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From one après-ski hut to the next: Marcel Kowlaski, ex-frontman of D'Reichenkirchner, has switched to the solo business and is good at the hit business.
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The Isener Marcel Kowalski alias Marcel Schlager is conquering the stages of the party world
Isen – When Marcel Kowalski talks about hits, he quickly gets into raptures.
“It's such a broad spectrum and, above all, spreads a sacrificial good mood.” Like himself.
“I'm more of a fun boy,” he says of himself. Apparently he's well received by that.
A year ago, the Isen native and ex-frontman of D'Reichenkirchner switched to solo work.
He now fills après-ski huts and has released his second single.
“Music is my life,” says the 28-year-old, who began taking guitar and drum lessons at the age of five.
At the age of twelve he founded his first band Damaluk.
With two friends he performed, among other things, at festivals organized by the Isen fire department.
He also taught himself the Styrian harmonica, bass guitar, baritone and valve trombone.
And he can sing anyway.
For years, the Isen native toured the country as the frontman of the party band D'Reichenkirchner.
The band performed more than 200 performances from Erding to Bottrop until they broke up after the outbreak of the corona pandemic.
Since then, Kowalski alias Marcel Schlager has been traveling solo.
“It's cool that you like hits” was the name of his first own title, which he released a year ago.
His single “Hey Schneewittchen” followed this winter.
It can be heard on all known streaming services.
No wonder he started again in the winter season, because his music is made for après-ski.
So he's busy touring the ski resorts these days and singing about his fairy-tale girl weekend after weekend: “Hey Snow White, everything's easy, you don't need the mirror.
The most beautiful one in the country is you, you, you, you,” goes the song, which is all too easy for the ear.
And at some point everyone can sing along: “Put your hands up in the air, tüdüdü, tütü, tüdü.”
A remix will be released soon so that the song can also be played in clubs and discos.
And there is already a Snow White dance.
In January alone he made seven appearances in Austrian ski resorts from Schladming to Zell am Ziller.
All of this in addition to his 40-hour week as a dispatcher.
That sucks.
“The schedule is crazy,” he says.
After a weekend like this with three solo performances within 24 hours, he was exhausted, but also “completely overwhelmed”.
In a positive sense, he quickly follows suit.
“I know what I'm doing it for.” A few months ago he was able to win over a producer from Klagenfurt.
He believes in the Isener.
“The fact that such an experienced team is behind me and really wants to push forward gives me a lot of encouragement,” he says.
He never imagined that he would be booked as a solo act this après-ski season.
“The fact that I was able to play in the threshing floors in Schladming and Hintertux, that I was given this huge opportunity so soon, is the jackpot in the lottery for me,” says the down-to-earth 28-year-old happily.
“I’m exactly where I always wanted to be.”
And in summer, when the last après-ski is over?
A break is definitely not planned.
The young musician wants to get out on the stages of the party world; success always gives him new energy.
The plans for this summer aren't really ready yet, but "I want to see that something happens in the Malle direction," he says.
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If everything works out, Marcel-Schlager from Isen will soon be heating up the Ballermann.
Until then, he is trying to make his Snow White song better known in the Alpine region.
“He's a bit mischievous, but leaves room for creativity - just the right mix,” he is convinced.
If the weather cooperates, there will be seven performances again in February.
And on March 16th he almost has something of a home game.
Then he plays in the opening act for the successful folk-pop music band Fäaschtbänkler in the Rottgauhalle Eggenfelden.
But if you want to see Marcel Schlager live at home, you'll have to be patient, as the concert has long been sold out.