Music that makes you laugh without ever becoming silly.
What happens when you mix life in the provinces with a healthy dose of humor, a pinch of melancholy, and a variety of unusual instruments? The result is the unmistakable sound of Shakti and Matze – formerly "MON MARI ET MOI." The duo from Kaiserslautern has carved out a niche for itself with its "cabaret pop": music that makes you laugh without ever becoming silly.
After hundreds of concerts across Germany, the two are now presenting their latest program, "Testsieger – Lieder, getestet und getüvt" (Test Winner – Songs, Tested and Approved). In it, they sing about the small and large oddities of everyday life – from quickly forgotten resolutions to seven-zone pocket spring mattresses to fellow human beings who say goodbye with a hearty "Tschüssikowski." Handmade and wonderfully analog, without any electronics, but with an expressive voice and an arsenal of instruments rarely seen on a pop stage:
Shakti Paqué captivates with her singing, the autoharp, and the futuristic-nostalgic stylophone. Mathias "Matze" Paqué provides surprising timbres on the guitar, keyboard glockenspiel, and wah-wah tube.
Shakti and Matze manage to take their audience's minds off things. It's music for people who are looking for authenticity and like to smile at themselves.
Internet: www.shaktiundmatze.deÂ
