Oum Shatt
| Oum Shatt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Berlin , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Rock music |
| founding | 2012 |
| Website | oumshatt.bandcamp.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jonas Poppe | |
| Current occupation | |
| Jonas Poppe | |
| Chris Imler | |
Rémi Letournelle |
Jörg Wolschina |
| Richard Murphy | |
Oum Shatt is a German rock band from Berlin .
history
According to their own statement, the band plays one
"Radically pure and minimal form of rock'n'roll, with arabic references."
The name of the band is, according to Jonas Poppe, who used to be active with his bands sitcom Warriors and Kissogram , on the one hand a homage to the grand dame of Egyptian music, Oum Kalthoum , and on the other hand it refers to a place in the Tunisian desert.
Laut.de compares the sound with that of Franz Ferdinand or the Talking Heads .
The band played at various German festivals, including the Fusion Festival 2014, the Immergut Festival 2014, the Reeperbahn Festival 2016 and the Watt En Schlick Festival 2017.
Internationally they played u. a. at Les Transmusicales 2013 in Rennes and at South by Southwest 2017 in Austin , Texas .
Jörg Wolschina previously played in The Elegant Rest , Richard Murphy in Michael Knight .
Discography
Albums
- 2016: Oum Shatt ( Snowhite Records)
Singles and EPs
- 2016: Gold to Straw (Snowhite Records)
- 2013: Power To The Women Of The Morning Shift (Oum Shatt Records)
Web links
- Oum Shatt at Discogs (English)
- Power to the Women of the Morning Shift EP on Bandcamp
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c laut.de biography. laut.de , accessed on January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Winkler: In the interview: Drummer Chris Imler: "I got into bad circles" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 14, 2020, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 16, 2020]).
- ↑ Official Facebook page
- ↑ Watt En Schlick 2017: All information about the Festival by the Sea. Rolling Stone , May 31, 2017; accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Oum Shatt On tour. Festivalhopper, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Record of the week: Oum Shatt - Oum Shatt. kaput-mag.com, June 6, 2016, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Oum Shatt - "Silent Girl", live @ Transmusicales de Rennes, December 6th, 2013. Sombrero & Co., March 13, 2017, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ^ Oum Shatt SXSW Schedule. South by Southwest, March 13, 2017, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Marvin Müller: Orient meets Occident, the urge to dance meets lacony. laut.de , accessed on January 6, 2018 .