on June 14, 2020 (German).