2008 Woodie Awards
Porsches on the Autobahn show "trick moves"
Lauren Davis '08
Issue date: 2/7/07 Section: Entertainment
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Playing at the North Star Bar this Saturday is a band that is sure to turn a few heads and ears.
Playing amongst Adrienne Drake, and Steven Bloodbath at the CD release party for The Model, Porsches on the Autobahn will be making a stop in Philadelphia on their US tour. It can be expected that they will deliver off beat, off-key, energetic, techno pop phrases that are sure to amuse if not thoroughly entertain.
Porsches is a quartet from Germany that has cast a spell over their homeland before breaking into the US four years ago. Their Myspace page boasts a full tour schedule and lively reviews about their unique performance style and cheerful demeanor, along with clips of their music.
These techno wizards have much to offer willing audiences, from screaming down a curl on digital surfboards to walking the streets in white suits and bike helmets adorned with duct tape and disco balls (trust me it will make sense when you see them). They have a certain "wow" factor here in America, prancing around in front of green screens and using technology that hasn't really made it out of the early 90s.
Even those not so inclined to such an electronic style of music can take pleasure in their simplistic English phrases and gross generalizations about American culture ("American girls are sexy girls, funny girls, but sexy girls."). This past December, the band released their first DVD in America, loaded with 11 of their original MP3s and videos, and an hour of extras, including "What Makes a Trick Move, " and "Otto [Jayayyemmri]'s Hospital Trip."
Paul Greenhouse, who has worked with greats such as Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen, has helped with the production of this release. This surely a change of pace for him, but for all we know Porsches is just really big in Germany. The lyrics of Jayayyemmri and Bauer may be somewhat simplistic, but the real entertainment from the group is in the way their songs are executed. Exuding confidence and vigor throughout their performances, videos, and recordings over creative synthesizer riffs and signature "trick dance moves", Porsches have a lot of potential to captivate an open-minded crowd. If their live performances are anything like their psychedelic music videos, fans are surely in for a treat for the Philly performance.
Playing amongst Adrienne Drake, and Steven Bloodbath at the CD release party for The Model, Porsches on the Autobahn will be making a stop in Philadelphia on their US tour. It can be expected that they will deliver off beat, off-key, energetic, techno pop phrases that are sure to amuse if not thoroughly entertain.
Porsches is a quartet from Germany that has cast a spell over their homeland before breaking into the US four years ago. Their Myspace page boasts a full tour schedule and lively reviews about their unique performance style and cheerful demeanor, along with clips of their music.
These techno wizards have much to offer willing audiences, from screaming down a curl on digital surfboards to walking the streets in white suits and bike helmets adorned with duct tape and disco balls (trust me it will make sense when you see them). They have a certain "wow" factor here in America, prancing around in front of green screens and using technology that hasn't really made it out of the early 90s.
Even those not so inclined to such an electronic style of music can take pleasure in their simplistic English phrases and gross generalizations about American culture ("American girls are sexy girls, funny girls, but sexy girls."). This past December, the band released their first DVD in America, loaded with 11 of their original MP3s and videos, and an hour of extras, including "What Makes a Trick Move, " and "Otto [Jayayyemmri]'s Hospital Trip."
Paul Greenhouse, who has worked with greats such as Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen, has helped with the production of this release. This surely a change of pace for him, but for all we know Porsches is just really big in Germany. The lyrics of Jayayyemmri and Bauer may be somewhat simplistic, but the real entertainment from the group is in the way their songs are executed. Exuding confidence and vigor throughout their performances, videos, and recordings over creative synthesizer riffs and signature "trick dance moves", Porsches have a lot of potential to captivate an open-minded crowd. If their live performances are anything like their psychedelic music videos, fans are surely in for a treat for the Philly performance.
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