Here comes the Low German revolution with folk-rock in Low German from the Osnabrück region. Wippsteert invites you to a very special Low German evening: melodic alternative rock meets thumping folk music and pub charm from the guitar case. In short: Music up Low German. Original compositions with rustic lyrics tell everyday stories and provincial wisdom that have had many a dialect fan singing along at the edge of the stage. Thanks to mandolin, banjo, and harmonica, Wippsteert becomes a rock band with a folk touch – down-to-earth, honest, and straightforward.

With "An un för' sück," Wippsteert released their second full-length album in 2019 in cooperation with Timezone Records. The opening track, "Alke," is already a token of love for the Low German language. When an innkeeper's greed becomes too great while he distracts the villagers from their duties, he falls into ruin. He and his inn sink into the ground, and from then on, he is condemned to eke out an existence as a ghost. At the stroke of 12 at night, so the story goes, he can be summoned. Entire generations have passed down the "Alkensage." It tells the story of the origins of the village of Alfhausen in the Osnabrück region and has now been set to music by Wippsteert.

Cheating? Low German doesn't know that. He eats "Urvert Öwer." Even beyond the campfire tale "Alke," the five musicians tell stories of home—of solidarity ("Holt un Isen") and loss ("Wii"), the forces of nature ("De Wind") and community ("Schwotte & Witte"). Who hasn't experienced those drunken nights that never end ("Knäidäipte") or the eccentric neighbors ("Wenn' we ümm nich hat hadden")?
"An un för' sück" was recorded and produced by Matthias Lohmöller at the DocMaKlang studio in Osnabrück. The production is supported by the Osnabrücker Land Regional Association and the Osnabrück District.
Wippsteert formed in 2014 in Alfhausen-Thiene in the northern Osnabrück district of Lower Saxony. About a year later, the musicians produced and released their first album, "Folkplattcore," entirely on their own.