Trackshittaz

Trackshittaz
Wiener Stadtfest 2012, Lukas (left) and Manuel.
General information
Genre (s)	Hip hop
founding	2010
resolution	2015
Website	http://www.trackshittaz.at/
Founding members
rap	Lukas Plöchl (G-Neila)
rap	Manuel Hoffelner (Manix)

Trackshittaz was an Austrian Hip-Hop - Duo from the Mühlviertel . With the song Oida taunz! They were the first Austrian hip-hop group to achieve a number one hit. On July 24, 2015, they announced their split.

Band history

The band was founded in the spring of 2010 by Lukas Plöchl (stage name G-Neila ) and his bandmate Manuel Hoffelner (stage name Manix ), a student from Leopoldschlag at the University of Applied Sciences for Business Professions. The name of the band came about during the founding phase of the decision to start at the UHS band contest in Freistadt. At this point, however, the band had no songs together. The band needed at least six songs to be able to take part in this band contest, which, according to the band members, were subsequently "kicked out" six tracks in eight days. The Trackshittaz first became known in 2010 via the Internet platform YouTube . A parody of the title Alors on danse by Belgian rapper Stromae , recorded under the title Alloa bam Fraunz , was clicked more than 100,000 times within a short period of time.

From October 2010 to January 2011 Plöchl participated in the talent show heroes of tomorrow of the ORF in part. After his appearance on the first show, the two musicians were titled Oida taunz! signed by Sony Music . The song reached number 1 in the Austrian single charts at the beginning of November. It is the first Austrian title that was published download only and immediately entered the Austrian charts at number 1. This position was also achieved with Guuugarutz , which appeared in January 2011.

In autumn 2010 Trackshittaz was nominated for the Austrian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and reached second place. The second album from July 2011, Prolettn feian langaah , like the debut, immediately reached number 1 and was awarded a gold record by the music industry. With the non-album track Touchdown they contributed the official song for the Football World Cup. In autumn 2011, her song Schnitzi was featured in the soundtrack for the David Schalko film adaptation of Thomas Glavinic's novel How one should live .

Trackshittaz (2014)

In 2012 Trackshittaz again took part in the national preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 , Austria rocks the Song Contest . With the song Woki mit deim Popo they won ahead of Conchita Wurst , who won the ESC two years later. At the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku they were eliminated in the semifinals by finishing last of 18 participants with eight points. Hoffelner injured his knee during the performance. After a two-year hiatus, their fourth album, # TS4, was released in March 2014. There were also two pre-singles, Gmiatlich Dreschn and Schuachblattlaboogie .

On July 24, 2015, Plöchl and Hoffelner announced the breakup of the band. The reasons they cited were the great wear and tear and too high a time investment.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Oidaah must pump it   AT 1  platinum 02/18/2011 (29 weeks) Prolettn feian langaah   AT 1  gold 07/15/2011 (14 weeks) Zruck to de Ruabm   AT 3  gold 02/24/2012 (18 weeks) # TS4   AT 10 04/04/2014 (4 weeks)

Singles

Oida taunz!   AT 1  gold 11/12/2010 (27 weeks) Guuugarutz   AT 1 28/01/2011 (9 weeks) Trackshittaz   AT 38 02/11/2011 (1 week) Killalady   AT 2 02/11/2011 (7 weeks) Hawaraheisl   AT 36 02/18/2011 (1 week) Laudaah   AT 50 02/18/2011 (1 week) Pump it up   AT 70 02/18/2011 (1 week) Horror   AT 18th 07/01/2011 (4 weeks) Touchdown   AT 48 07/01/2011 (2 weeks) Oida Chüüü   AT 38 11/11/2011 (2 weeks) Woki with your bottom   AT 2 02/24/2012 (16 weeks) Horny Ois   AT 52 07/27/2012 (2 weeks)

style

The trackshittaz style is often referred to as the Traktorgängsta party rap and is similar to the hip-hop form Dirty South . Most of her songs consist of simple raps and are based on electronic beats.

The duo's affiliation to the hip-hop scene is controversial. The Trackshittaz do not see themselves as classic representatives of this genre.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: Oidaah pumpn muas’s
• 2011: Prolettn feian langaah
• 2012: Tractor gang tapartyrap
• 2012: Zruck zu de Ruabm
• 2014: # TS4

Singles

• 2010: Oida taunz! (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Guuugarutz (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Killalady (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Touchdown (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Grüllarei (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Oida Chüüü (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2011: Woki with deim Popo (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2012: Geila ois (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2014: Gmiatlich Dreschn (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2014: Schuachblattlaboogie (Columbia / Sony Music)
• 2014: Politically Correct

Awards

• 2011: Gold record for 10,000 albums sold Oidaah pumpn muas’s in Austria
• 2011: Gold record for 15,000 singles sold Oida taunz! in Austria
• 2011: Platinum record for 20,000 albums sold Oidaa pumpn muas’s in Austria
• 2011: Gold record for 10,000 albums sold Prolettn feian Längaah in Austria
• 2012: Gold record for 10,000 albums sold Zruck zu de Ruabm in Austria

Individual evidence

1. ^ The "Trackshittaz" in private , nachrichten.at, August 21, 2010
2. ↑ www.klatsch-tratsch.de
3. ↑ "Alloa bam Fraunz" of Trackshittaz , derStandard.at, August 19, 2010
4. ↑ derstandard.at Archive: Franz and the Mühlviertler tractor gangsta. Markus Rohrhofer, August 23, 2010, accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Rap number aims at Charts , Kleine Zeitung, October 28, 2010, accessed on April 22, 2020
6. ↑ Lukas Plöchl: Who raps about country air and stinking cows , nachrichten.at, November 3, 2010
7. ↑ Courier: Lukas Plöchl's "Oida Taunz!" 1st place ( Memento from November 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20120225_OTS0001/trackshittaz-rocken-den-song-contest
9. ↑ “We have seen rainfall”. diepresse.com, May 23, 2012, accessed May 12, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Last place for the trackshittaz. derstandard.at, May 27, 2012, accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Anna Gasteiger: Trackshittaz: disappointed and off the track. kurier.at, May 23, 2012, accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Rap duo Trackshittaz dissolves . derstandard.at, July 27, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2015 (German)
13. ↑ ^{a b} chart discography Austria
14. ↑ Stefan Niederwieser: Traktorgangsta Partyrap. (No longer available online.) Thegap.at, October 25, 2010, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Tomorrow's Ghetto in: The Gap, February 2010
16. ↑ Awards for music sales: AT ( Memento of the original from May 26, 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. 

Web links

Commons : Trackshittaz  - collection of images

• Official website
• Rap number targets charts in: Kleine Zeitung
• Trackshittaz interview: “As we always say: Då hoidn ma zsåmm” in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
• Lukas Plöchl's hip-hop from the country in: Die Presse
• Trackshittaz at laut.de