A.G.Trio

A.G.Trio is an Austrian electro house group. It was founded in 2004 in Novi Sad, Serbia, during a combined tour of the founding members Roland von der Aist, Andy Korg & Aka Tell (civil names Roland Bindreiter, Jürgen Oman & Markus Reindl [1]). The A.G.Trio is known for its excessive live-act and its remixes for popular Artists like Parov Stelar.[2] In December 2014 they announced that A.G.Trio is on hiatus and presented their new project Ages.[3]

A.G.Trio
The A.G.Trio performing live at World Electronica Carnival in South Korea, August 2012
Background information
Also known asAges
OriginLinz, Austria
GenresElectro house
Years active2004 (2004)-present
LabelsFreaks like us!, Etage Noir Special
Website
Members
  • Roland von der Aist
  • Andy Korg
  • Aka Tell

History

A.G.Trio was founded in 2004 out of the solo artists Roland Bindreiter, Jürgen Oman and Markus Reindl from the upper Austrian artist collective Backlab during a concert trip to Novi Sad, Serbia, under the name "Adalbert Günther Trio".[4]

After many Singles, EPs and remixes in 2012 the A.G.Trio released a double-album called "Action" containing own productions as well es remixes.[5] After extensive touring with their debut album, the band released a compilation called "Reaction" which collects the remixes they have made over the past two years. In April 2014 they confirmed in an interview with the Austrian magazine The Gap that they are already working on their second album.[6]

In December 2014 they announced that A.G.Trio is on hiatus and presented their new project Ages.[3] In November 2015, on the occasion of the release of their album "Roots", Ages was named "Artist of the Week" on the Austrian radio station FM4.[7]

In late 2017 band member Markus Reindl was announced artistic director of the newly founded Stream Festival in Linz. In interviews he gave on that occasion he made no statement about the status of the band project.[8][9]

Discography

Albums
  • 2012: Action (2xCD, Etage Noir Special)

Compilations
  • 2014: Reaction (CD, Etage Noir Special)

Singles & EPs
  • 2009: Zombies In The Disco (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2009: Electro Messiah (Digital)
  • 2009: Things You Wanna Play (Digital, Freaks Like Us! Entertainment)
  • 2009: Replay (Digital, Freaks Like Us! Entertainment)
  • 2010: Dancen (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2010: Bass Effect (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2010: Planet Disco (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2011: Everyone With Us (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Everyone Withs Us (Remixes) (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Countably Infinite feat. M. Zahradnicek (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Moldance (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Give A Damn (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2013: Duckstep (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2013: Slice & Stitch EP (Digital, Etage Noir Special)

Remixes
  • 2008: Hot Pants Road Club - Especially Tonight (FM Music)
  • 2009: Johnny Mitchell - Errare (Freaks Like Us! Entertainment)
  • 2009: Näd Mika - UFO (Drunkn Punx Rec.)
  • 2010: Eriq Johnson - Boy Who Is A Girl (Dandy Kids Records)
  • 2010: Egotronic - Was Solls (Audiolith Records)
  • 2010: Bilderbuch - Bitte, Herr Märtyrer (Schönwetter Schallplatten)
  • 2010: ULTRNX - Rockstr (Audiolith Records)
  • 2010: Just Banks - Blockparty (Proper Nightlife)
  • 2011: Bunny Lake - Army Of Lovers (Universal Music Group)
  • 2011: Ira Atari - Don't Wanna Miss You (Audiolith Records)
  • 2011: Dead C∆T Bounce & You Killing me - Justice! (Mähtrasher)
  • 2011: The Sexinvaders - LA Love (Riot Riot)
  • 2012: Gorillas On Drums - We Are God (Dreieck)
  • 2012: Pola-Riot – Brazza (Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Orchestra Psychodelia - Cybertown (Etage Noir Special)
  • 2012: Tits & Clits – Daedalus (Gigabeat)
  • 2012: Parov Stelar – Nobody's Fool (Etage Noir Recordings)
  • 2012: Cosmic Sand – Sombra (Jet Set Trash Records)
  • 2012: Hypomaniacs – There's No Way Back (Jet Set Trash Records)
  • 2013: The Sexinvaders – Empire (Pink Pong Records)
  • 2013: Russkaja – Energia (Napalm Records)
  • 2013: Beef Theatre – Beef Is Back (Techno Changed My Life)
  • 2013: Allen Alexis – Who Cares (Lamb Lane Records)

