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Louie Austen releases erotic duet with Peaches on MP3
18 October 2001

In the ’60s, vocalist Louie Austen performed in musical productions including Hello, Dolly in his native Vienna, Austria. In the ’70s he played Las Vegas before moving to New York city to pursue a career as a lounge/blues/jazz singer, later returning to Vienna where he continues to sing classic jazz in hotel lounges.
    But a chance meeting at a recording studio with the then 26-year-old producer Mario Neugebauer has led to one of the more bizarre collaborations in recent memory. Austen, a veteran of the Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra school of crooning, sings and raps erotically charged lyrics over driving, minimalist electronic dance beats. No shit.
    For his first 'dance' album, out this month on Berlin’s Kitty-Yo Records, Austen and Neugebauer collaborated with Canadian technoporn singer Peaches (born Merrill Nisker) on a track called variously (depending on where you find it) Grab My Shaft or Crap My Shaft. Pure surreal porn fun. You can download a free MP3 version of the song from the Kitty-Yo site—check our link.
    Austen and Neugebauer will perform live in Germany and Austria over the next few months, including at a record release party in Berlin a week from today. The dates are

October
19 - Regensberg (Sweat 15)
25 - Berlin, Germany (WMF - record release party)
31 - Wien, Austria (Viennale)

November
  3 - München, Germany (Muffathalle @ FM4-Fest)
24 - München, Germany (Ultraschall)

December
  1 - Berlin, Germany (Maria, with DJ Assault)
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