Patent Ochsner
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Patent Ochsner is one of Switzerland
's best-known rock
bands, all of whose studio albums but one have topped the Swiss charts. Hailing from Bern, they perform songs in Swiss German
.
Ochsner".
In 1991, they released their debut "Schlachtplatte" (butcher plate; a traditional dish containing different types of meat and sausages). As the song "Bälpmoos" (about Belpmoos, Bern's regional airport) got huge radio airplay on Swiss radio stations they became quite famous in Switzerland
. The ballad "Scharlachrot" (Scarlet) would increase their popularity.
In 1993 they released their second LP "Fischer" (fisherman
), their first number one album. The year after "Gmües" (Vegetables) came out, completing their "food trilogy" together with Schlachtplatte and Fischer. "Gmües" contained the single hit "Jänner" (January).
In 1995 Patent Ochsner released the Song "Jacques" as their contribution to the campaign against French nuclear tests
at Mururoa.
The next year they released the hit single "W. Nuss vo Bümpliz" (a pun on Venus
), followed by the album "Stella Nera" in 1997.
After the life album "Wildbolz & Süsstrunk" released the year after, they had a break of a few years. Büne Huber released a solo album during this time.
Patent Ochsner had their comeback with 2 hit singles "Brandstifter" (arsonist) and "Trybguet" (flotsam), this song giving the name for their next album, released in 2003. In 2005 they released another album "Liebi, Tod & Tüüfu" (love, death & devil).
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
's best-known rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
bands, all of whose studio albums but one have topped the Swiss charts. Hailing from Bern, they perform songs in Swiss German
Swiss German
Swiss German is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg...
.
Current line-up (2006)
- Büne Huber (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Monic Mathys (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Andi Hug (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) - Christian Brantschen (keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
) - Menk Grossniklaus (saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
) - Disu Gmünder (guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Pascal Steiner (keys and wind instruments)
- Daniel Woodtli (trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
)
History
Patent Ochsner was formed in Bern in 1990 by singer Büne Huber and four other musicians. The lineup would change several times during the years. The band got their name from a ubiquitous type of Swiss dustbin and trash containers, manufactured by J. Ochsner AG and stamped with "PatentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
Ochsner".
In 1991, they released their debut "Schlachtplatte" (butcher plate; a traditional dish containing different types of meat and sausages). As the song "Bälpmoos" (about Belpmoos, Bern's regional airport) got huge radio airplay on Swiss radio stations they became quite famous in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The ballad "Scharlachrot" (Scarlet) would increase their popularity.
In 1993 they released their second LP "Fischer" (fisherman
Fisherman
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men...
), their first number one album. The year after "Gmües" (Vegetables) came out, completing their "food trilogy" together with Schlachtplatte and Fischer. "Gmües" contained the single hit "Jänner" (January).
In 1995 Patent Ochsner released the Song "Jacques" as their contribution to the campaign against French nuclear tests
France and weapons of mass destruction
France is known to have an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons. France was the fourth country to test an independently...
at Mururoa.
The next year they released the hit single "W. Nuss vo Bümpliz" (a pun on Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
), followed by the album "Stella Nera" in 1997.
After the life album "Wildbolz & Süsstrunk" released the year after, they had a break of a few years. Büne Huber released a solo album during this time.
Patent Ochsner had their comeback with 2 hit singles "Brandstifter" (arsonist) and "Trybguet" (flotsam), this song giving the name for their next album, released in 2003. In 2005 they released another album "Liebi, Tod & Tüüfu" (love, death & devil).
Studio albums
- Schlachtplatte - (1991) - Zytglogge Verlag
- FischerFischer (album)-Track listing:# Zucker – 1:53# Fischer – 3:34# Maria Magyar – 3:58# Dr Sabutanz – 1:09# Guet & gärn – 2:59# Eberhart – 3:21# Ave verum corpus – 2:15# Grossbrand – 2:53# Ochsetuur – 2:36# Vater – 3:25# Näbe de Gleis – 3:58# Lippestift – 3:58...
- (February, 1993) - COD Records - GmüesGmües-Track listing:# Autwybersummer – 1:56# Ludmilla – 5:27# Varazze – 3:25# Hotelsong – 3:25# Todestal – 0:55# Balkon – 2:21# 9-10-100-4 – 3:03# I ha letscht Nacht e Troum gha – 3:34# Don Juan – 1:21# Kohl yu Rolf – 2:07# Summer – 0:30# Bilbao-Kuss – 3:04...
- (August 29, 1994) - BMG Ariola (Switzerland) - Stella NeraStella Nera-Track listing:# Sunnechünig – 5:06# W. Nuss vo Bümpliz – 5:31# Bonjour Hellville – 2:49# Seemann's Wärmuet – 3:49# Bluetbadbullschittläärloufmagerquark – 5:02# Los – 4:13# La madonnina – 2:26# Bruscolo di terra – 4:03# Freivogel – 4:25# Wysses Papier – 3:37...
- (January 27, 1997) - BMG Ariola (Switzerland) - TrybguetTrybguet-Track listing:# Trybguet – 4:17# Schlangenäscht – 3:51# Brandstifter – 4:21# Pimpermezzo – 0:24# Zimmer – 2:30# Novämber – 3:03# Umloufbahn – 5:13# Ke Schtärn – 4:16# Weischwinimeine? – 3:02# Paranoid – 2:03# Compañero – 5:37# Schnuppe – 7:01...
- (May 5, 2003) - BMG Ariola (Switzerland) - Liebi, Tod + TüüfuLiebi, Tod + Tüüfu-Track listing:# Grüens Liecht – 4:06 # Diener + Chnächt – 5:35 # Früecher – 3:41 # Villechlanisolasy – 3:13 # Füdlifinger Fritz – 0:46 # Vohinger + vovor – 2:16 # Echo – 3:32 # Heimat – 4:59 # ...Heimatlini... – 0:49 # Blues – 2:49...
- (September 26, 2005) - Muve Records - The Rimini Flashdown - (August 29, 2008) - Universal
Live albums
- Wildbolz & SüsstrunkWildbolz & Süsstrunk-Track listing:Disc 1# Zitterflatterfieber – 0:39# Hotelsong – 4:06# Ochsetuur – 3:29# Bälpmoos – 5:03# Näbe de Gleis / Maria Magyar – 7:12# Ludmilla – 5:09# Fischer – 3:25# No geit's – 3:18# La madonnina – 3:11# Seemanns Wärmuet – 3:29...
- (September 21, 1998) - BMG Ariola (Switzerland) - Bundesplatz (CD + DVD) - (November 5, 2010) - Universal
Singles
- Fischer (1993)
- Jänner (1994)
- Ludmilla (1994)
- Varazze (1994)
- Jacques/Liebgott (1995)
- W. Nuss Vo Bümpliz (1996)
- Brügg (1997)
- Brandstifter (2002)
- Trybguet (2002)
- Natalina/Hotelsong (2003) — With Mimmo Locasciulli
- Globetrotter (2008)
Books
- Büne Huber, Martin Albisetti: Patent Ochsner Songbook. Stellanera, Bern 2004 ISBN 3-033-00254-4