Mashuun

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Mashuun
General information
origin Fürstenfeld , Austria
Genre (s) Hard rock , progressive rock
founding 1972
resolution 1974
Founding members
Gert Steinbäcker
Franz Posch
guitar
 Josef Jandrisits
Petrus Wippel
Peter Szammer

Mashuun was an Austrian rock band that was founded in Fürstenfeld in 1972 . It is considered to be one of the first supergroups in Austria and emerged after the groups Music Machine and Mephisto dissolved. In contrast to many Styrian contemporaries, Mashuun played almost exclusively their own compositions.

history

Rise to cult band

Farewell concert Mashuun, 1973

Mashuun were founded in 1972 in Fürstenfeld, East Styria. Singer Gert Steinbäcker came from the Graz formation Mephisto, guitarist Josef Jandrisits and bassist Petrus Wippel from the Fürstenfeld Music Machine and guitarist Franz Posch and drummer Peter Szammer from the band Magic 69, also from Fürstenfeld . The mixer was operated alternately by Franz Landl and Wolfgang Erwa. The first joint appearance took place on June 24, 1972. According to Wippel, the band name, which comes from Moroccan , was chosen as an allusion to a pastry containing cannabis .

Because of the musical talent of its members and the insistence on their own compositions in Styria, the group was considered outstanding and achieved cult status within a short time. The tech-savvy Wippel built an innovative PA system for the band , and great emphasis was also placed on show effects such as tone generators and flares . After regional concert successes, Mashuun took part in a tape competition organized by the German music magazine Fono Forum and the tape manufacturer BASF and came in second or third out of 35 competitors. Their prize consisted of a recording in the Salzburg state studio, which, according to the band, failed due to the lack of understanding of the studio staff for their distorted guitar sound. Music journalists praised the band almost unanimously, the Neue Zeit called them "one of the few Styrian bands that pay homage to real rock".

“You play a style that is very difficult to categorize. The repertoire is extremely varied, it extends from concert guitar pieces to electronic effects and tone painting to aggressive rock. Acoustic and visual elements form a harmonious unit "

- Press quote

Emigration to the FRG

The successful Krautrock scene encouraged the group migrated to about two dozen appearances closed in the BRD and sat in the old village school in Kröftel one. In order to be able to pay for the house rent, the members had to take part-time jobs and the music faded into the background. Franz Posch was the first to return to Austria after his father became seriously ill and the group finally disintegrated without having played a single concert in Germany. Jandrisits then played for Guru Guru and Wippel started a career as a sound engineer , but after a while they all ended up back in Styria.

The recording of a joint concert with Magic 69 on February 10, 1973 was originally supposed to be released as a double LP . Magic 69 prevented the publication, however, despite already completed album covers and master tape . In 2016, the album Underground Made in Styria was finally released more than three decades late on Golden Pavillon Records.

Discography

Albums

  • 2016: Underground Made in Styria (Golden Pavillon Records, collaboration with Magic 69 , recorded February 10, 1973)

Songs (selection)

  • Be My World
  • Easy
  • Hey sister
  • I Was the Rain
  • Pussy & Fly
  • Space
  • violet
  • Walk by My Hand
  • Witch's Spell

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c David Reumüller, Robert Lepenik & Andreas Heller (eds.): Rockmusik in der Steiermark until 1975. Edition Keiper , Graz 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502761-7-6 , pp. 91–92.
  2. ^ Josef Jandrisits : Mashuun. Josef Jandrisits, accessed December 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Petrus Wippel: Petrus Wippel - The music. Petrus Wippel, 1998, accessed December 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Interviews with Wippel, Jandrisits, Posch and Hütter. Rockarchiv Steiermark, accessed on December 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Bobby Bummler: Mashuun. In: Neue Zeit , edition of May 18, 1973, p. 9.