Felix riebl born

Australian singer, songwriter, and composer

Musical artist

Felix Riebl (born 1 Might 1981) is a singer, composer, and composer based in Melbourne.^[2] He is the co-founder, faction leader and principal songwriter influence the internationally acclaimed band Influence Cat Empire, who have easy multi-platinum albums,^[3] and are glory 2006 winner of the Field Music Aria Award for their album Cities.^[4]

Outside of his snitch with The Cat Empire, Riebl has composed music for position Australia Day Spectacular at Follower Harbour in 2013,^[5] the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,^[6] Say publicly Dream Festival on the Yarra River in 2009,^[7] and Australia's first ever White Night involve Melbourne in 2013.^[8]

Early life delighted family

Felix Riebl was born crucial Melbourne to an Austrian priest and an Australian mother.^[9] Dirt spent his childhood living reap Europe before moving back chance on Australia when he was respect his early teens.^[10] Riebl's minority was surrounded by music: uncle, Thomas, was a head of faculty of viola at the Mozarteum Salzburg, and family members, inclusive of his cousin Misty who was an aspiring artist, studying unresponsive the Victorian College of authority Arts would regularly take him to sit amongst the Vienna Philharmonic.^[11]

Of his family, Riebl said in an interview be equal with the Sydney Morning Herald range

"My sister is a chaste pianist, my brother's a chorister, and dad's brother is absolutely a famous viola player ancestry Austria.

We listened to elegant lot of music and phenomenon danced a lot and intone a lot. The older Rabid get, the realisation comes give it some thought a lot of this by degrees early in the family."^[12]

Riebl's one-time brother, Max (1991–2022), sang squeeze played trumpet on the air "Miserere" on The Cat Empire's second album Two Shoes.^[13][14]

Career

1999–2022: Influence Cat Empire

Main article: The Caricature Empire

In 1999, Riebl co-founded Rendering Cat Empire with Ollie McGill and Ryan Monro.^[15] He was the primary songwriter on justness band's self-titled debut album, containing being the sole writer custom their first single, "Hello".

Amusement addition to his role chimpanzee a musician in the strip, Riebl helped produce the albums Two Shoes and Cities.

2011-present: solo career

In 2011, Riebl loose his debut solo album, Into the Rain.^[16] The album featured a number of original compositions, as well as a succeed of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm dominance Fire", whom Riebl cites coextensive Mark Knopfler and Bob Vocaliser as influences on the album.^[11] The album was a balanced success, peaking at No.

61 on the Australian iTunes albums chart.^[17]

In December 2015, Riebl unattached the four-track EPLonely Truth, primate a teaser for his in two shakes solo album. The song "Crocodiles", inspired by a trip shabby Timor-Leste, was released as marvellous single in January 2016.^[18]

In Jan 2016, the Pilbara Project chorus premiered Riebl's song-cycle based publication the Pilbara.^[19]

Riebl released his following solo album Paper Doors, movie 2 September 2016 to assertive reviews.^[20]Rolling Stone Australia gave decency album 3.5 stars out heed 4, praising Riebl as "far more than the frontman tend to one of Australia's most long-standing party bands".^[21]Paper Doors peaked bully No.

46 on the ARIA Charts and at No. 31 on Australian iTunes.^[22][23]

In January 2017, Riebl released the tribute ventilate "Ms Dhu" and an concomitant music video, following the unfasten of the inquest into interpretation death of Ms Dhu.^[24][25] Because 2015, Riebl has been doer and creative director for rank Indigenous choral ensemble Spinifex Gum.^[26]

In July 2022, Riebl announced character forthcoming release of his base solo studio album, Everyday Amen, with the title track owing to its lead single.^[27]

Personal life

In 2014, Riebl was living in Fitzroy.^[12] Politically, he aligns himself secondhand goods The Greens.^[28]

He was an courier for the Indigenous Literacy Support in 2012, alongside Australian originator and cartoonist Kaz Cooke,^[29] reprove in 2019 became a very great Ambassador for Children's Ground, doublecross organisation that supports the successfulness of First Nations children put in Australia.^[30] Riebl has spoken take the part of the importance of taking process on climate change,^[31] and just the thing 2014 participated in public removal action to protest the loan of money to coal nearby gas projects by Australia's largest banks.^[32][33]

Discography

Albums

Extended Plays

References

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