5/8erl in Ehr'n (A): ‘BURN ON!’
Max Gaier, Robert Slivovsky: vocals
Miki Liebermann: guitar
Hanibal Scheutz: bass
Clemens Wenger: electric piano, accordion
Their style is often described as Viennese soul. With no fewer than 6 Austrian Amadeus Music Awards in the Jazz/World/Blues category and around 1,000 concerts in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, they now come for the first time - what an honour! - in South Tyrol, guests at Carambolage!
Their seventh album BURN ON! supersedes the social disease Burn Out: Our society is under constant stress, but the motto seems to be ‘keep going until you're exhausted’. Breaks? None planned. With BURN ON!, however, the 5/8erl in Ehr'n turn the tables, offering sound therapy and songs dedicated to the wonderful dolce far niente. Their Viennese soul becomes an antidote against the oppressive everydayness of our times.
In more than 18 years, they have perfected a relaxed and original groove, playing music of a thousand influences that spans the Danube, Nile, Amazon and Mississippi. At times, the plucked guitar is reminiscent of traditional Viennese music, only to transform into a muffled, woody sound like that of an African kalimba. Calypso, rocksteady, jazz ballads, bossa nova: everything sounds like 5/8erl in Ehr'n from Vienna, with soul as a distinctive constant.
‘Like Stevie Wonder smoked a Sachertorte!’ There is nothing prepackaged or synthetic here: the 5/8erl in Ehr'n make music and sing with a joy that conquers. BURN ON!
Date: Saturday 29 March 2025 at the Piccolo Teatro Carambolage starting at 20.00h.
www.5achterl.at
