ABOUT

The songs tell stories from life; beautiful furniture, anger attacks, bacon, witches or weird superiors… and to do that the band help themselves pretty unabashedly with whatever style it needs. 
The name “DRUCKMITTEL” (Pressure-Device) is a leftover from a time when the bandleader Florian Hoesl thought it would help the commercial success to copy the Jazz-Punk scene from Berlin around 2010. Here bands had to be called “Johnny La Marama”, “Der Rote Bereich” or “Erdmann 3000”. 

Times change, bands change and copying has helped only to duplicate so far. What was, is and will be, are strong melodies, extended solos and the sound, which became more and more important throughout the years: full and open with extreme dynamics. This band plays at the limits and will explode in the right moments. Virtuosity is an attribute, not a necessity. 

The sometimes rather direct, vivid and sarcastic announcements will give the audience pictorial and partly dubious manuals of how to take the music: with humor and impartiality. 

Due to Hoesl’s musical idols from his early youth like Queen or Frank Zappa it is no surprise that at some point vocals would be part of the band. The singer Cinza Catania has not the typical role of the front woman though, but is often used as an instrument and therefore has accompanying function as well. 

Also the guitar player’s mostly self-made effects add to the characteristic sound of the band. With long-time member Toni Bechtold on the saxophone, David Heizmann on guitar, Mario Ineichen on bass and Cinzia Catania, Hoesl has once again gathered a group that is “willing  to join the circus”.