Well here we are at Euro-vision time and yes its in Austria .. so I thought it a good time to showcase many of the artists we work with from this uniq

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Well here we are at Euro-vision time and yes its in Austria .. so I thought it a good time to showcase many of the artists we work with from this unique nation ... its a lot more than you might think and frankly there's some amazing artists we work with for multiple territories... here you will also find the latest Frusionista podcast .. lots of tracks and lots of fun .. so you got Glitch hop and Electro Swing a hint of Rap , superb Reggae , singer songwriter sublime, crazy Russki Austrian Ska punk , fantastic folk music and a bonus track if you check it

so there you go everyone have a great weekend or week if youre reading this later .. and let the show roll on

Ciao for now

Ian

Frusion / Fizzion Dir and Frusionista

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ERWIN & EDWIN ( Avail UK and multiple territories )

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Erwin & Edwin

In association with Coactivarts. "Erwin & Edwin" formed by four young Austrians, uniting their diverse skills and creativity create a unique and energetic slice of Electro Swing. BUT not wanting to be restricted to genres, they bring electro, funk, hip-hop and rock.

The band's powerful live performances make crowds jump until their sweat drops from the ceiling"... red hot doesn't come close to describing this brilliant band... going to be HUGE! and occasionally available with rapper Alix ... just check out the videos mega dope as Will I Am might say !

Erwin - Trumpet, Producing
Edwin - Drums, Booking
Ewald - Turntables
Eberhart - Guitar

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DUBBLESTANDART ( avail UK and multiple territories )

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Dubbelstandart

Full of power, creativity and an amazing history of live and recorded collaborations with numerous key Reggae artists and crossover artists amongst whom we can number Lee Scratch Perry, Dreadzone, Ari Up, Sly and Robbie to name but a few Their history is long touring throughout Europe across the USA and India since the early 90's... a great back catalogue and what's more the live show is incredible, they even did one track with David Lynch ( yes the Twin Peaks one !!!) . We LOVE this band and they are truly brilliant ... booking all year round ASK we can offer the band occasionally with guests when available again ASK

You can check them out on video by clicking below.

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ATTWENGER ( Available UK and Multiple territories )

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Attwenger

We do unique often at Frusion and in this duo its difficult to explain how cool they really are. From Austria and best described by my good friend Christoph Moser as punk polka. Formed in 1990 and In the band you ask what ? Drums / vocals and diatonique accordeon / vocals with excellent use of effects. They've been around a long time in Austria and have an uparalleled career creating movies and even attracting the attention of the sadly departed John Peel ... they've toured the world extensivly from Malaysia to Vietnam to Siberia to Pakistan and of course Europe. Attwenger's music is an unusual combination of Upper Austrian folk music and hip-hop, with lyrics sung (and rapped) in Upper Austrian dialect. Falkner often plays his accordion through effects pedals to give his instrument a distorted timbre similar to that of an electric guitar. Binder sometimes uses drum machines!

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COSHIVA ( Available UK and selected territories )

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Coshiva

The best music comes from the heart and speaks directly to the soul of its listeners - Coshiva does just that, singing about every day situations in a vivid and life enriching light. The most beautiful tales come from those who remain true to their own philosophies, who tread their own paths following their hearts. COSHIVA is an extraordinary name for an extraordinary artist.

The Salzburg born singer-songwriter began playing piano aged six and has fascinated growing audiences since with her positive vibes and uplifting music. Creating delightful textures and sonic palates, the multi-instrumentalist blends piano with guitar, mandolin and ukulele to create her iconic joyful sound. The actual name “Coshiva” is a creation of her own to denote the sense of light-heartedness and positivity that lies at the very heart of her sound.

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RUSSKAJA ( available UK / Ireland )

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Russkaja

At Frusion we brought RUSSKAJA to the UK a few times in the past and always they#ve blown audiences away and been the highlight of several festival stages Trowbridge : Knockengorach to name but two and man were they gooooood! .... Simply one of the finest LIVE bands you will ever experience, and I mean experience, from the very moment this ultra wicked band take the stage they will have your audience spellbound. Fantastic musicianship and it must be said an ultra cool and fun show in fact what you get with Russkaja is a show featuring every stereotype and cliché you could possibly imagine but really funny and funky, that is if you can imagine a band who feature a Russian front man and band members drawn from Austria and Eastern Europe .. they will definitely have you by the Urals pure party spirit , with more than a hint of Vodka Check out what they say about themselves.

The exact opposite of easy listening music - terror of terrors of all Russian folk music societies - stands for fat Austrian Polka beats. The group members are the most illustrious musicians of the Alpine region, who possess a colourful mix of cultural backgrounds. They pour these various cultural influences into a postmodern version of Russian folk and spread their distinctive music all over Europe. It is sweaty and shouts out loud: Dance Dance Dance! It is a clash of trash metal, world jazz, funky stuff and Frank Zappa-esque Rock.

Booking for large scale events AND club shows

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HOTEL PALINDRONE ( Available UK and multiple territories )

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Hotel Palindrone

This great band have played all over Europe and in the UK with appearances for the BBC at WOMAD, Glasgow Piping Live, Sidmouth, Towersey, Trowbridge, Broadstairs Festivals and many more ...Coming from Austria this wonderful acoustic quartet play music from around Europe in their own style but Reminicent of Blowzabella, full of power inventiveness and real fun, winners of the Austrian World Music Audience awards in 2005 and having played most recently at the wonderful Borneo rainforest festival this band always. Hotel Palindrone draw their music from the Alpine regions, Scandinavia and from a much broader canvas from across Europe on a superb variety of instruments a great show and wonderful music to listen to or dance to. Available year round and a really great acoustic band. Supported by the Austrian Culture Forum.

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For all enquiries please contact:

IAN SMITH
FRUSION
ian@frusion.co.uk
00 44 (0) 7791 699889

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Coming up : in part two and three of our Austrian specials

Eugene the cat
Global Groove lab
Katika
Federspiel
aNNika
Irmie Vesselsky
Mary Broadcast
Power Pipes

also watch out for individual specials on

Maia Barouh
Magnifico (with some very special news )
Sketch
N'Faly Kouyate

plus specials on Italy / France /

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