Twinnies (duo)

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Twinnies
OriginNeufang, Bavaria, Germany
Genresrock,[1] pop, volksmusik
LabelsAriola[2] (Sony BMG)
Past membersAstrid Paster
Franziska Pauli

Twinnies was a musical duo from Bavaria consisting of Astrid Paster and Franziska Pauli. They were noted for singing and playing their accordions while rollerblading.[1][3][4]

Biography[edit]

Astrid Paster and Franziska Pauli lived in the small Bavarian village of Neufang, which had only 40 inhabitants.[1] They played guitar and steirische harmonikas since childhood.[5] They said that they were such good friends that they could be considered twins.[1]

The duo demonstrated the unique talent of performing while rollerblading.[1][3] They explained: "The idea came about by accident. We used to perform music in the evenings at Astrid's father's health resort hotel, and [once] while we were out on rollerskates in the middle of the day, the guests asked us to take our accordions out".[1] It was at that hotel that they were discovered by DJ Ötzi's producer Christian Seitz. As he said, "[t]he girls were so brilliant that I signed them the same evening".[5]

On March 6, 2009, the Twinnies (then aged 12 and 13) released their debut album Wir rocken auf Rollen ("We Rock on Rolls") on Sony BMG.[6][5] The album contained songs written for them by DJ Ötzi's producers Seitz and Martin Neumeyer. Franciska explained: "We told the two which topics we would like to sing about. That included our passion for long talks, as well as fashion and karaoke parties".[1]

On March 7, 2009,[7] they debuted on television, on the ARD folk music program Musikantenstadl.[5] Their performance (with accordions on rollerblades)[5][4] brought them instant fame.[1] A video of the duo on that day's show (they sang a song "Bayernmädels" from their debut album) is now popular on YouTube, having attracted over 14 million views by the end of 2017.[8]

Members[edit]

The members of the group were:[9]

  • Astrid Paster (born May 20, 1996)
  • Franziska Pauli (born November 24, 1995)

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Charts
AUT
[10]
Wir rocken auf Rollen
  • Released: March 6, 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Format(s): CD
 64

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Twinnies: Bayern-Rockerinnen auf Rollen". WZ.de. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ^ "Musicbox MP3 Downloads Twinnies – Wir rocken auf Rollen". Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "Twinnies – wir rocken auf rollen". Pressemitteilung WS. 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
    "Twinnies – wir rocken auf rollen". Press-On. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  4. ^ a b Julia Höfer – Sony Music (Sony Music) (2009-08-13). "Twinnies: Wandern mit Hansi Hinterseer – Astrid und Franziska sind die Stargäste beim Open Air in Kitzbühel". online-star-news – OSN Aktuell. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Twinnies mischen Musikantenstadl auf". Bild.de. 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ^ "Twinnies – Releases". Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2017-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "TWINNIES // Mit ihrer CD "Wir rocken auf Rollen" bringen sie frischen Wind ins Musikgeschäft!". Smago.de. 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ^ "Die Twinnies – Bayernmädels – 2 Girls playing steirische harmonika on rollerskates !". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  9. ^ "Twinnies official website". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2017-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (To see the profiles, go to "Bio > Steckbriefe".)
  10. ^ "Discographie Twinnies – austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2017-11-20.

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