NEW ALBUM 'Collectors of Pop'

"With the image of a hated job that you want to escape by signing on to a riverboat, we are following in the tradition of another great riverboat song: 'Proud Mary' by the US rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival," the self-proclaimed "collectors of pop" Silvana and Marc tell us. But why riverboats? Woog Riots wrote the song while Silvana herself was working on a riverboat. The experiment ended after a year. What remains is the song "Riverboat to Amsterdam", which was of course performed and tested live for the first time in the board bar on a trip from Cologne to Amsterdam.

Video Woog Riots - Riverboat to Amsterdam
(on YouTube)

October 2023: Two upcoming shows in Darmstadt!

Video Woog Riots - Beatnik

Single: "King of Luxembourg" (Streaming / Download / Video)

Label: From Lo-Fi to Disco! released March 4th, 2022 (lo-fi 025)

A big "Thank you" to Alex Batt for helping with the video shot in Luxembourg!

Video Woog Riots - King of Luxembourg

October 2021: Two of our songs are featured in this great songbook "Ich brauche ein Genie" by Kersty und Sandra Grether. Including 2 collage illustrations by Woog Riots:


You can listen to our song "Beuys" at the  listening station in the exhibition "Revolution Beuys" in Dortmund (Museum Ostwall) until October 17th 2021.

Other songs included are "Sonne statt Reagan" by Joseph Beuys himself and "Joseph Beuys Flies Again" by Wild Billy Childish & CTMF.

May 2021: 'Bob Dylan' is the name of the new Woog Riots single released May 14th, 2021 (lo-fi 023). Woog Riots got an invitation to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday with an event in May 2021 in their hometown Darmstadt. Instead of contributing a Dylan cover song Silvana Battisti and Marc Herbert decided to write their own contribution. More informations: www.lofitodisco.com
- single info "Bob Dylan"
English  pdf-file   German pdf-file


Single: "Bob Dylan" (Streaming / Download / Video)
Label: From Lo-Fi to Disco! released May 14th, 2021  (lo-fi 023)

For the 'Bob Dylan'-Video Woog Riots asked musicians, film makers, actors and painters from all over the world to show their favorite Dylan album or sing along: Jeffrey Lewis from New York City, Matthias Kom (The Burning Hell) from Canada, Knarf Rellöm from Hamburg, Nan Turner (Nan + the One Nite Stands) from Kansas City and many more.


Video Woog Riots - Bob Dylan

March 2021: On our label From Lo-Fi to Disco! we released the new Modesty Blaise album 'The Modesty Blaise' on March 26th, 2021. Read more...

December 2020: “Who Makes the Stars” is Part 3 of our Woog Riots single series 2020/2021. “Who Makes the Stars” is the question you could ask yourself in the summer of 2020  when inexplicable fairy lights appeared in the starry sky. Elon Musk and his company SpaceX launched the project Starlink: a network of fast internet
satellites surrounding the earth in a low orbit. More infos...


Single: "Who makes the Stars"
(Streaming / Download), released December 4, 2020

Video filmed and directed by Woog Riots. We would like to thank the "Volkssternwarte Darmstadt e.V." and especially Alexander Golitschek for his great help and support!

Video Woog Riots - Who makes the Stars

September 2020: New Woog Riots single "Good Scientist" released September 2020 (lo-fi 020). More infos...


(Streaming / Download), released September 1, 2020
distributed by Broken Silence

And here is the video!

Video Woog Riots - Good Scientist

May 2020: Woog Riots Virtual UK Tour 2020
On Friday, May 22, Woog Riots played a live show which was streamed worldwide on several digital platforms. See the recording here: https://youtu.be/VsrAeWPqx5g


April 2020: Woog Riots released their new single "Yayoi Kusama" - a tribute to the outstanding Japanese artist famous for polka dots, infinity nets and pumpkin sculptures.


