PRESS QUOTES:
"One of the indie hits 2019" and " A song to fall in love with" .... Those are some very friendly words from radio FM4 about "Happy And I Hate It", the new single from Lulu Schmidt feat. Klumzy Tung! No arguing there.... (European Radio Plugging)
"in the beginning of February, Lulu Schmidt, together with Klumzy Tung, had already delivered the best songline of the year so far: "Happy and I hate it" (which is also the song’s title). Their good cooperation continues with Play. So, Play: playing a song might bring the sort of fame that you definitely do not want. Maybe? Play is a controversial treatise. It is about the tiresome business which accompanies the production of art: you are great, you are known, you reach the people. "Bow down, kiss the ring". Beautiful and important principles, such as l'art pour l'art, have been discreetly set aside by not so few people, so that their limelight can burn even more brightly. Lulu Schmidt has an ironic approach towards her own desire for both:
the great spectacle AND the great art.
Lulu Schmidt's debut album, which has been feverishly awaited since her appearance at Popfest 2017, is called "BiPopularity" and will be released in June."
(FM4 Soundpark). link in German
“The woman from the Waldviertel, Lulu Schmidt, can confidently be called a cultural multi-talent. Fashion, dance, film, visual arts, and music; all have equal value and status within the great cosmos of the performance artist. On her long-awaited debut album "BiPopularity", she elegantly mixes avant-garde pop with electronica, and mainstream pop with rap, without stumbling between these great divides. The result is modern Pop 3.0 with a lot of humor and message, and light-footed when it comes to clichés and traditionalism". (Krone Music)
"The eleven songs on her album are magically produced, with a strong voice and exciting instrumentalisation. The genres mentioned on the website: BiPop, Hybrid-Pop, Avant-Pop, Glamtrap, and Hiphop/Rap. In truth, Lulu Schmidt is first and foremost, Lulu Schmidt.(...), currently one of the most exciting artists in the country." (Haubentaucher)
“More courage to shrill figures - when you must kiss the devil’s hand, even while he is oppressing you: Lulu Schmidt dedicates her album to exciting contrasts. “The game” means for her, above all, one thing: to create breaks, to make ironic. In the video "Fire", she poses with the same pop aesthetics with which today’s women gladly perform, only with bushy black hair showing showing in her cleavage.”
(Die Presse)
"For many years, she made a lot of unconventional performances to accompany her then very bizarre music. With "Play", she released her first single (..) The text deals with the games which the artist must play within the creative industry. One thing is for sure: you are going to hear a lot about Lulu Schmidt. Her latest transformation is very well done, and her debut album "BiPopularity" will be released on the 14.06.2019. We should keep our eyes and ears open."
(WienKonzerte) (link to full article IN GERMAN)
"She´t the Swiss army knife of talents".. (Klumzy Tung, Rapper)
“Lulu (actually, Carola) Schmidt comes from the Austrian Waldviertel forest region, has studied art, has lived for a long time in Berlin, and is now working in Vienna on her debut album. Her artistic work is about transformation and identity; and also as a musician she doesn’t want to become settled in an established style. What Lulu Schmidt produces with violin, keyboard, laptop and voice’ can fit as easily in a club as it can in an art gallery - or on a pop stage. Stage props and performance play an important role in her appearances, so it’s no surprise that her performance at the Vienna Museum was one of the most striking at last year’s Popfest ” (Falter, Wien)
“Lulu Schmidt (...) knows exactly what she is doing; she is a single-woman-orchestra with violin, keyboards, voice and self-produced beats. Her debut album is currently in production and is part of her project series "I Am Not Me, Please Believe Me", an artistic examination of transformation and identity. Several live recordings suggest that Lulu Schmidt’s artworks could also transform into a remarkable pop career.” (Popfest Vienna)
“One woman to rule it all - With her EP, Let Me Go, Lulu Schmidt anchors herself in the music scene, and shows that she is a fabulous musician in addition to a performer. Her entire presence and music is characterized by abstract electronica with charisma.”
(Mica - music Austria)
Link to artist portrait: musicaustria.at/one-woman-to-rule-it-all-lulu-schmidt-im-mica-portraet
“At the tender age of three, in the cellar of her parents' forest home, she played the violin to dead animals - to free their souls. At five, she began playing the piano, and took her classmates from the kindergarten to the nursery to grace them with a secretly recorded radio show. Her live shows are now very well attended, and the audiences are happy and voluntary, and reacted enthusiastically on the 21st of April at the Electric Spring Festival in Vienna. Shortly before that, she was able to convince the jury of the Austrian music fund to receive a sponsorship. " (MediaBiz)
“She has something mystical, revealing - fragile, vulnerable, determined" (Miss Katnum)
“Mystical melancholic, hypnotic, explosive, fragile and powerful; as a live act, Lulu Schmidt moves fairy-like through a world full of glitter, with electronica, violin, singing, and piano. She is often on tour with Tangowerk, at international festivals, or as host of events such as the Berlin Music Video Awards”. (The Muse, Vienna)
“Manic-depressive with beauty” (Katharina Göbel)
“In a festival lineup dominated by Electropop variations, the single-woman-orchestra Lulu Schmidt (singing, piano, violin, electronics), is not so conventional. She mixes electronic pop with classical and noise particles. Recently, her EP Let Me Go was released, and the album BiPopularity has been announced for the autumn.” (the Standard / Austria)
“The lady was also to be seen at the popfest last year, and she disturbed me a bit with her appearance. Okay, not just a bit, but even quite a lot. I refrained from writing about her, because I couldn’t find words for it.” (wienkonzert.com)
“Originally from Horn, Lulu Schmidt, with her "One Woman Orchestra" show, combines many styles into a new, unique overall concept. Whether she fascinates us with her violin, a la Lindsey Stirling, dips into artistic installation worlds, a la Florence Welch, or glides into the indie zone, or joins Berlin newcomers like Schlindwein (with whom she has contributed a track to "Fucking Berlin"), she cares for lascivious melancholy. There is much to be expected from her in every respect." (meinbezirk.at)
“...Lulu Schmidt is one of those insider tips: an excellent musician and performer, who has already dealt with the tricky task of catering for afternoon music enthusiasts at the last Popfest in the Vienna Museum." (Der Falter)
Carola Schmidt’s art background also rubs off on her musical alter ego: Lulu Schmidt’s sound, videos, performances and self-con- ception are carried by the desire for staging, by eccentricity, breaks and rein- terpretations. On top of that she adds an (electro-)pop sensibility that ensures that the messages about gender roles and star cult also find their way into the ear. She describes her crossing the border between avant-garde and mainstream, introspection and expressiveness as hangover pop. And it has a lot to offer.
(The Gap)
