November 2005

	For their 30th anniversary, the Cologne rock group BAP have re-recorded their greatest hits with a number of guest artists, including Hubert von Goisern, Xavier Naidoo and Ray Davies. The double album Dreimal zehn Jahre is released on 18th November 2005 and HvG is to be heard on the track Rita, mir zwei - he plays his accordion and sings a duet with Wolfgang Niedecken from BAP. Dreimal zehn Jahre ist also available as a "Special Edition" with bonus DVD. Monika Marcowitz, who also directed BAP's most recent video clips and filmed the band in the last few months, was able to capture the shining moments with the duet partners, as well as the fun atmosphere in the studio and at the concerts. Hubert von Goisern is to be seen on the DVD.
Double-CD: Amazon.de		Double-CD & DVD: Amazon.de
	2008: Hubert von Goisern has invited BAP to join him on his Linz Europe Tour concert ship. The concert will take place on 15th August 2008 in Cologne at the Südbrücke. Learn more here: Linz Europe Tour

Photos: Karl-Maria Hofer © EMI | Click to enlarge

Rita mir zwei: Audio sample - © EMI

What happened with the meeting of the two ethnicities: BAP and Hubert von Goisern?

Wolfgang Niedecken: That was really sweet. Hage Hein, Hubert's manager, made the connection, which worked straightaway. It was only about the suitable title. I sang the High German part of Rita on a demo tape and sent it to him. Then he came to Cologne and said, he would rather colour in the song with his dialect. Then in the studio he rewrote his part, so that the two ethnicities actually collided. It was really a great moment of dialect art, Hubert von Goisern is not an artist who sucks up to the people of his clan. You do that a lot in Cologne. Here, you constantly butter someone up, saying how super they are. (AMM)

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Song by song: RITA, MIR ZWEI (1995) The tour with the Leopardefellband is over, there are only a few festival appearances lined up. Spend the time in between with the Leoparden guitarist Carl Carlton in Lanzarote. I've taken the two new pieces of music for the planned, otherwise compiled BAP greatest hits album with me, a ballad and a fast piece, in order to write lyrics for them here in peace. The original lyrics for the ballad is this here, which was then put away in Cologne in favour of Ich danz met dir and only taken out again four years later for Tonfilm. The idea of inviting Hubert von Goisern to Rita came to me quite late. Making the joint session, where he still had to develop his Austrian lyrics, all the more enjoyable. (www.BAP.de)

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Rita, mer zwei rose to a downright classic Dylan track. The duet between Hubert von Goisern and Wolfgang Niedecken, fired by accordion and acoustic guitar, is a humourous and linguistically brilliant clash between the dialects of Austria and Cologne. (Capitol Music)

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In the process, the guests prove almost casually that BAP lyrics work very happily in high German too, even in Austrian, as "alpine rocker" Hubert von Goisern shows on Rita mir zwei. (Freie Presse)

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The highpoint among the guests is Hubert von Goisern's contribution, which brings together two very strong dialects. (Pop-Info)

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