Albums as Ages
  • 2015: Roots (Vinyl/CD/Digital, Etage Noir Special)

Singles as Ages
  • 2015: Return (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2015: I Want It (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2015: Hymn (Digital, Etage Noir Special)
  • 2015: Chances (Digital, Etage Noir Special)

Music videos

A.G.Trio
List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Dancen" 2010 A.G.Trio[10]
"Planet Disco" Luzi Katamay, Christian Dietl[11]
"Everyone With Us" 2011 A.G.Trio[12]
"Countably Infinite feat. M. Zahradnicek" 2012 Luzi Katamay[11]

Ages
List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director
"Return (feat. Zanshin)" 2014 Jürgen Oman
"I Want It (feat. Laura Goméz)" 2015 Jürgen Oman
"Hymn (feat. Inner)" Andreas Jalsovec
"Chances (feat. Johannes Eder)" Jürgen Oman

Charts

A.G.Trio's "Countably Infinite" feat. M. Zahradnicek entered the charts of Austrian radio station FM4 on 12 May 2012 and was number one for two weeks. It stayed in the charts for seven weeks and was number 13 in the FM4 year charts of 2012, which was highest charting title by an Austrian artist or group.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

"Countably Infinite" also entered the German Club Charts on 25 May 2012 and remained in the charts for five weeks with best position 7.[21]

A.G.Trio's singles "Dancen", "Planet Disco" and "Countably Infinite", as well as their album "Action" reached position one in their respective genre charts on iTunes in Austria.[22]

The singles "Replay" and "Things You Wanna Play" reached top rankings in the Canadian and U.S. dance charts.[23]

All four Ages singles entered the radio FM4 charts in 2015 with "Chances" feat. Johannes Eder taking position 13 in the FM4 year charts of 2015. [24][25][26][27][28]

Awards

In 2010 A.G.Trio was voted "Soundpark Band of the Year" by the listeners of the Austrian radio station FM4.[29]

In 2013 A.G.Trio was nominated in the categories "Electronic/Dance" and "FM4 Award" at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards.[30][31] They were again nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the category "Electronic/Dance" in 2015.[32]

Ages was nominated for the "FM4 Award" at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards in 2016.[33]

References
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  3. Niederwieser, Stefan (18 December 2014). "Mystisches Mühlviertel". The Gap (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. Derntl, Daniela (March 23, 2013). "Ich stimme für... A.G. Trio" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. Palucki, Maciej (May 25, 2012). "Made in Austria: Neues von Zeronic, Debüt von AG Trio" (in German). Die Presse. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. "CDs, Amadeus und EDM-Blase". The Gap. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  7. Seidler, Katharina (2015-11-09). "Back to the roots". FM4. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  8. "Linz bekommt ein neues Gratis-Festival und wir haben ein paar Fragen dazu". Vice Media. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  9. "Lost in Linz: Markus Reindl im Porträt". The Gap. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  10. "A.G.Trio - DANCEN (official video)". NME. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  11. Laggner, Lucia. "Nominiert für den ersten Österreichischen Musikvideo Preis: "Countably Infinite" vom A.G. Trio" (in German). music austria. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  12. "Interview #39: A.G.Trio (incl. Exclusive Mixtape)". Metalectro. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  13. "Die FM4 Charts vom 12. Mai 2012" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  14. "Die FM4 Charts vom 19. Mai 2012" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  15. "Die FM4 Charts vom 26. Mai 2012" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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  21. "DCC 21. Woche 2012" (in German). djbasis. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  22. "music-chart.info - iTunes Music Chart History Analysis". music-chart.info. Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  23. "Austrian Acts at Eurosonic 2013: A.G.Trio" (in German). Austrian Music Export. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  24. "Die FM4 Charts vom 3. Jänner 2015" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  25. "Die FM4 Charts vom 18. 4. 2015" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  26. "Die FM4 Charts vom 27. Juni 2015" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  27. "Die FM4 Charts vom 10. Oktober 2015" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  28. "FM4 Jahrescharts 2015" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  29. "Die Soundpark Band des Jahres ist ...|" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  30. "Nominierte|" (in German). Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  31. "FM4 Award 2013: Die Finalisten|" (in German). FM4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  32. "Amadeus Awards: Das sind alle Nominierten" (in German). Heute.at. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  33. "Wer gewinnt den FM4 Award beim Amadeus 2016?" (in German). FM4. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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