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about
It's a bitterly cold night in winter 2021. Everything is quiet, and Michi
Rieder sits completely scattered in the living room of his house, in the midst of dust and ashes. He is keeping a fire watch. Together with his family they were just fighting the angry flames. Now the fire is extinguished, the lungs dried up, the skin black from soot. Completely agitated and in the face of the disaster, he grabs his baby-sitar and writes "Easy Riders" within a few minutes. It will be the new single of his DIY project Nikolaus Wolf, a burning hot road trip out of the pandemic desert. A song about fire, fear & fighters.
Even if Reeperbahnfestival announces him as "Weird Guy From Bavaria", this guy does not sound Bavarian at all. Michi Rieder lives out his soft spot for Sixties Rock, Neo Folk & Brit Pop to the fullest under the name of his great-grandpas "Nikolaus Wolf". Accordingly, the Süddeutsche Zeitung calls him a "chameleon of pop music of the second half of the 20th century. Century“. Well, a certain sympathy for Liam Gallagher or John Lennon cannot be ignored.
With his first EP "Roekki Zimt" (2017), Nikolaus Wolf has already caused some stir, since he "unites the spirit of the British 1960s with contemporary folk interpretations" (intro). He composes music for film and plays over 100 shows with his band in half of Europe, while the song "Human Lights" runs up and down in a commercial in the EU & USA.
It has taken a period of five years for Nikolaus Wolf to finally be in the starting blocks with new material. He has experienced a lot and also has a lot to tell - after all, he has become father for the
second time and recently survived a tumor. And there was still this inspiring fire in the winter of 2021, which gave birth to his new single "Easy Riders". It's a departure into darker, more serious corners. While the debut EP was rooted in cheerful indie singer-songwriter folk, the new work is a lot rougher and angular, the journey embraces the Sixties Rock'n'Roll between London, New York & the California desert - as if it were at a wild class reunion of Rolling Stones, the Kinks & Velvet Underground.
lyrics
Fire in the house of my mother,
the burning wires in the wall of her son.
I smell the fire and the soot on my brother,
like a minor with the coals on his skin.
You’re drowned in clouds at the gates of life.
Fire and the flames getting higher, you’re a fighter and you’re facing the death.
You’re drowned in clouds at the gates of life.
The things you‘ve lost aren‘t worth to die.
Easy riders, you’re riding through a desert storm.
Easy riders, you‘re riding on a devil’s road.
Easy riders, you fight against a burning wall.
Take a deep breath and evil’s gone.
credits
released January 28, 2022
Lyrics by Michi Rieder
Composition by Michi Rieder & Dominik Schauer
Produced by Michi Rieder & Thomas Pronai
Mixed by Thomas Pronai, Container Recordings
Mastered by Ludwig Maier, GKG Mastering
Video by Ivo Thomann
Artwork by Michi Rieder & Ivo Thomann
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