KLAUS AT THE PYHRNBAHN/MICHELDORF IN UPPER AUSTRIA. The Austrian rock band “Alle Warning” is a guest at the Kremsmauer Festival in Micheldorf in September. To get in the mood for the concert, Tips editor Sophie Kepplinger led singer Christian Stani and guitarist Markus “Max” Bieder to the eponymous summit.
The temperatures are still pleasantly cool when the somewhat unusual hiking group meets at the starting point in Steyrling. Equipped with enough snacks, water and motivation for the approximately three-hour ascent, Christian Stani and Markus Bieder from the Austrian rock band “Alle Warning” lace up their shoes – and follow Tips editor Sophie Kepplinger along the forest path in a northerly direction. The reason for the mountain tour and the important visitor from Graz: the Kremsmauer Festival in Micheldorf in September. There, “Alle Attention” will set the mood on Wednesday, September 7th, with hits like “Marie” and “Bowie” on the stage in the Micheldorf amusement park.
180 percent passion
“We attach great importance to the visuals of the show. Concerts these days have to be an overall experience to be remembered. In any case, visitors to the Kremsmauer Festival should be excited,” reveals guitarist Markus Bieder. It is important for the two Grazers and their three bandmates to inspire the audience: “The passion that we show on stage, the 180 percent that we give – that also transfers to the visitors,” Christian Stani is convinced.
Inspiration along the way
In the meantime it feels like 30 degrees, the path is getting steeper and the step lengths shorter. Again and again there are short breaks in the shade – and interesting views of the surrounding mountain landscape. “Excursions like this and getting out give us a lot of inspiration and creativity,” says Markus Bieder. Will there be a song about the beautiful Kremsmauer soon? “Can’t be ruled out,” he replies with a smile.
The summit in view
After about 1,000 meters of ascent, the two Grazers breathe a sigh of relief: the summit has been scaled, the Kremsmauer climbed. “If the audience in Micheldorf is only half as beautiful as this mountain, then the festival can only be terrific,” says Christian Stani happily. With this summit victory, the two musicians are one step ahead of the other bands at the Kremsmauer Festival. “It will be a completely different feeling when we drive here in September, look up from the festival location and say: ‘Hey, we’ve been up there!'”