“Folk
and
hip hop?
Bang on!”
(BR)
Angela Aux has been on a mission between pop and underground, anti-folk and experimental pop for years. The artistic alter ego of Munich singer, guitarist and author Florian Kreier cannot be pigeonholed. Her songs are a mixture of indie pop, folk and experimental music, with references from Beck to Velvet Underground and Mac DeMarco to the Beatles.
Angela Aux has released four albums so far, all of which have become critics’ favourites. With his latest LP “In Love with the Demons” (2019), the singer-songwriter has gained an even larger fan base. His playful, reduced lo-fi folk songs now collect millions of streams, rotate in worldwide playlists, are played on the radio between the arts section, indie and mainstream and underpin Netflix series (“Biohackers”) and feature films (“My Son”) alike.
Angela Aux is known for her intense live performances and has already played at numerous festivals in Germany and Europe. Flo Kreier has been on stage in a dress and wig for many years and recently dressed as an alien – an artist full of contrasts who plays with identities and gender norms, always striking a balance between Wu-Tang shirt and girly wig, haiku and Dostoyevsky. He is one of the co-founders of the “New Weird Bavaria” movement.
The release of his next album “Instinctive Travels on the Paths of Space and Time” is scheduled for April. The work is conceived as part of a trilogy for which Kreier wrote a sci-fi novella and staged a play. Here, the future of civilisation is negotiated in hybrid folk songs between Neil Young and J Dilla. In spring 2023, Angela Aux will go on a big tour through Germany and Switzerland as support for Die Sterne.
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This is what the press says:
“Angela Aux, with long blonde hair, beard and gentle songs on the verge of a nervous breakdown, charms Munich’s scene with an idiosyncrasy that is hard to resist.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
“Almost a Ziggy Stardust of the New Weird Bavaria movement. Content-wise equally weird. Folk and hip hop? Bang on!” (PULS, Bayerischer Rundfunk)
“With a delicate voice, he meanders through enchanting melodies, always leaving his multi-faceted songs enough room to breathe, dream and reflect.” (br.de)
“Angela Aux writes songs that are so soothing that you would like to keep them permanently as your life’s soundtrack.” (MunichMag)
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A concert from the asphalt sur Lac series, funded by the Initiative Musik with grants from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.
Flo Kreier: vocals, guitar
Lisa Nicklisch: bass, synthesizer, vocals
Matze Pröllochs: drums, vocals
