andi steirer
Born near Vienna, Austria, in 1960 he is autodidact. His percussive collaboration spectrum ranges from pop artists (e.g. Falco, Cesár Sampson) to jazz greats (Karl Ratzer a.o.) as well as to classic singer Angelika Kirchschlager.
He did his first performances at the age of 13. At 15, he co-founded the Austrian
rockjazz-group “Ostinato” (which is still active today). Later on he invented the
“Body-Drumming” (a way to play a drumset on one’s own body).
He joined many projects in Jazz, Funk, Pop, Rock, World Music and Musical and
has worked with a.o.: Karl Ratzer / Peter Ponger / Alegre Corrêa /
Joris Dudli / Wolfgang Puschnig / Harri Stojka / Falco / José Feliciano / Harold
Faltermeyer / Cesár Sampson / Georg Danzer / Ludwig Hirsch / EAV / Wolfgang
Ambros / Rainhard Fendrich / Austria 3 / Christian Kolonovits / Ostinato /
Barbara Dennerlein / Bobby McFerrin / Dorretta Carter / Angelika Kirchschlager
He did a lot of touring, achieved several gold and platinum discs and is a member
of 18 ensembles nowadays.
He released three CDs: “City in Trance” (2008) / “City in Trance – live!” (2010) / “Trance of Noiz” (2021)