Les Nuits Sonores tears down the house...again

  • 8 years ago
Ogris Debris

Austrian electro music duo Ogris Debris kicked off the inauguration night of the “Nuits sonores”, the electro music festival in the French city of Lyon.

In 10 years they have become one of Austria’s most acclaimed electronic music acts and their energetic live shows have inspired clubbers from Tokyo to Paris, London and Moscow. Now their debut album Constant Spring is out.

The pair are typical of a new generation of musicians who do not need classical instruments to make music.

“I once learned to play the guitar a little at music school but I do not have a real conservatory education,” says Gregor Ladenhauf.

“He can do everything just a little bit,” says Daniel Kohlmeigne.

“I have a multi-media training and my main instrument is of course the computer, I use my voice to imitate whatever instrument comes to mind,” adds Ladenhauf.

Kohlmeigner says he is even less trained.

“I am a pure button turner, I push keys and knobs. My world is the digital world, unf