Their first LP "most" was released in early 1991. Many concerts followed in german speaking areas as well as in Marseille, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Kuala Lumpur and Harare. "pflug" and "luft" were released in 1992 and 1993. Each were voted album of the year in Austria. After finishing the 35mm "Attwengerfilm" and a tour through Sibiria Attwenger returned in the fall of 1996 to develop new pieces. The new work was released in 1997 on the album "song". After concerts in Ho-Chi-Minh-City/Vietnam (1998) and Lahore/Pakistan (2001) (among others) the fifth album, "sun", was released, in which followed the 2002 interpretation of the attwengeresque concept of dialect and sound. After touring with the sun-tracks (also through mexico), Attwenger produced their next album „dog“, representing 14 slim electro- and polka-slang-songs, setting off for various directions (release: october 2005). Half a year later, in spring 2006, 17 remixes of this album followed with „dog 2“.
"I have no idea what it's all about, but I like the general noise a great deal."
(John Peel about Attwenger)
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Attwenger Lyrics
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Attwenger's song "Wia a Tapetn" is a powerful and evocative piece that is full of vivid imagery and challenging themes. The title, which translates to "Like a Tape on a Car in a Videorecorder," sets the stage for the song's exploration of the passing of time and the impermanence of existence.
The opening line immediately grabs attention with its visual description of a tape stuck to a car in a video recorder. This image suggests a sense of being trapped or stuck, unable to move forward or backward in time. The next phrase, which describes the tape being overloaded with the sounds of explosions passing by, creates a sense of chaos and destruction. The line "fia an Bruchtaö fu Sekundn und se eiroin" (for a fraction of seconds and they're gone) highlights the fleeting nature of our experiences and how easily they can be lost.
Throughout the song, Attwenger uses a combination of German dialect and complex wordplay to explore the idea of transience and fragility. The lyrics can be interpreted in a number of ways, but ultimately they speak to the way that we are all caught up in the unstoppable flow of time and the inevitable passing of all things.
Line by Line Meaning
Wia a Tapetn auf an Auto in an Videorecorder
Like a wallpaper stuck on a car in a videocassette
überlogad mid die Büda fun de gaunzn Explosionen
Overloaded with the images of all the explosions
de vorbeiziang fia an Bruchtaö fu Sekundn
That pass by in a fraction of seconds
und se eiroin
And they stick to us
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