Contact High

e des Rock’n’Roll verwandelt. Musik für Spätnachtmelancholiker (klangskizzerei.at) “Electric White Boy Blues” oder “Stoner Indie” (musik-news.at) sind einige der ausgefallenen musikalischen Portmanteaus, die versuchen das weitreichende Soundspektrum von Contact High zu beschreiben. Beeinflusst durch den DIY-Ethos von Punk-Bands wie Fugazi und mit dem Sound von Garage Bands der frühen 2000er wie den Strokes in ihren Ohren, begannen sie selbst Songs aufzunehmen und so viele Shows wie möglich zu spielen, immer mit dem Ziel ihre Spielkünste zu verbessern. Mit der Erfahrung wuchsen dann auch die Einflüsse – vom experimentellen Zugang von Rock-Bands wie den Queens of the Stone Age, den atmosphärischen Soundtracks von Spaghetti Western und den dröhnenden Beats von Old School Hip Hop, nahmen Contact High ihr erstes Album 'Lessons from Defeat' auf und veröffentlichten es 2016 selbst.

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Loud bursts of guitars, hammering drum-grooves, punching bass-lines, now and then even scattered, almost sacral organ parts are the elements which make up Contact High’s sound. Even though Contact High are a traditional four-piece, their music is anything but traditional, which is further exemplified through their stage design, which turns even the smallest club into a place of worship at the altar of Rock’n’Roll. “Music for late-night-romantics” (klangskizzerei.at), “Electric White Boy Blues” or “Stoner Indie” (musik-news.at) are just some of the eclectic musical portmanteaus with which people have tried to capture the vast musical pallet that is Contact High’s sound. They wasted their adolescence playing and listening to loud music in their parent’s basements. Influenced by the DIY ethos of punk bands such as Fugazi and with the sounds of the early 2000s garage rock bands such as The Strokes in their ears, they started recording songs on their own, played every show they possibly could, honing their skills along the way. As their experience grew, their influences began to expand as well — now enticed by the experimental approach of rock bands such as the Queens of the Stone Age, the atmospheric soundtracks of Spaghetti Westerns and the booming beats of Old School Hip Hop, Contact High recorded and self-released their first record 'Lessons from Defeat' in 2016.