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 gets too much 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 founding 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." Aside from the campfire story “Alke,” the five musicians also tell stories of home “in and of themselves” – of togetherness (“Holt un Isen”) and loss (“Wii”), the forces of nature (“De Wind”) and community (“Schwotte & Witte”). Who hasn’t experienced that night of drinking that never ends (“Knäidäipte”) or the eccentric neighbor (“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.
01 Alke
02 Anne Førsück
03 Äs Holt & Isen
04W
05 Schwotte & Witte
06 The Wind
07 Urvert Öwer
08 De Dicken Aiken
09 Knäidäipte
10 If we didn't have
11 I am the man
