DRAMAS

DRAMAS skillfully master the art of the in-between: between a heavy heart and the knowledge that everything changes, that nothing stands still.

The Artpop duo’s previous successes read impressively and with Twenty Oh Nineteen, DRAMAS are back after a longer release break. They surprise with hypnotic sounds, driving beats and a powerful new single that enriches their already multi-faceted and independent musical microcosm with another element, without foregoing the band’s characteristic style. A convincing foretaste of the third DRAMAS album, which is due to be released in 2025 and promises to be their most personal and direct work to date.

„‚Twenty Oh Nineteen‘ is about intense emotional development, about progress and regression – about nostalgia, the present and the feeling of loss of control.“ At its core, it’s about the realization that love for another person is the only thing that is real is permanent. The five-year production period with countless revisions is a musical summary of our own lives and the finished song is something like a snapshot of our own lives in our present being.“

DRAMAS

Formed in 2016, DRAMAS immediately presented a strong, emotional debut with their first album Nothing Is Permanent (2018) and landed indie airplay hits across Europe with several singles from it. Subsequently, Viktoria Winter and Mario Wienerroither – who incidentally inspires millions of people worldwide with his Musicless Music videos on Youtube and is thus even an official BBC award winner – also made a name for themselves as an exciting live band. DRAMAS convinced at numerous festivals or as top-class tour support for the British shooting star Cosmo Sheldrake.

The fact that DRAMAS can also be counted on internationally in the long term was underlined by the duo’s numerous successful singles, which they have released during the last four years. Their powerful long-running hit Bloodbath, their indie anthems AFK Mode, blah blah, Fame and their new wave hit Undercover Dreamer for example caused a sensation on over 100 radio stations across Europe.

Driven by the fascination for unconscious opposites and resistances, Viktoria Winter and Mario Wienerroither once again wrap the clash of different worlds, perspectives and emotions into reduced, deeply moving music on their self-titled second album (2021).

What’s so heavy on this mind?, DRAMAS once asked in a song and to this day they consistently celebrate the juxtaposition of these opposites also musically with their very own sound. With apparent ease, Wienerroither blends stylistic ingredients from various genres, cinematic soundscapes, synthesizer, electro, drum and percussion sounds with Winter’s unmistakable voice to create an even greater whole.

The third DRAMAS album has been announced for 2025.

Photos © Tim Cavadini