Konzert: Klaus Kinks // Das Günther

In the organizer's words:

Free concert on the small castle square:

Klaus Kinks: Oi and Punk from Ludwigsburg, stuck in the 90ies.

Das Günther: Das Günther - has been mixing up the alternative techno, party and festival scene (Fusion, Sysiphos Berlin, Chaos Communication Congress, etc.) with their improvisational spectacle for 7 years. With the album "Strawberry Gelato" 08.03.2024, the band is putting out feelers in the direction of post-punk and indie for the first time with classic songwriting
without losing their roots for the political, outlandish and danceable. Günther's mother describes her child as follows: "Party! Party! Depressed! Depri!" For some, Günther needs therapy, for others Günther is therapy. Like a shabby clown, Günther leads not only the audience but also himself around by the nose. Günther doesn't write songs, he invents them on stage. Günther is punk, clown and mummy all at the same time. The fans of Das Günther often describe the band from Hanover a little differently: "You have to have seen Das Günther live, otherwise you won't understand"; "WTF, was that?" or "Did they just change costumes 7 times while they were singing?". After minutes of singing along to text fragments such as Mit Staub Geschwängert, Im Darkroom Sind Wir Alle Geschwister or Allein Auf Ecstasy and dancing their bodies empty, one or two lines of text still find their personal meaning on the pillow or in the dreams of the concertgoers.
The musicians have always been aware that this concept of improvised dance music, with its irrepressible and explosive energy, is difficult to capture on record, and after an improv record (Sitzung I 2018) and a live album (Günthopoly 2021), they are releasing
Strawberry Gelato in March 2024, an album will now be released on which produced songs can be heard for the first time. Singer Alex Rosengarth, drummer Albrecht Bibas and bassist Till Schomburg have joined forces
have teamed up with long-time band member Richard Häckel and producer Julian Colin (Braake, Trille, Tristan Brusch) to record a record that transcends genre boundaries and is reminiscent of crossover albums from the 90s. From indie with NDW influences (Reittherapie), disco (Ja Das Muss Einfach Mal Raus) to Dada techno (Autos Find Ick Scheiße), a broad musical spectrum is covered. Partly with Colin's typical warm analog sound, partly reduced and edgy, self-recorded on a small farm in Wendland, where a large part of the songwriting also took place. Above this colorful mixture hovers the lyrical sword of Damocles of the climate catastrophe, which spreads its poisonous-tasting sprinkles on the ice cream cone of our generation.