The new album “let it touch you” celebrates the 20th anniversary of the still active jam band “Café Drechsler” from Austria.

It is an acoustic adventure, a colorful bouquet of flowers with the scent of a long journey of this extraordinary as well as unique band from Austria. The three protagonists Ulrich Drechsler – saxophone, Oliver Steger – double bass and Alex Deutsch – drums, are all artists who have been experienced for decades, extremely active internationally in the most diverse formations as well as with their own individual projects, and who now seem to move light-footedly and weightlessly between genres with their own stylistic means of jamming and improvisation, without compromising or betraying their “trade mark sound and groove”.

Striking this time compared to the three previous albums are the multitude of national and international guests, such as Martin Klein, “King Batson” and other great artists*. They are all at home in very different genres and to a large extent also known on the international stage. Unusual for the band is that this album can now be titled as a “real” album and is not just a random stringing together of different tracks and songs.

Whether it’s a crisp hip hop track like “touch it”, ‘electro flavours’ and trance-like vocals on “contact trace”, a live deep house track like “lucky bounce”, the beautifully touching yet extraordinary ballad single “sense of coming” or a chanson like “tout perdu”, the new album shows the diversity and variability of “Café Drechsler”.

Tracklist:

01. Touch It feat. Edson Sean & Stephan Kondert (02:51)
02. Fast House (5:25)
03. Contact Trace feat. Andi Fraentzl (4:50)
04. Chanson Noir (5:00)
05. International Connections feat. “King” Batson (3:12)
06. Wild Jam (2:23)
07. Mon Labyrinthe feat. Valerie Sajdik & Chris Bernewitz (6:25)
08. On Your Mind feat. Origami Punani (3:41)
09. Night Flight (3:47)
10. Sense Of Coming feat. Martin Klein (4:43)
11. Brushing It Off (4:44)
12. Lucky Bounce (5:35)
13. Ballad For A Lonely Coffee Bean (5:37)
14. Tout Perdu feat. Valerie Sajdik & Christoph Bernewitz (5:29)

Credits:

1) “touch it” feat. Edson Sean & Stephan Kondert
written by Edson Sean: Gerald Trotman / ASCAP member id #1628805 , PI nr. #421526981 , Stephan Kondert / AKM – aume, Ulrich Drechsler / AKM -aume, Oliver Steger / AKM – aume und AleX Deutsch / AKM – aume
Lyrics written by Edison Sean: Gerald Trotman / ASCAP

2) fast house
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger und AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

3) contact trace feat. Andi Fraentzl (Bauchklang)
written by Andi Fraentzl, Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume
Lyrics written by Andi Fraentzl / AKM – aume

4) chanson noir
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

5) international connections feat. “King” Batson
written by Mark “King” Batson – ASCAP, Ulrich Drechsler / AKM – aume, Oliver Steger / AKM – aume & AleX Deutsch / AKM – aume
Lyrics written by Mark Batson / ASCAP

6) wild jam
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger und AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

7) mon labyrinthe feat. Valerie Sajdik & Chris. Bernewitz
written by Valerie Sajdik / AKM – aume, Christoph Bernewitz / GEMA, Urich Drechsler / AKM – aume, Oliver Steger / AKM – aume & AleX Deutsch / AKM – aume
Lyrics written by Valerie Sajdik / AKM – aume

8) on your mind feat. Origami Punani
written by Moritz Schnürl, Sebastian Gansch , Philipp Gstrein, Aljosha Kareem Pfeifer, Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger und AleX Deutsch alle AKM – aume,
Lyrics written by Moritz Schmidt, Philipp Gstrein und Aljosha Kareem Pfeifer, alle AKM – aume

9) night flight
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

10) sense of coming feat. Martin Klein
written by Martin Werner Klein , Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger und AleX Deutsch. alle AKM – aume
Lyrics written by AleX Deutsch

11) brushing it off
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

12) lucky bounce
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

13) ballad for a lonely coffee bean
written by Ulrich Drechsler, Oliver Steger & AleX Deutsch, alle AKM – aume

14) tout perdu feat. Valerie Sajdik & Christoph Bernewitz
written by Valerie Sajdik / AKM – aume, Christoph Bernewitz / GEMA, Urich Drechsler / AKM – aume, Oliver Steger / AKM – aume & AleX Deutsch / AKM – aume
Lyrics written by Valerie Sajdik / AKM – aume

all songs recorded by Dieter Herndl @ Rikitik Studios – St. Andrä Wördern except 1) and 6) by David Piribauer @ the mushroom studios Pinkafeld

all songs mixed and mastered by Clive Martin @ chateau la grave, Bordeaux and, assisted by AleX @ the mushroom studios, Pinkafeld

Kriso Leinfellner – cover art
Max Parovsky – photo & video art

Line-Up:

Ulrich Drechsler – saxophones
Oliver Steger – double bass
AleX Deutsch – drums
Valerie Sajdik – vocals
Edson Sean – vocals
“King” Batson – vocals, keyboards
Martin Klein – vocals, piano
Andi Fraentzl – vocals, electronic devices
Moritz Schmidt – vocals, keyboards, programming
Philipp Gstrein – vocals
Aljosha Kareem Pfeifer – vocals, guitar, programming
Christoph Bernewitz – guitar
Stephan Kondert – electric bass