Polka, Balkan, ska and punk mingle with Polkageist to create a vibrant sound
Polka, Balkan, ska and punk mix with Polkageist to create a vibrant sound: loud and multicultural, sometimes dirty, sometimes gentle and with a lot of charm. With good German lyrics and outrageous danceability, Polkageist's songs build a bridge for a cosmopolitan, diverse culture that also reaches listeners who are otherwise not so fond of music from Eastern Europe or ska.
With their new EP release "Träume Berlin" (March '23), Polkageist are building a city of dreams: skyscrapers of utopia scratch at the façade of meritocracy.
"Berlin, you've caught us so often with currywurst and warm Pilsner. Berlin, you fucking land of milk and honey!"
Polkageist comes along with clattering ballads and chanson-like Schmonzetten. Here, urban dream networks, shadowy half-truths and scribbled down fantasies of doom become danceable ecstasy. Polkageist presents wild melodies, dreamy harmony and bottomless freedom: TRÄUME BERLIN.
"If you let this band out of the bottle, it won't keep anyone on the chair" - Radio Eins
"... the ecstatic exorcism of every winter depression." - Ask Helmut
"At every concert, no matter how small the audience, they always give their all, get the crowd dancing and prove that polka is still part of the sound of the big city in the 21st century." - tip Berlin
Polkageist are:
Christian Zebisch (accordion & vocals)
Jan-Philipp Dopke (double bass & vocals)
Johannes Wiemann (drums)
Manuel Hornauer (guitar & vocals)
Michael Hornauer (violin, trumpet & vocals)
