Skolka

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Skolka
Skolka, appearance at Donaubühne Tulln (2015) (Photo: Donaubühne Tulln / Hans Eder)
Skolka, appearance at Donaubühne Tulln (2015)
(Photo: Donaubühne Tulln / Hans Eder)
General information
origin Weinviertel , Austria
Genre (s) Ska , polka
founding 2012
Website skolkamusik.at
Current occupation
Judith Frank
Thomas Rieder
Raffael Schimpf
Gerald Schwent
Christoph Schodl
Roman Leisser
Christoph Nadler
Bernd Treimer
former members
Nina Hiesberger

Skolka is an Austrian ska - and polka - band from the wine district .

history

The eight-member band was founded in 2012 in the Weinviertel. In the beginning they appeared as support act for Alkbottle , Django 3000 , Russkaja , LaBrassBanda , Clara Luzia , Wanda and Seiler and Speer . Her first EP Gemma Gemma was released in 2013 and became known the following year through her participation in "Heart of Austria" on the Austrian TV station Puls 4 and entered the Ö3 Austria Top 40 .

After a band portrait on ORF, on Pixner`s Backstage on ServusTV , the sampler Sex, Drugs & Volksmusik and the Licht ins Dunkel sampler (with, among others, Krautschädl , Wanda, Seiler and Speer ), the band presented their first regular album daunzboa . Furthermore, the band performed at some festivals such as the Buskers Festival in Vienna, Noppen Air, Picture On , Woodstock der Blasmusik , Spielberg Music Festival, Ö1 stage at the Donauinselfest & at Nova Rock .

In 2016 Skolka released the song Registrierkassa . After a summer full of festivals in 2016 - concerts all over Austria and Bavaria, TV appearances on ORF “ Guten Morgen Österreich ” and W24 live at the Donauinselfest as well as the free choice for Band of the Month on Radio Bavaria - the band worked on their next studio album.

In 2020 they worked with Otto Jaus for their reggae single Domois, wia ma Kinder woan ... together.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
AT AT
2015 Daunzboa AT74 (1 week)
AT
2017 DAMMAWOS -

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
AT AT
2014 Gemma gemma
AT34 (1 week)
AT

Further single releases

  • 2014: It's going to be wieda wean
  • 2017: Now bumpy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Pulse 4 : A Heart of Austria
  2. ServusTV: Pixner's Backstage
  3. Michael Pfabigan: New single: "Der Schmäh ist g'rennt". In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . August 27, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
  4. a b Chart sources: AT