(Streaming / Download / Video), released April 1, 2020
distributed by Broken Silence



Video Woog Riots - Yayoi Kusama

February 2020: Our song "Hello Bus Driver" is included on the compilation album "You Don't Have To Be Fashionable Vol.8" by With A Messy Head Paris, France. Listen and download at bandcamp.com


December 2019: We contributed a song to a compilation called "Our Favorite Beatle - Friends and Fans Celebrate The Music of Phoebe Kreutz" (Lousy Moon Records). Woog Riots recorded Phoebe's song "Caveman, Caveman". Listen and download at bandcamp.com  


May 2019: A lot of good reviews came in for "Cut-up and Paste", see Reviews...

April 2019: Alexander Tundakov made a video for "Revolution (Radio Edit)". Thank you so much Alexander!


Woog Riots performing "To all you Racists" live at ByteFM  in Hamburg.


March 2019:

New Album "Cut-up and Paste" (Album on Vinyl / CD / DL) released March 1, 2019 Label: From Lo-Fi to Disco! (lo-fi 013) Distributed by Broken Silence

February 2019: Digital download single "Revolution (Radio Edit)" (Lennon/McCartney) released February 1 2019 (lo-fi 016). Available through iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and all other digital services.


November 2018: Single 'Hello Bus Driver', released November 23, 2018    Label: From Lo-Fi to Disco!  Digital Download Single (lo-fi 014) available through iTunes, Spotify, Beatport, Amazon and all other digital services

The video for "Hello Bus Driver" was directed by Woog Riots and filmed by Woog Riots and Michael Hess. We thank Heag Mobilo for their bus and great help. A very special thank you to the lovely bus driver Mr Satici for driving us safely through the city.


August 2018: Woog Riots will be back in the UK for one exclusive show in London performing songs of their latest album 'Alan Rusbridger'. The show will take place at The Stags Head in Hoxton on August 12th 2018. We will play together with a lot of friends. This is the line-up: Woog Riots, Rude Mechanicals (Jowe Head), Pit Ponies, Scrappy Hood, David Cronenberg‘s Wife, The Stay Aways.

April 2018: Cologne Popfest released "People working with computers" as special edition on a 3½-inch floppy disk. Buy here.


January 22, 2018: In 2013 Frankfurt artist Michael Riedel designed the cover artwork for Woog Riots' album 'From Lo-Fi to Disco!'. German Bundesbank has actually given Michael permission to print his own money (called Riedel) on genuine euro banknote paper. Now you have the choice to purchase your personal copy of Woog Riots' album 'From Lo-Fi to Disco!' for 10 Riedel! Buy here.

January 5, 2018: Our favorite internet radio ByteFM will broadcast the show Antikörper with an exclusive Woog Riots Antikörper session. Including a new recorded acoustic version of Life Electric (see video). Date: January 12th, 23:00 CET. More information...


August 2017: Woog Riots single "Monstrous Monsters" is available worldwide for digital download and on all streaming services. 

Video Monstrous Monsters, filmed in Venice / Italy, May 2017.


May 2017: Woog Riots announced their first ever show in Dublin / Ireland. The show will take place on Saturday June 3rd, 2017  at Whelan's (The Midnight Hour Upstairs) together with The Psychological Enhancement (Dublin).

January 2017: Woog Riots released a video for their song "Emma Momoka" to promote their forthcoming tour in Japan (February / March 2017).


October 2016: Meet From Lo-Fi to Disco! / Woog Riots at Bime Bilbao (ES) Conference & Festival. Get in contact:

August 2016: Digital Download E.P. "Revisionen Vol. 1", Release Date: 05th August 2016. More informations and music players... Remixes for Woog Riots’ Album ‚Alan Rusbridger‘ by Apollo Lovemachine, Jörn Elling Wuttke and Unicorn Crew.


