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Prrr ... They're On The Run Again

On a sunny day in spring this year I was on my way from the village we spent our holidays to Ried in Upper Austria. It was March 30th when I was going to meet Stefan, the singer of meanwhile well-known cross over band Kontrust. We met there at a pub located centrally at Ried's busy market place. For about two hours we chatted about the band, the current, very successful album and their future plans. I can't reveal everything we talked about – sorry. But I will give you a comprehensive report about everything I am allowed to unveil – and that's a lot anyway. Until our date I knew Stefan only from the „Bomba“ video. So I expected a man sitting in the pub with a moustache and curls. Maybe you can imagine how surprised I was when I saw him waiting there. He almost looked like the guy from next door. After chatting the world a while we came to talk about the real important things. First I digged a little deeper asking Stefan about their, I think, most successful single „Bomba“. It has become an absolute chart hit in the Netherlands and Stefan told me why: „There was one man, DJ Eric, who played a big role in this success story. He loved „Bomba“ from the beginning and played it on heavy rotation on Dutch radio station 3FM. So it hit the charts there. On Radio 538 „Bomba“ made it to number 15 finally.“ Also on MTV.nl the single was extremely successful hitting number 5 on the charts there. And last but not least it was number one on itunes.nl. To my question what they think about the reasons of this success, Stefan is convinced that the combination of the song, its party character and the video turned out to be crucial for this success. And Kontrust are working on continuing the success in the rest of Europe. The wave from the Netherlands rolled over to Germany and Austria in parts, Stefan comitted.... .... Read the full story in KONTRUST Special Edition of 50K MUSIC MAG. KONTRUST website www.ontherunfor.com

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