CARI CARI – PRESS ENGLISH

“Cari Cari is the biggest discovery of Primavera Sound Barcelona 2018”
Rolling Stone Magazine

Cari Cari is Stephanie Widmer (Vocals, Drums & Didgeridoo) and Alexander Koeck (Vocals, Guitars). The duo lived in London, Hamburg and Madrid before releasing their debut album “Anaana”. They were called “the lovechild of The Kills and The xx” (IndieShuffle, US) “with the raw grit of a Cat Power record” (BestBefore, AUS) and “a pinch of Ennio Morricone ” (FM4, AUT). Since their inception, Cari Cari have been tirelessly working to create their own world, carefully crafting everything from their music to their artwork, videos to set design in-house. This meticulous attention to detail has earned the band a loyal following; Rolling Stone Magazine called them ‘the biggest discovery of Primavera Sound Festival’, their die-hard fans sold out 1000+ capacity rooms across Europe and their debut album was praised by the likes of NME, KCRW, Rolling Stone, BBC Radio 1 and many more.

However, for the band, all roads have led them to Kookoo Island. The product of years of world-building, the upcoming album Welcome To Kookoo Island, was born from a desire to retreat from modern-day life completely. “Kookoo Island is our libertatia, the utopia of what we think the world should be like,” explains Widmer. “It seems to be cuckoo to dream of such a place right now, but dreaming of what we want the world to be like is the first step towards making it a reality,” she continues.

CARI CARI – PRESSETEXT DEUTSCH

Der Rolling Stone nennt Cari Cari die wichtigste Live-Entdeckung des Primavera Sound Festivals in Barcelona. Das Duo schaffte es auf Platz 6 der meistgebuchten Newcomer Europas und wird seit ihrem Debut “AMERIPPINDUNKLER” von Blogs und Magazinen weltweit als eine der spannendsten Neuentdeckungen Europas gehandelt. Internationale Medien bezeichnen das Duo abwechselnd als “The Lovechild Of The Kills and The XX” (IndieShuffle, US) „with a pinch of Morricone“(FM4, AUT) oder die nächsten “Cat Power“ (BestBefore, AUS). Bei unzähligen Auftritten von Australien bis Portugal und auf renommierten Festivals, wie Eurosonic Noorderlsag (NL), The Great Escape (UK), Linecheck Milano (ITA) übertraf Cari Cari wieder und wieder die Erwartungen aller Teilnehmer und wurde auch in Österreich am Waves Vienna Festival von einer internationalen Expertenjury zur besten Newcomer-Band des Landes gekürt (XA-Award).