May 2016: Few Music - Interview with Woog Riots: "We caught up with them to talk about politics, dancing, football and the modern world. Throw in the best funeral playlist we've had yet, great tracks from the band themselves and a host of others including The Fall, Martin Creed, Heaven 17 and The Velvets and you've got a great read and listen for a sunny Saturday afternoon." www.feelelectricworld.com


May 2016: Tuff City Kids aka Gerd Janson and Philipp Lauer made two amazing remixes of our song "Moscow Domodedovo". It will be released on vinyl / download through www.lofitodisco.com (distribution Broken Silence) on May 6th, 2016.

Alexander Tundakov made another amazing video: Moscow Domodedovo (Tuff City Kids Aeroeffekt Mix).


April 2016: 'An act of genius' – Alan Rusbridger the editor on Alan Rusbridger the album! More: www.theguardian.com


March 2016: On March 11th the new Woog Riots album "Alan Rusbridger" will be released. Release date: March 11th 2016 (Vinyl, Download). Label: From Lo-Fi to Disco! Distributed by Broken Silence.,
UK: Shellshock (release date: 22 April 2016)
Free Download: Alan Rusbridger Songbook (pdf, 800 kb)

This is the third video from the album: George Harrison, filmed and directed by Glyn Bailey.


February 2016: First video outtake "Rain" from new album "Alan Rusbridger":The video for "Rain" was written, filmed and directed by Alexander Tundakov in Moscow in 2016.

Second video outtake from new album "Alan Rusbridger": Moscow Domodedovo, filmed and edited by Jonny Collins.


January 2016: "Alan Rusbridger" on green vinyl limited to 300 copies. Release date: March 11th 2016
Free Download: Alan Rusbridger Songbook (pdf, 800 kb)

November 2015: New Woog Riots album "Alan Rusbridger" is completed. "Alan Rusbridger" was produced by Joern Elling Wuttke, Lolo Bluemler and Woog Riots. Joern Elling Wuttke is known for his work with "Alter Ego" together with his band mate Roman Fluegel.

March 2015: Our friend Maurici Ribera (Barcelona) released his new single "We Could Be Lovers" via bandcamp. The song was recorded at Woog Riots living room "Mauerstrasse" and features Silvana on additional vocals, melodica and tambourine. Marc played Ukulele. Vocals and guitar by Maurici Ribera, edited and mastered by Albert Palomar, song written by Maurici Ribera.

December 2014: Woog Riots are busy releasing great music by other artists on their label From Lo-Fi to Disco!: October 2014 we released the electro pop album 'Elektronische Musik' by our friends Umherschweifende Produzenten from Hamburg. Some called it "Kraftwerk going Da Da". On February 27th 2015 we will release 'Random Hurray', the debut album by The Spaghetti Wings - a Hamburg based psychedelic-homerecording pop-duo. Woog Riots are also working on their forthcoming album Alan Rusbridger (to be released in 2015).


June 2014: Just found this on YouTube: Someone made a video of "Football 'round the clock". Woog Riots recorded this song in 2006.
 

May 2014: Download single "The Story of Pop" released through iTunes and all other digital services.

March 2014: Woog Riots had the pleasure to write a 1 minute song for Karl Bruckmaier's new book "The Story of Pop" to be released by Murmann-Verlag on March 4th, 2014.
The book is a must have for music lovers and even includes a free download of the song. Stream: https://soundcloud.com/woogriots/the-story-of-pop

December 2013: Woog Riots song 'Under the X-Mas Treeee' is released on 'A very Cherry Christmas 9' - a compilation CD by Cherryade Records UK. http://www.cherryademusic.co.uk

November 2013: Under the X-Mas Treeee Third video from the album "From Lo-Fi to Disco!" Filmed and directed by Tobias Schrenk. 


September 2013:  Second video outtake is We are not Houston,  filmed and directed by Claudia Lehmann, Bernd Lehmann and Sebastian Reimold.


July 2013: First video outtake is From Lo-Fi to Disco!
directed by Oliver Koop.


June 2013: Woog Riots downloads are available via iTunes and all other digital distributors (Label: From LoFi to Disco!).

