Vivid curls
| Vivid curls | |
|---|---|
 Bardentreffen , Katharinenkloster stage, Nuremberg (2007) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Allgäu |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | www.vivid-curls.de |
| Founding members | |
| Irene Schindele | |
Vocals, guitar |
Inca Kuchler |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Irene Schindele |
Vocals, guitar |
Inca Kuchler |
| Markus Wohner (since 2007) | |
guitar |
Florian Hirle (since 2015) |
bass |
Helmuth Baumann (since 2015) |
| former members | |
Guitar, piano
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Werner K. aka "Leyenda" |
bass |
Peter Wachter |
Guitar, mandolin
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Matt Schaffer |
bass |
Julia Hornung |
Vivid Curls is an Allgäu folk rock band that sings mainly in the Allgäu dialect .
history
The band was originally founded in 2002 by Irene Schindele (born October 19, 1980 in Munich ) and Inka Kuchler (born March 1, 1977 in Kempten (Allgäu) ), who grew up together in Wiggensbach , as a street music duo. Since 2007 they have mostly performed together with a band. The band name Vivid Curls ( Eng . "Lively Locken") they gave themselves based on their flowing hair.
After the albums Allgäu and Lebenstanz were released, there were TV and radio appearances, concerts in the tavern in the slaughterhouse , at the Tollwood Festival , in the Parktheater Göggingen , at the Golden Yellow Festival and others.
The album “Eine Welt” (2016) was released on the label “Sturm & Klang” by Konstantin Wecker . They took over the background on his album “ Poetry and Resistance ” (2017).
style
After the Vivid Curls beginning mostly English pop and rock - cover songs brought them, they are now using more and more on their own compositions and sing their songs almost exclusively in Allgäu dialect. According to their own statement, the group would like to contribute to preserving the Allgäu dialect as a cultural asset with their dialect music .
Awards and grants
In 2010 the band won the German Rock & Pop Prize in the “Best German Pop Singing Group” category and in the following year in the “Best German Pop Singing Group” and “Best German Country Band” categories.
Production, tour, PR and marketing are supported by Initiative Musik .
In 2016 they received the Hanns Seidel Foundation's young talent award .
Discography
Albums
- 2008: Allgäu
- 2009: Dance of Life (unplugged)
- 2010: Allgäu (House Master Records)
- 2010: D 'Aufstand (House Master Records)
- 2010: Life Dance (House Master Records)
- 2011: Temptation
- 2014: Hunters of Bliss
- 2016: live (together with Sarah Straub)
- 2016: One World (Sturm & Klang)
Singles
- 2006: Christkind fliag
- 2007: foretaste
- 2007: Christkind fliag (new recording)
media
- The Allgäu band “Vivid Curls” in the ARD Mediathek - TV portrait of Bavarian TV , broadcast on April 13, 2013 (with video stream , length: 13:15 min).
Web links
- Vivid Curls recordings in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sound carriers by Vivid Curls & Band in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Vivid Curls at Allmusic (English)
- Portrait of Vivid Curls ( Memento from April 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on Bayerischer Rundfunk
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The History of Vivid Curls - Or How It All Began ... , Vivid Curls, accessed July 15, 2013.
- ↑ Vivid Curls: Allgäurock and pure passion , schedule Wirtshaus im Schlachthof, Munich, 2010.
- ↑ Rock and Pop Prize winners “Vivid Curls” play in Dettingen ... , neckar-chronik.de, February 15, 2013.
- ^ Vivid Curls , Initiative Musik, Berlin, accessed on July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Awarding of the young talent award for young songwriters in Kloster Banz for the 30th Times as part of the "songs". Press release, Hanns Seidel Foundation, June 30, 2016.