Kontrust

Kontrust
Background information
Genres crossover
Years active 2001 (2001)–present
Website http://www.kontrust.info/
Members
Agata Jarosz
Stefan Lichtenberger
Robert Ehgartner
Gregor Kutschera
Roman Gaisböck
Manuel Haglmüller

Kontrust is a crossover band from Austria, with lead singer Agata being Polish, which formed in 2001 out of a band called Suicide Mission. The band is famous for wearing lederhosen and their lyrics are predominantly in English, though German and Slavic languages have also been incorporated into some songs.

In 2006 the band won the Austrian Newcomer Award, made their first music video for the song "Phono Sapiens" and played at the freeride- and snowcross-competition Vertical Extreme.

Their second album, Time To Tango, was released on June 19, 2009 in Austria. "The Smash Song" was the first single of the album. Their song "Bomba" landed them a spot in the Dutch charts and was the number one downloaded rock song on the Dutch iTunes Store.[1][2]

In 2010 Kontrust was awarded with the Amadeus Austrian Music Award (category Hard & Heavy).[3] They played at the 2011 Przystanek Woodstock and were requested by Jerzy Owsiak to play "Bomba" a second time as an unscheduled encore. According to official information over 300,000 visitors saw Kontrust's performance making it the most attended gig of an Austrian artist up to now.[4]

Contents

Discography

Albums and EPs

# Title Year
1 Teamspirit 55 (EP) 2001
2 Make Me Blind (EP) 2003
3 We!come Home 2005
4 Phono Sapiens (Single) 2006
5 Go (Single) 2008
6 Time To Tango 2009
7 The Smash Song (Single) 2009
8 Bomba (Single) 2009
9 On The Run (Single) 2010
10 Zero (Single) 2011
11 Czas na Tango (MP3 download) 2011

Video

# Title Year Director Album
1 "Phono Sapiens" 2006 Florian Neiss We!come Home
2 "The Smash Song" 2009 - Time To Tango
3 "Bomba" 2009 - Time To Tango
4 "On The Run" 2010 - Time To Tango
5 "Zero" 2010 - Time To Tango

References

  1. ^ "Kontrust - Bomba (Nummer)". Dutch Charts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kontrust&titel=Bomba&cat=s. Retrieved November 1, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Kontrust". ORF FM4. http://fm4.orf.at/soundpark/k/kontrust/main?ownermessages=all. Retrieved November 1, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Gewinner 2010". Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. http://www.amadeusawards.at/gewinner-2010/. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Kontrust". Radar.net (translated via Google Language Tools). http://translate.google.at/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radar-net.de%2Fkontrust%2C0%2C972%2Cpromotion.html. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 

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