April 2013: Woog Riots are part of a Mixtape by Left Turn 4 Records (UK). Starting on monday April 8th, you can listen to cool bands and then on April 13th download the whole tape. Click it and have fun every day!! http://leftturn4records.bandcamp.com
Left Turn 4 Records Mixtape Spring 2013 on facebook

February 2013: Woog Riots created a song for Michael Riedel’s exhibition Powerpoint at David Zwirner art gallery, New York.
Listen / download at http://www.davidzwirner.com "...an up-beat, euro-pop dance tune that sounds like a kid’s band version of Kraftwerk with a girl singer. Very fun!" (www.worleygig.com)
In mailings announcing the opening, a CD was included featuring this song by Woog Riots with lyrics taken verbatim from the text on the show card.

January 2013:  Woog Riots left their record company "What's So Funny About" and will now operate their own label "From Lo-Fi toDisco!" (www.lofitodisco.com). 
The first release by From Lo-Fi to Disco! will be the new Woog Riots album "From Lo-Fi to Disco!". Release date: July 19th 2013 (CD + vinyl). Distributed by Broken Silence.
UK release date: July 15th, distributed by Shellshock.

October 2012: My Disco Is A Rebellious Jukebox
directed by Oliver Koop.

Album "Post Bomb Chronicles" Vinyl by Ritchie Records / CD by What's So Funny About distributed by Broken Silence

July 2012: http://www.bigpinkcake.co.uk: "Jonny Collins, of maverick pop group Modesty Blaise, releases his first solo single on Big Pink Cake. Jonny has recorded a cover version of Commercial Suicide by German punk/pop pioneers Woog Riots, and produced a three-minute ‘cello and oboe inflected slice of wonderpop." Listen to Jonny Collins on Soundcloud... and watch his nice video...

June 2012: Woog Riots song "Football Round The Clock" is featured on the Rare Trax Compilation of germany's Rolling Stone Magazine.

April 2012: Album "Post Bomb Chronicles" released. First video outtake is "Last Beat".

Last Beat - Video (directed by Oliver Koop)

December 2011: Cover version of Sacco & Vanzetti by Ennio Morricone (music) and Franz Josef Degenhardt & Joan Baez (lyrics) with a >>> video <<< made by Hans-J. Brehm, www.epict.de.

Woog Riots did this cover as an hommage to Franz Josef Degenhardt for his 80th birthday. Sadly he passed away November 2011.

July 2011: Woog Riots are part of the french KSAT fanzine art project. KSAT Issue No. 4 is focused on 2 questions: What inspire the musicians while composing music? How does that music inspire visual artists? Woog Riots made a collage about things which inspired them to the lyrics of their new song "Counterculture" and Yasmine Tashk draw a comic called "The story of Counterculture". Check out all the other artists involved, listen to the songs and get a copy of KSAT fanzine at http://www.ksat.fr/Numero4.html



July 2010: Woog Riots were invited by their friend Radiokeg to collaborate on a song for a tribute project to The Wedding Present's 1989 LP "Bizarro". Download the single track "Radiokeg (feat. Woog Riots) - No". Or grab the whole covers LP mp3s here (85.56MB).

September 2009: - a group of artists from Scotland made a video for the song "King of Pop" (originally released 2004) with a lot of Elvis impersonators.
>>> Short live video: Woog Riots at Goodbye Blue Monday, New York, August 12th 2009.
>>> Woog Riots song "King Midas" released on 14 cd audiobook "Alexander Kluge - Chronik der Gefuehle"

March 2009: Woog Riots 's split single with Schwervon! is due for release on April 5th. Released by Decoy Industry. 80g 7" vinyl in a limited edition of 222 hand numbered units. Schwervon! - 'Ballon' b/w Woog Riots - 'People working with computers'.

October 2008: video interview plus live performance in a subway train at www.undertube.de

September 2008: video 'Hotel Room'

Filmed and directed by Stefan Neubig and Hedi Haase. >>> video for "Frank backwards"

Director: Oliver Koop

April 2008: UK tour photo diary

January 2008: tourblog Finland