Son of the Velvet Rat

In the organizer's words:

SON OF THE VELVE RAT (A/US)

"Haunting folk noir melodies" -PASTE MAG (US)

Son of the Velvet Rat - a name like something out of a noir novel, music like the soundtrack to one. Georg Altziebler sings as if Leonard Cohen had forgotten his voice in the desert sands of California. This is about atmosphere, about stories, about loneliness that doesn't make you sad, but has a strangely comforting effect, somewhere between Americana, noise and dark folk.

Lucinda Williams, fan and collaborator on the album "Red Chamber Music", once called Georg's voice "great and sexy-gravelly", interwoven with Heike's "translucent harmonies, like desert roses circling a tattooed heart".

Live, the duo is characterized by special variety and dynamics. In addition to various keyboard instruments, Heike also plays the percussion. The bandwidth ranges from fragile neo-folk chanson to rough garage rock.

Son of the Velvet Rat are currently on tour with songs from the "Red Barn Sessions" and their latest album "Ghost Ranch" (Fluff & Gravy Records/ 2024). Both releases were recorded at the Red Barn Recorders studio in the Californian desert. Among others, illustrious guests such as Marc Ribot on guitar, Jolie Holland as back-up singer and violinist or Jay Bellerose and Danny Frankel on drums were involved. Nevertheless, the instrumentation is more sparse and transparent than ever before on SotVR.