EPK - Behind the scenes
THIS IS ME. THIS KLAWUTA. I’M CREATING. I’M DRIVEN. YOU ARE INVITED. YOU ARE WELCOME.
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Matthias Ledwinka (drummer of LAUSCH) created himself a new playground. After working with several projects for over a decade, he took a break and became a dad. But being driven by passion, this break didn’t last long – ideas and music pushed back into his thoughts.
The concept of klawuta is simple: It’s a home-coming. Home is his studio, here the songs are written and recorded first-hand. That’s what Matthias always enjoyed most in musician‘s life. Live-shows with all their compromises, sticky floors in the clubs, dirty backstage rooms, long roadtrips – that’s in the past and not really missed.
But even as the lone wolf, he tends to be, he enjoys the inspiration of collaborations. So klawuta is supported at least by one guest on most oft the tracks. This could be friends, respected colleagues or even idols.
SHADOW PARKER
feat. Mr Green my saviour & Martin Peichl
Shadow Parker is about ignoring your own needs and living in patterns others are forcing upon you. But your shadow always catches up. You can lie to yourself but you can’t trick your own shadow. The groovy indie-song is inspired by artsy pop off the beaten track like Deus oder Mitsoobishy Jacson.
Klawuta again teamed up with other artists: This time it’s his own brother aka Mr Green my saviour on guitar and the Austrian writer Martin Peichl with a charming spoken-word-part.
Release: April 25th 2025
POKIN feat. Luca Pettrich
Sometimes we poke into each other’s bruises and scars. It might hurt at first, but also speed up healing or make it even possible in the first place. Meeting somebody new in the middle of your life got it’s advantages: both sides already know what they want and need. It turns out pretty fast if it’s a match or not. On the other hand everybody brings a backpack of experiences and triggers.
After collaborating with other musicians like Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude, New End Original, Onelinedrawing) in his previous singles, this time Matthias invited his nephew Luca Pettrich on lead-guitar. They also produced a video together.
Release: February 7th 2025
COLD COFFEE
„Cold Coffee“ is a solemn track processing massive changes in private life. Things come to an end, emotions cool off. But „a magic dwells in each beginning“ (Hermann Hesse) and a big loss may provide some breeding ground for something much bigger and more beautiful.
So the song has some melancholic but positive vibe, carried by klawuta’s inherent unorthodox but driven rhythmics and a voice telling an emotional story. After collaborating with other musicians like Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude, New End Original, Onelinedrawing) in his previous singles, this time Matthias played and recorded all instruments himself, without pressure or haste, just letting his work grow over months. He also produced the musicvideo on his own. So this is as indie as it can be but without the demand to sound out oft he garage, but to sound clear and deliberate.
Release: March 1st 2024
PHOBOS, DEIMOS, WHATEVER
This is our anthem to all spacenerds, sciencegeeks, spacerockers, astronomyfans and everybody else who appreciates an epic guitar-tune.
Featuring musician and soundengineer Alexander Lausch on guitars/vocals and awarded writer Martin Peichl on mission control radio, Phobos, Deimos, Whatever puts you in the pilot’s seat of a space-racer performing several sling-shot-manoeuvres.
It follows the foot steps of space- and math rockers like Failure, Shiner and adds a modern, timeless touch of bands like Thrice and Lower than Atlantis. It’s heavy, energetic, epic!
Release: March 4th 2022
OVERESTIMATED
Overestimated has it’s origins in a lullaby Matthias Ledwinka alias Klawuta wrote for his four-year-old son. It’s his first attempt to sing in his mother tongue, an Austrian dialect combined with an English chorus. The lyrics are about expectations and (mis)conceptions blurring your view and flexibility and the sweet madness of becoming a father with all the fiery experiences coming with this adventure.
Release: September 3rd 2021
SWEAR feat. Jonah Matranga
For the first single „Swear“ the US-singer/songwriter Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude, New End Original, Onelinedrawing,…) joined klawuta. Jonah has been a big musical influence for Matthias. They only met once in person at a show in Vienna in 2008. But thanks to the internet, they teamed up in the year oft he pandemic in 2020 and produced a song including a video. Music and lyrics of „Swear“ reflect the specific views of the two musicians on this eventful times.
But this song is only the beginning of a series of other tracks already in the works. And with these, other national and international guests will follow.
