ONETWOTHREE

Biography

ONETWOTHREE (Photos Jozo Palkovits)
Q: What happens when you combine three women bassist singers from 70s/80s Swiss bands? A: a trio-full of sinuous music which reclaims the minimalist sound of the post-punk that they first created themselves. In September 2018, after decades of friendship, three women decided to finally combine forces for a show of strength. The equation seems straightforward, yet it's very powerful: Klaudia Schifferle (Kleenex/Liliput) + Madlaina Peer (Noknows) + Sara Schaer (TNT , Souldawn) = ONETWOTHREE. They sport an impressive heritage but they're also creating something that's unique and proudly their own - spooky, danceable, subtle, compelling music for a post-pandemic world.

ONETWOTHREE's first album doesn't have a name but that's just as it should be for a band that's deceptively simple, mysterious and yet somehow familiar. Three women bassists/singers from classic Swiss post-punk bands dot their insistent, minimal music with drum patters, synths, chants, commands and joyous wordplay with their sometimes cynical, sometimes sensual take on leisure and consumer culture. The group is appropriately DIY, self-contained and self-produced - their debut was written and played entirely by themselves. ONETWOTHREE's songs blend into a whole, creating a momentum and their own kinetic, strange reality which fun-house mirrors our own.
Reviews:
“…they come together to create this fun slice of brittle, snappy post-punk. The attention to detail in the textures of these songs is perfectly balanced against the spontaneity and live feel of the performances and the way the three different basses range from low-end rumble to hi-end frictiveness over implacable drum machine beats really works, making every addition ear-catchingly addictive. The agit-prop lyrics of the superb “Give Paw” and “Buy Buy” give this music a huge contemporary bite. A wonderful surprise all round.” The Wire
“…nothing on this untitled self-titled debut – it’s complicated but not – falls short of glee-eliciting brilliance. Inspired, and inspiringly self-assured, we’ll be goddamned if, just in time, 2021 doesn’t have the clarifying elixir of an album it’s been waiting on all year, bracingly effervescent, shockingly tasteful, delicious in fact. Thank you, ONETWOTHREE, for the enduring, indelible new memory. What a fucking great record. ”Dave Cantrell/stereoembersmagazine
“One listen to this clever, catchy, curious album and I am again sat in my bedroom listening to John Peel and reveling in being young at exactly the right time. The album achieves to take me right back to those exciting, seemingly endless times without being retro, rather it takes the tenets and doctrines of post punk and applies them to new music. And it does this incredibly well. This music is not just a conduit to the past, it is a celebration of today. ONETWOTHREE have made one of the albums of the year.”Banjo/louderthanwar
ONETWOTHREE spielten einige Live-Shows in Zürich und im Dezember 2021 fand die Albumtaufe mit einem Live-Auftritt im El Lokal statt.
Kurz darauf verstarb Madlaina Peer nach kurzer, heftiger Krankheit. Vorerst spielt die Band als Duo weiter und ist derzeit dabei, neue Songs zu kreieren.

www.onetwothree.ch
www.killrockstars.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7DpjXZeGSWRIFr9lWj1qfh?si=_LSsrOZ3QFGP2VFrK5NxXw
https://onetwothree.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/OneTwoThreeBandOfficial
Instagram: onetwothree_band

Auswahl Reviews:
wire
https://daggerzine.tumblr.com/post/666385163027087360/onetwothree-self-titled-kill-rock-stars
https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/667036147448496128/listed-onetwothree