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May 27th 2008
Almost 6 month and 3 trips to Europe later, finally an update...... And the latest developement: I met with another Fischbacher, Axel Fischbacher that is, guitarist from Cologne/Germany. We figured, since there are really only a few musicians out there with that distinctive last name, we might as well join forces. So Phishbacher feat. Fischbacher was born! To be heard live in late october 2008 in Germany. And directly ahead of me is several weeks of work finishing up the upcoming CD "Proof that!", which we recorded in NYC a few month ago. I'll be back in Europe in June for a few concerts, one of them a big festival in Prague/CZ, which I am really excited about. peace walter
Dec 6thth, 2007
Finally getting to updating the website. Just put up all the stuff from the last tour in Europe
in Oct/Nov 2007. We got 2 Live CDs out of it, one with the Quartet, feat. Kuba Dolezal on saxophone, and
one just with the trio, unplugged! Until then I'll be doing my regular Wednesday trio gigs at the Water Street Restaurant in Brooklyn. Cheers WF July 18th, 2007
It's about time for some updates.... cheers March 29th, 2007
Just put up new pix from the last tour, check them out here.
The tour was great, everything worked out in the end. Although my special drummer friend (he, who can't be named for legal reasons, )
left me hanging pretty good, cancelling on me just 10 days before the tour
should start, the new man on the bass, Lukas Kytnar got on the phone, and
he found two great drummers who could fill in without much time notice.(Petr Zeman and Otto Heinic, they both did a wonderful job!!!)
I'll be back soon with Elisabeth Lohninger in the beginning of May, and later on for one more week with the trio. walter
Nov 23rd, 2006
Back home again, taking a little brake from playing out the next months. Working on new material, enjoying some quality time
just me and the piano.... peace WF Oct 6th, 2006
Last preparations before take off, had the last rehearsal yesterday. Those guys kick ass!!!!You have to come out see Steve Jenkins ripping it apart, never heard anything like it!!
Just finished mixing and mastering the next Elisabeth Lohninger 4tet CD,
so i got all the time now to do the last preparations
for the upcoming tour.
Sitting here in Trebic(SK) in the middle of Laco Deczi's European Tour and just learned that todays gig is cancelled.
The good thing about that is that i finally get to write a little blog here that's overdue since about a month.
And it also makes me feel better because i am not the only one on who's tour gigs get cancelled .....:)
March 15th
Just finished the last rehearsal..Europe, we are ready!!!
peace
walter
Jan 31st, 2006
Lots of new things happening since we're back from the last tour:
And our next tour in Europe is slowly taking shape, I'll post the dates as soon as they are confirmed.
That's it for today, hope I'll see you at one of those gigs.
cheers
Dec 16th
Back home in NYC, just put some pictures from the last tour up on the site. Check it out here.
Everything went smooth, a big thank you to everybody who helped to make it happen, Hari, Orlando, Elisabeth, Hanka, Luzia, our sponsors:
Yamaha, Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague, Soundproduction Vienna.
peace wf
Nov 15th
The tour in Europe is rolling, everything is going well so far, no major car breakdowns, no nervous breakdowns of
bandmembers, no fistfights in the bus... :).
This has nothing to do with "phishbacher", but check this out:
A song that Pete Macnamara, Elisabeth Lohninger and I coproduced a while ago, called "Fucking fucking fuck" is gonna be licensed to a not
too small Hollywood movie with the title.. yes, you gessed right, "Fuck!"
Are you curios now? Check out www.splatpattern.com
wf
Sept. 13th
Finally, finished the recording and mixing of our latest CD "Infinity ltd", featuring Randy Brecker, Ric Fierabracci, Jeff McErlain and Bernard Ullrich.
Those cats are burning!!!Check it out here!!
Other than that, last preparations for the upcoming tour. Having a little warmup gig at Bar 169 (169 East Broadway/Essex)
on upcoming monday Nov 19th 11pm.
peace
walter
August 17th Big News: We finally found an electric bass player for our upcoming
tour in november: Orlando Marin!!! Fans of Steve Doyle, don't be sad, he'll be back four our next
accoustic project. The tour is slowly taking it's final shape, starting Nov 4th in
Germany, up to Dec 7th in CZ Republic. It's gonna be a blast. And I'm about halfway through the production of our next CD, which will
be released in October. No sleep for me...... peace wf June 14th, 2005 Feb 25th, 2005 Back from our short but intense week in Europe. A big THANK YOU here to all who have made that tour possible: Volkmar Theil (Soundproductions, Vienna),Christoph Huber (porgy&bess),
Peter Baumgaertner and Ali Haurand (Jazzschmiede Duesseldorf), Fecke Luzia and
Lila Andzrejewsky (Ignis, Koeln), Tom (Enkirch) , Sepp Mayr in
my hometown Voecklabruck, and Herbert Uhlir (Oe1), to all of
you who came out to those concerts, and to all of you who
prayed and chanted for me (after falling asleep with 90 km/h on the
highway all that happend was a damaged headlight....). We got some nice video footage from the gig in Duesseldorf, should be
up on the website in a few days. It will be aired on April 12 around
midnight on WDR3. Also check the Oe1 Jazznacht in a few weeks. gotta go edit that video now... cheers wf 2004 almost over... happy new year everybody. Back in NYC for a month, it's like I've never been away.. it sucks you
in again in a second..I just managed to set up the next little trip to
Europe in Feb 2005, should be exiting!!Working on a couple of new songs
for phishbacher lately, as well as doing some sideman work with the cat's
from Skunk Tank (great band, great guys: ric fierabracci, joel hoeckstra, joel rosenblatt, check it out!) cheers wf Dec 5th, 2004 Just arrived back in NY from 7 weeks in Europe, trying to sort things
out, updating the website etc. Our first tour with Phishbacher went really well, people were diggin'
our music , and most places booked us already for April 2005! We also recorded most concerts, and you can listen to the newest live
tracks in the audio section of this website. And the best thing: We were invited to Jazzschmide Düsseldorf to do a
live recording with WDR on Feb 16th 2005. Many thanks to Olaf and Thomas from Jazz'n'Arts for the great work,
hooking us up with CD reviews, gigs etc!!! I really like the gig ant Cafe
Prag in Mannheim, it was a great audience and a beautiful location. I'll keep you posted with any upcoming gigs in NYC in the near
future cheers Walter Oct 4th 2004
All right, folks, I'm almost on the road. Got one last gig with laco deczi in New Heaven on tue 0ct 5th,
and then we're gonna be on the bus for the next 2 month or so.
walter
sept 9th 2004 It's been a busy time since the last update of this site......sorry for
that. the news:
"Chillin' " just got released on the German label "JazznArts" and has been getting airplay
throughout Europe! I have also been working on some new projects over the last half year. We just finished Elisabeth Lohninger's new CD (www.lohninger.net), which is basically "Phishbacher + vocals". And I have been working on some new tunes for our upcoming tour in Europe in November, this time a little more electric that the last project. If you want to get a taste of that new flavor, check out our chilled tuesdays in september at the white rabbit. wf dec 15th 2003 |
