Mediengruppe Telekommander

The media Telekommander was founded in 2001 musical duo consisting of Florian Zwietnig and Gerald Mandl. Their music was a mix of electro punk, indie rock and hip -hop, often with socially critical lyrics. In February 2012, they played their farewell concert in Berlin.

Band Members

Florian Zwietnig

Florian Zwietnig, born in 1974, was born in Munich, grew up in Germering near Munich and later studied psychology. In the early 1990s he played in the Germeringer avant-garde band project Paul with Peter Brugger of the rock band Sportfreunde Stiller. By the end of 2002, he worked as a concept developer and usability consultant in an Internet Agency. Musically, he is responsible for guitar and vocals of the duo.

Gerald Mandl

Gerald Mandl was born in Austria and grew up in Hallein in the province of Salzburg. After he had broken a communication and literature studies, he attended the course at the Electroacoustic Institute in Vienna. He plays bass guitar and sings.

History

Mandl and Zwietnig met in 1998 during a train journey from Berlin to Salzburg know and decided to make music together. For now, they spent some time together in Berlin, but in 2000 they again live in different cities, one in Vienna, the other in Berlin. Here are some work while studying for short films and video installations.

It first came up with the idea of " media Telekommander " to incorporate with the aim of a variety of artists, concepts and techniques. After the huge success of " women are better " they decided to produce more pieces and to realize the media group as a live band. Then followed a close cooperation with a native of Ladbergen at Münster and working in Hamburg producer Christian Harder, further Ella Herring took care of all the graphic design to the photos Florian Zwietnigs former schoolmate Daniel Flaschar. In December 2002 the first EP was released with five songs on the Hamburg indie label Enduro. After the first live performances followed in September 2003, the second EP. In this time they have gained a lot of MP3 downloads and a no-budget video Kommanda that has been brought closer to mainly by the Viva- shipment Fast Forward to a wider audience, is known.

In November 2003, they began production of their first album The whole character of a culture, in May 2004, it appeared as a vinyl record on Mute Records on CD and Enduro. After a final concert in Berlin's Palace of the Republic in 2005 and Gerald Florian took a sabbatical to work with Moses Schneider and Ben Lauber and Andreas Herbig and Gerhard Potuznik ( Mix) on the new album Closer to the people, in on 5 May 2006 Mute appeared.

In January 2009, the single continuous groove, the single was released, in June 2009, one must take the lead.

At the turn of 2011/2012, the band broke up. In August 2011, the last album was released, the elite of the charity. On October 29, 2011, she gave a farewell concert in Hamburg on November 5, as part of the "big n8musik " ​​festival in Salzburg. The farewell concert in Austria took place on January 21, 2012 in Vienna held on FM4 birthday party. The last concert was given on February 3, 2012 at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin.

Discography

• Women are better (first track ) (2001 )
• First EP ( 2002)
• Second EP ( 2003)
• All the strength of a culture ( debut album ) (2004 )
• Until vomiting ( Single) cry (12 "Vinyl ) (2004 )
• Ordnance ( Single) (2006)
• Closer to the People (2006)
• Media Telekommander - Live in Munich on 23 April 2006 ( Bavarian Open Sessions ) (2006 )
• Continuous groove ( Single) (2009)
• One must lead go (Single ) (2009 )
• One must go in the lead (Album ) (2009 )
• Your school ( Single) (2011)
• The elite of the charity (Album ) (2011 )
• Cheap ( Single) (2011)