Das Kombinat | en

The Austrian five-piece band, Kombinat M, was founded in 1987 by Walter Hollinetz, Andreas Leikauf, and Erwin Redl. The group's members, all of whom are trained in music or visual arts, share an interest in rock- and jazz-based music, classical minimalism, and fine arts. Guitarist Andreas Heidu studied composition at the Vienna Music Academy. From 1988 to 1990 he was the choir conductor at a church in his hometown of Leoben, Austria. He is the musical director of his own band, the Rocco Granata Anniversary Orchestra. Walter Hollinetz (reeds) has an engineering degree, and has studied architecture, ethnology, and Chinese...

It all began in 1998 at a smoked out bar in the northeastern corner of Germany - a place called Neustrelitz. Three young and aspiring musicians met and contemplated on their newest musical adventures, talk of synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers and those lovely dubby bass lines floated through the thick air. Then Jens, Molle and Henry realised that an idea slowly grew into more than talk. One, two sessions at Molle’s home study and the three felt that their musical passion grew together, and thus their decision was born: “Lets find a studio and start a project together.“ Since then...