White Wine began as a solo project of Joe Haege (31knots, Tu Fawning, Menomena, Dodos). It was simply a place for his ideas that didn’t fit his other bands. After writing and recording 2 albums (“Chromakey” on Polyvinyl Records and “In Every Way But 1” on Discolexique records) he made a plan to tour Europe as a way to visit friends. Not one for having a laptop as his bandmate, he asked his good friend, Fritz Brückner, who was the sound man for Tu Fawning and Menomena, to be his band for the tour. Without a computer they managed to put together a set that had each of them playing synths, guitars, drums, bass, samples…and sometimes all in 1 song. The tour went incredibly well by all accounts.
Now a year and a half later they have built their own recording studio (Haunted Haus Studios) completed a new album, “Who Cares What The Laser Says?” (This Charming Man Records, Feb. 2016) and gained another member, Chistian “Kirmes” Kuhr (Zentral Heizung Des Todes). Having now reverted to a conventional 3 piece lineup, they are doing anything but playing it safe. Brückner has finally integrated his skills as a classically trained bassoon player into the band, while Haege is once again putting his penchant for cheap theater antics to work with the new stage show.
Concert / Indie, Rock & Experimental White wine
