Al-Berto & the Fried Bikinis
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Al-Berto & the Fried Bikinis

Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland | INDIE

Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland | INDIE
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"«Good Vibes» am Stanser Sommer 2010"

Das Projekt dreht sich rund um den Frontmann Albert «Barti» Wuersch. Am Stanser Sommer trat Barti gemeinsam mit Beat «Barmy» Barmettler von der Band The Toenails, Roli Wuersch, von den Kronzeugen, und «Räffs» Walker, von Pas de Roi, auf. Und das funktioniert so: Die Inspirationen für die Songs holt sich Barti auf seinen Reisen, beim Klettern und beim Surfen. Für Konzerte sucht er sich Freunde aus der Musikbranche, die ihn unterstützen und mit ihm auftreten. Damit sie ihre Passagen individuell üben können, schickt er ihnen seine Songs im Vorfeld zu. Gemeinsame Proben gibt es nur wenige.


Breites Spektrum

Trotz dieser Vorgeschichte: Die Formation wirkte am Konzert im Rahmen des Stanser Sommers harmonisch und eingespielt. Al-Berto & the Fried Bikinis unterhielten das Publikum mehr als eine Stunde lang mit lustigen Einlagen und einem breiten Song-Spektrum, das von eingängigen Temponummern wie «Single for a week», «Just let go» oder «Searching for you» über Balladen wie «El sol» bis zu abstrakten, aber immer noch groovy Stücken wie «My brain is a slavedriver» reichte.


Gute Stimmung verbreiten

«Ferienmusik oder Good Vibes, das trifft unsere Musikstilrichtung am besten», sagte Frontmann Barti nach dem Konzert und Barmy ergänzte: «Wir wollen eine gute Stimmung verbreiten und hoffen, dass uns dies auch heute gelungen ist.» Die gute Stimmung kam beim Publikum an. Die Konzertbesucher feierten tatkräftig mit und wurden von den Musikern mit fünf Zugaben belohnt. Die nächste Gelegenheit, Al-Berto & the Fried Bikinis live zu erleben, bietet sich am Openair Saitesprung in Buochs und am Openair Tells Bells in Flüelen.
Iris Baumgartner - ONZ Obwalden und Nidwalden Zeitung


"URBAN CLIMBER MAG"

Barti, a musician from Switzerland and Guatemala (“I have family in both countries,” he says), is the front man for Al-Berto & the Fried Bikinis, whose chilled out acoustic/electronic tracks appeared in the Big UP Productions’ climbing ?icks Dosage V and Progression. In addition to playing guitar, bass, accordion, and keyboard, Barti sings and is an avid boulderer.

How would you describe the style of music you play?
Good Vibes.

How are music and bouldering similar? Or different?
When you climb or when you do music, you express yourself. In music it seems obvious, but I think in climbing it is even more pure. Everyone has his own personal climbing style, like a musician has his own performing style. They both give me a lot of energy — a day out bouldering with friends, surrounded by glacier scenery, is as boosting as giving a concert with friends and a great audience.

Does climbing in?uence your music?
Thanks to climbing, I started to travel to those magic places around the world. I guess it’s the climbing lifestyle that in?uences my music more than the climbing itself.

Do you have any songs about climbing?
I wrote one 15 years ago. It was called “Schizzachea,” named after a wonderful route I wanted to climb so bad in Italy. Pretty embarrassing, and of course misunderstood, lyrics: ‘I want to get higher, but you won’t let me . . . ’

How did you get involved with Big UP Productions? How many tracks of yours have they used?
In 2004, I met Cooper Roberts in Castle Hill, New Zealand, where he ?lmed footage that appeared in the extras of Dosage III. After that, we always met somewhere around the world for climbing, deep water soloing, or sur?ng. Cooper pretty much saw the whole evolution of this music project, and has been part, too. - Millet


Discography

- Byron Bay - Album
- Dive - 4 track EP

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Bio

Al-Berto and the Fried Bikinis started in 2005, some of the members have been playing together since 1991. Their biography is closely related to the town Al-Berto comes from, Engelberg, in central Switzerland. There's a pool of musicians from which you can always pull power from for whatever project you have in mind.

The Fried Bikinis project works as follows: Al-Berto travels to surf and climb around the world. He has the time to meet wonderful people, weird people, people like him, people completely different. All that makes his mind tumble, sometimes his heart, too... Back home or on the road he records the inspirations and revelations and if there is a concert the Fried Bikinis support him and have a good time.

It feels like a perfect formula...