Richard Kapp: Vocals, Piano, Keys
Alex Csurmann: Drums
Roland Liegle: Bass, Vocals
Bernadette Ott: Viola
Christine Pawlik: Viola
Christian Gold: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Artists that I was and am collaborating with:
Woodstock Taylor
Peter Kearns
Backbone Shiver
Gis Johansson
Bárbara Gilles
Delphine Cartalier
Jakob Aumaier
Influences
Those are bands & musicians that I enjoy listening to: (so I guess they all influenced me somehow) Electric Light Orchestra/Jeff Lynne, 10cc, John Zorn, The Beatles, Supertramp, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel, Burt Bacharach, Lou Reed, John Cale, Soft Machine, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Jacques Brel, Elvis Costello, John Miles, Stevie Wonder, Bryce Kulak, Rufus Wainwright, The Divine Comedy, Bare Naked Ladies, Ben Folds, Aqualung, Scott Walker, Genesis with Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Simon&Garfunkel, Ron Sexsmith, Chick Corea, Yellowjackets, Gabe Dixon, Alan Parsons, Richard Harris, Jamiroquai, Woodstock Taylor, Steve Ison, Peter Adams, Beirut, The Great Indoors, Andrew Bird, Jens Lekman, Keane, Ed Harcourt, Hawksley Workman, John Southworth, Sufjan Stevens, Ginnicide, Peter Kearns, Gis Johannsson, Melody Gardot, Muse, Moondog, The Thrills, Bright Eyes, The Coral, Jeff Buckley, Paul Urbanek, The High Llamas, Chris Rea, John Southworth, Chris Merrit, Mike Evin, The Guillemots, Maurice Ravel and many more.
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Sounds Like
Ok, you really want some comparisons? Hm...well lots of people compared my music to The Divine Comedy, Burt Bacharach, ELO, Beatles, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Joel, 10cc, Ben Folds, Scott Walker ...
Richard's new album called * (or Asterisk) by Richard Kapp is a longing album.It is tries to both catch and freeze time while looking at the daily madness. It is about the simple and often overlooked details in life, it's about love, trust and the quest for your personality. Richard tries to cope with all these elements of this world, his emotions, his hopes and fears with his harmless and at the same time very cynical humour. The cynicism never is scorning but urban and even neurotic at times, but still it always tries to succeed in honesty.
Watch Richard play a new song called "It's too loud" LIVE @ B72/Vienna / recorded on 21.December.2008
ABOUT RICHARD KAPP
Richard Kapp, born 1976, is a Singer/Songwriter living in the city of Vienna, Austria. From an early age he has been involved in the creation of music, first came the piano, then came the drums. A prolific musician in his native city he has been involved in many different musical projects and bands as a keyboardist, drummer and composer. In 2004 Richard finally released his first solo piece, an EP called "Watering Cans".
Richard's songs have been featured on several compilations like "Planet Of Sound Vol. I", the benefit CD "Hope Never Dies", "Band:Union IV" and "Band:Union V". His music has been compared to Scott Walker, Rufus Wainwright, Burt Bacharach, The Divine Comedy, Lou Reed, 10cc, ELO, Zappa, The Beatles and even Iggy Pop. All those different styles, influences, his mixture of electronic and acoustic elements made him gaining a lot of recognition on the indie scene for his unique connection to music. Meanwhile, Richard has been played on several podcasts and radio stations including the scottish station Radio Six International where he got nominated for the Record Of The Year.
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REVIEWS
"It's high art and music hall, pop and sarcasm. How does he pack so much stuff into a track without losing it? We've no idea, but it's quite simply brilliant. What fun!" Gordon Bell, reviewer at Ripping Tracks and producer of Gordon Bell
"Richard has an unnerving ability to take you to places that are both warm and fuzzy and scuzzy and sleazy. Like a debonair charmer with a whiplash smile he soothes you, yet underneath their lies an undefined danger." Mark Spencer, musician and editor at Planet of Sound
"Richard Kapp is quite assertive even though he is grounded in David Bowie's electronic influences. Yet, his contributions with Sitting On My Hands and Life Means are attempts by this Austrian songwriter to project a different slant to this genre, which by and large, left its mark on the likes of diverse post-punk European musicians like Philip Boa and Die Krupps." by EM of Sunday Times Of Malta
Love this album!..Richard occupies some strange exotic land between the witty whimsicality of The Divine Comedy, the sophisticated musical playfulness of Van Dyke Parkes or early 10cc and the campness of Noel Coward.Its rare to find a keyboard/synth based album that is so warm and human in vibe and spirit,but Richard genuinelly pulls it off...This is a CD brimming with musical and lyrical inventivness,quirks and unexpected delightful twists and turns.Personal highlights for me are the wonderfully charming Divine Comedyesque A Tie For Free..Goodbye Society with its brilliant musical change in the chorus-and the utterly sublime worldwide-hit-that-should-be Light In My Room..Lovely..
Steve Ison, musician and reviewer at IAC
For more infos, bio, pics and sound clips have a look at Richard's website: www.richardkapp.com
Thanks for the friendship!!! Welcome in our world ;-) We're now on iTunes and Amazon!!! We hope you'll like what you hear and that you'll help us spread the word!!! Check us out, we love you!!! Cheers and keep in touch!!!
hey Richard! I'm just back from Ireland! Arg I'm sorry you're not in our top friends... myspace has this annoying thing where it doesn't list people in alphabetical order so finding people becomes difficult! But I will fix it!! :)
Mishkin xx
PS - Posters are nearly finished, I'll get them shipped out asap. xxx
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