Their vivid mix of styles that is expressed in their originals can not bepigeonholed. The majority of the songs have a stylized cabaret flavor with interestinghorn riffs complementing the walking bass line nicely. What peoplehave called it? Here's just a few: „Klezmer, Rhythm & Blues,Swing, Dixie, UrbanRoots Reggae, Ska, Balkans Pop, Jive, Polka, Ragtime, Country &Western, After Hours-Jazz,…” - A groovyglocalized mix that has already seduced quite a few people to adance' thru the night: http://youtu.be/t3D2wc4KhE8

Within the last couple of years, the band has advanced from an insiders’tip to a hot international stage act. Following numerous shows in allkinds of venues, from skanky Jazz clubs to posh castle-resorts, the merry poppins have been invited to play at the International Bansko Jazz Festival 2008 & 12 (Bulgaria), the International Saalfelden Jazzfestival 2008 & 11 (Austria), at Cairo Jazz Festival (Egypt) in 2010, at Bucharest Europafest in 2011, at Almaty Jazz Festival/Kazakhstan in 2013 and at Bishkek Jazz Spring/Kyrgyzstan (2013). They have toured Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia-

WEBSITES

www.themerrypoppins.at

www.facebook.com/themerrypoppins

www.youtube.com/themerrypoppinsvideo

BOOKING& MANAGEMENT

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dr.martina könighofer

schwarzwaldg.34

A -1230 vienna/austria

mob:+43 699 18 10 24 33

DISCOGRAPHY

themerry poppins – Live in Moscow, Mildenburg Records, 2011

“Livein Moscowshows that The Merry Poppins know how to rock their audience. This ismainly based on the fact that all five musicians love to leave thebeaten track in order to explore the fields of improvisation”

Michael Ternai, musicaustria

themerry poppins - Inspector Malosso, Scream Records, 2009

Stylistically,InspectorMalosso,the second album of themerry poppins,ties in with the debut-CD of the band. However, this time the stylesare driven to extremes, from over-produced to minimalistic.

TheCD Release Tour has led themerry poppins tothe Balkans in May 2009. With InspectorMalosso,the 5 musicians are also heading South-East in terms of their music –from sweeping Balkan grooves to

orientaltunes, such as in the track OpiumDesert, toa ramble through ChineseBars.Onceagain, the merry poppins are jumping into the pool of music-historyand also freely incorporateglobal phenomena, such as Reggae or Hip Hop into their program, whichsolely consists of original compositions. With the beguiling charm oftheir very independent glocalized style, the young artists groovedirectly from the Salzach-river to the Danube-Delta – and evenfurther!

Fora review by Niceup Crew, themostpopular Reggae network in Aotearoa New Zealand, check out:www.niceup.org.nz/reviews/the-merry-poppins-inspectormaloso

themerry poppins - Mildenburg 11, jazzit Records, 2007

„Thegood old Pop relic of “something new” has lost its sex-appeal;the merry poppins just naturally embrace music-history. They don'tjust come up with a shy hug, but rather groove through two-quartertime from the Danube-Delta to New York. This is spiced up by jazz-style saxophone impro out of Herbert Könighofer's tube.”

ChristophLindenbauer/APA

SAMPLER:

zugluftX, HdS 001, 2012

4444Seconds of Austrian Pop!-Music, projekt pop! 2012

LiveMore Musically, Backstage/Eibischzuckerl 2010

Salzburgkickt!, Preuss Project 2008

ONTOUR:

Balkans Tours May 2009 & 2010 (Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary)

Egypt Tour March 2010

Israel Tour October 2010

France Tour 2011

Russia Tour November 2011, January & April 2012

Central Asia Tour April 2013

Festivals:

InternationalJazzfestival Saalfelden/Austria 2008/11

InternationalBansko Jazz Festival /Bulgaria 2008/12

CairoJazz Festival/Egypt 2010

EuropafestBucharest/Romania 2011

InternationalJazzfestival Almaty/Kazakhstan 2013

InternationalJazz Spring Bishkek/Kyrgyzstan 2013

VIDEOS:

www.youtube.com/themerrypoppinsvideo