Twinnies (duo)

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Twinnies
OriginNeufang, Bavaria, Germany
Genres rock, [1] pop, volksmusik
Labels Ariola [2] (Sony BMG)
Past membersAstrid Paster
Franziska Pauli

Twinnies was a musical duo from Bavaria consisting of Astrid Paster and Franziska Pauli. They were noted for singing and playing their accordions while rollerblading. [1] [3] [4]

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Biography

Astrid Paster and Franziska Pauli lived in the small Bavarian village of Neufang, which had only 40 inhabitants. [1] They played guitar and steirische harmonikas since childhood. [5] They said that they were such good friends that they could be considered twins. [1]

The duo demonstrated the unique talent of performing while rollerblading. [1] [3] They explained: "The idea came about by accident. We used to perform music in the evenings at Astrid's father's health resort hotel, and [once] while we were out on rollerskates in the middle of the day, the guests asked us to take our accordions out". [1] It was at that hotel that they were discovered by DJ Ötzi's producer Christian Seitz. As he said, "[t]he girls were so brilliant that I signed them the same evening". [5]

On March 6, 2009, the Twinnies (then aged 12 and 13) released their debut album Wir rocken auf Rollen ("We Rock on Rolls") on Sony BMG. [6] [5] The album contained songs written for them by DJ Ötzi's producers Seitz and Martin Neumeyer. Franciska explained: "We told the two which topics we would like to sing about. That included our passion for long talks, as well as fashion and karaoke parties". [1]

On March 7, 2009, [7] they debuted on television, on the ARD folk music program Musikantenstadl . [5] Their performance (with accordions on rollerblades) [5] [4] brought them instant fame. [1] A video of the duo on that day's show (they sang a song "Bayernmädels" from their debut album) is now popular on YouTube, having attracted over 14 million views by the end of 2017. [8]

Members

The members of the group were: [9]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsCharts
AUT
[10]
Wir rocken auf Rollen
  • Released: March 6, 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Format(s): CD
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