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the happyness that lies in a song |
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| Location: | Vienna/Lower Austria, |
| Country: |  Austria |
| Last Login: | Jun 15, 2008 (565 days back) |
About Me |
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| „Once upon a time a little songstress fell in love with music listening to her songwriter dad..s piano (he used to put music to anglo-american poets.. poems), her mum singing lullabies and generally being raised on her parents records (dylan, stones, joni mitchell,...). At 8 an old tape of a radio show called „the roaring 60s“ made a lasting impression – she decided to become a revolutionary (the tape started with „hippies, beat, riots, revolution,...“ and sounded very exciting). She also went on to inhale pop music history, became a beatles freak at 13, wearing only grey leggings (it was the early 90s, you know), reading emily bronte and climbing trees. At 14 though she hijacked her dad..s guitar, learned how to play and started writing songs (well... she didnt write her own lyrics at first but exploited her dad..s poetry books and put new musical clothes to w.h. auden, t.s. eliot and w.b. yeats). The lyrics started to flow at 18, when she moved to vienna and took to the open mic scene there. With her band the comrats she recorded the ep make me whole again in 2006. Sadly guitarists critical jim and esch decided to focus on other projects in spring 2007, which meant an end to the comrats as we know them, but not the end to laura & the comrats as a bandproject. at the moment laura is working on a solo recording project to be released in autumn 2008. keep watching this space for news!...“So much for that. As for my songs, they are an attempt to see through the mess that i make out of my life sometimes (and thus embrace it). i love good metaphors and images, there..s nothing better... a constant theme are dialectics and contradictions – good and bad, dream and reality, up and down, bitter and sweet.... always been fascinated by the contradiction of sadness and happyness in popmusic - cos the great songs touch a nerve, make you happy and sad, usually both at the same time. apart from that, i..m a socialist and as such, i..m a member of the committee for a workers.. international. have a look if we have members in your country and get active! we need a socialist world to get rid of war, racism, unemployment, women..s oppression and the like... if you want to contact me: laura.rafetseder@gmail.com- And now in German:
Laura Rafetseder hat sich in die Popgeschichte verliebt und verpackt das Inhalierte mittels Gitarre und Stimme in Songform. Inhaltlich geht es um die Geschichten des Kommens und Gehens, des Abschieds und des Wiederfindens. Wichtig sind dabei die Widersprüche: Die Schwäche in der Stärke, das Böse im Guten, die Melancholie in der Freude und die Freude an der Melancholie. Ihre Songs beklettern Bäume, lernen fliegen und tauchen in die Tiefe des Ozeans. Laura Rafetseder versucht an dem Punkt eine Stimme zu finden, an dem das Sprechen scheitert: Ein großer Song entsteht oft aus einem nicht fest zu machenden Punkt, der schmerzt. Alles Weitere folgt – und entfaltet sich in der Musik. This profile was edited with pimpthatsite.com Editor Get Your Own! | View SlideshowYou have been marked on my profile map! make your own map at: www.modmyprofile.com |
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Music:Member Since: 3/8/2006Band Website: comrats.at.tf Band Members: Singersongwriter laura rafetseder (voc, guit, songwriting); Line-up of ep "make me whole again": laura (voc) plus comrats esch (guitar), tino (double bass), critical jim (lead guitar) and marc bruckner (drums). photos by günther hofstätter. Influences: beatles, beatles, beatles, dylan, joni mitchell, fairport convention, sandy denny, natalie merchant, billie holiday, nick drake, jackson browne, simon and garfunkel, michelle shocked, kinks, hollies, zombies, monkees, colin blunstone, mike nesmith, melanie, small faces, moody blues, yardbirds, donovan, don mclean, james taylor, emmylou harris, early joan baez, tim hardin, early elton john, billy bragg, counting crows, r.e.m., stephen duffy, peter bruntnell, wallflowers, all sorts of 60s pop, smokey robinson & the miracles, ben e. king, martha & the vandellas, dion, blur, pulp, portishead, frames, ben folds, blind melon, springsteen, van morrison, csn&y, buffalo springfield, the who, 70s rock, colosseum, family, peter green, robert johnson, leadbelly, john prine, vashti bunyan, loudon wainwright III, townes van zandt, gillian welch, jackson c frank, ewan mccoll, debussy, bach, cole porter, charlie haden, laura nyro, all sorts of songwriters...the bronte sisters, w.h. auden, d. thomas, steinbeck, faulkner, ingeborg bachmann, jack kerouac,...marx, engels, lenin, trotsky - it´s very difficult to write good political songs though, which is why i dont. i admire those who do. instead, its just private dramas and all that stuff. allthough on the other hand, since capitalism is the cause of all those feelings of lonlyness and isolation (because if the ruling class didnt keep us isolated and employ divide and rule tactics we would take them over) that all songwriters know - mayb these songs are political...i wish i could be: a minor chord or a good metaphor...i love: the wind in the trees, whipped cream on my coffee, city lights at night, picking my nose, the beatles and river phoenix... Sounds Like: laura sounds like: there have been comparisons to natalie merchant... but to be honest, i dont know anyone who sounds like me - i always sound like myself, at least in terms of voice. the comrats sound like: we combine relaxed folk tinged sound with sixties pop and country rock. songs will tear at your heart and make you happy. Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Acoustic / Folk Rock) |
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My Blog |
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thinking about titles |
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| i will record some songs next week with some friends - its for the cd that is planned to be released via lindo records (hopefully in autumn). apart from that, the comrats are in the process of reform... Posted by laura & the comrats on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:49:00 PST |
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listening to |
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| if u get the chance, have a look at the evil olives. they r in my top friends list, they r really cool - and im related to one of them (*proud big sister*). they got a new song online, so give them a ... Posted by laura & the comrats on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:00:00 PST |
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video oh just to be |
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| i just posted a new video, taken by my mum at the bunkerei gig last week. it features the song 'oh just to be' with katrin navessi and stephan 'stoney' steiner. enjoy! Posted by laura & the comrats on Mon, 19 May 2008 04:51:00 PST |
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live recording from bunkerei gig |
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| you can listen to the live recording from last thursday's concert at the bunkerei augarten here: http://www.emap.fm/ondemandpart.php?id=9thanks a lot to emap.fm! Posted by laura & the comrats on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:24:00 PST |
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currently listening to |
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| a few songs who i listen to nonstop these days: snakes and ladders by basia bulatblonde in the bleachers by joni mitchellby the time it gets dark by sandy dennymorning light by clara luziasnakes and l... Posted by laura & the comrats on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:36:00 PST |
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new song: lives underground |
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| this is a new song. lives underground1deep down undergroundwhere we hide feelingshe hides people and breaks their free willdeep down undergroundwhere we ride trainsthey go in circles and troubled time... Posted by laura & the comrats on Sun, 04 May 2008 02:55:00 PST |
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a few thoughts on amstetten |
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| just in case anyone heard bout that sexual abuse case in amstetten (probably not many who havent heard about it) - heres a few thoughts. my grandparents used to live just around the corner, they didnt... Posted by laura & the comrats on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:18:00 PST |
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bye bye clouds, baby |
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| new song: bye bye clouds, babythis just came to me, it has a bit of an irish drinking song feeling, musically. i see two scenes before me: one from the film wonder boys, in which the main character is... Posted by laura & the comrats on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST |
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1918 song recorded |
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| recorded my workers’ song "1918" today, was surprised how good it sounds. wont b up this space for a listen though cos its gonna be on the compilation cd "8" by lindo records, assembling songs a... Posted by laura & the comrats on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:29:00 PST |
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lay your sleeping head |
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| ive just dug out the w.h. auden poem "lay your sleeping head my love" again, my dad had put music to it and we used to sing it together when i was in my teens. ironically i played it the other day, t... Posted by laura & the comrats on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:47:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Agnes Milewski, BODHII BLVD - new album out May 9th!!!, FRESCH, Boxer John, Harlequin´s Glance, Fadin’ to Whiteout, Skyside, Katrin Navessi, Dalia, marilies jagsch, Ernst Molden & Band, Mauerhead, susanna sawoff, 7th Wave, Evil Olive, thebigempty, The Staggers, Little Barrie, its a buffalo, Luka Bloom, Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time, Peter Case, Peter Bruntnell, Jackson C Frank, Colin Blunstone And Rod Argent, Sandy Denny, Kristen Vigard, Neko Case, Butterfly Boucher, Kate Rusby, Roddy Woomble, International Socialist Resistance, swi, the socialist, Socialist Party, socialistsuzy, Hugh, Athena (Lynn), Andrew Otty, christsch`N, Theory of Chameleon, Timeless Town, The Mary Janes, the merry poppins, Akim Jensch, MONSTERS OF THE ORDINARY, LOFI BOHÈME, anna f., liltom, MORYTA, Shaun Berkovits, Angelika Haas, Julia Hintermayer, Usignolo, Edward Mikalski, Pallawatsch, UFO Club Vienna, Bruno Ciccaglione, zibool, MITZELOS ADONIS, Paul - Song Lyricist, KuG Center, Levis Hostel, magdalena piatti /EP out 14th of May, Jostein, Ronny Doll goes soft, Marcin Suder, Margret Galler, The Clarences, Dani Vitar, Chris J.
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