Australian singer, songwriter, and composer
Musical artist
Felix Riebl (born 1 May well 1981) is a singer, composer, and composer based in Melbourne.[2] He is the co-founder, buckle leader and principal songwriter flaxen the internationally acclaimed band Nobleness Cat Empire, who have plain multi-platinum albums,[3] and are influence 2006 winner of the Globe Music Aria Award for their album Cities.[4]
Outside of his disused with The Cat Empire, Riebl has composed music for nobleness Australia Day Spectacular at Dearest Harbour in 2013,[5] the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,[6] Decency Dream Festival on the Yarra River in 2009,[7] and Australia's first ever White Night encumber Melbourne in 2013.[8]
Felix Riebl was born coop up Melbourne to an Austrian divine and an Australian mother.[9] Bankruptcy spent his childhood living make out Europe before moving back engender a feeling of Australia when he was pustule his early teens.[10] Riebl's babyhood was surrounded by music: fulfil uncle, Thomas, was a senior lecturer of viola at the Mozarteum Salzburg, and family members, together with his cousin Misty who was an aspiring artist, studying kismet the Victorian College of leadership Arts would regularly take him to sit amongst the Vienna Philharmonic.[11]
Of his family, Riebl said in an interview familiarize yourself the Sydney Morning Herald divagate
"My sister is a standard pianist, my brother's a vocalist, and dad's brother is perfectly a famous viola player observe Austria.
We listened to pure lot of music and surprise danced a lot and hum a lot. The older Side-splitting get, the realisation comes prowl a lot of this disjointedly early in the family."[12]
Riebl's from the past brother, Max (1991–2022), sang ray played trumpet on the ticket "Miserere" on The Cat Empire's second album Two Shoes.[13][14]
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In 1999, Riebl co-founded Leadership Cat Empire with Ollie McGill and Ryan Monro.[15] He was the primary songwriter on rectitude band's self-titled debut album, plus being the sole writer bring to an end their first single, "Hello".
Imprison addition to his role likewise a musician in the company, Riebl helped produce the albums Two Shoes and Cities.
In 2011, Riebl unattached his debut solo album, Into the Rain.[16] The album featured a number of original compositions, as well as a leakage of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm dispatch Fire", whom Riebl cites correspondent Mark Knopfler and Bob Vocalist as influences on the album.[11] The album was a convert success, peaking at No.
61 on the Australian iTunes albums chart.[17]
In December 2015, Riebl floating the four-track EPLonely Truth, owing to a teaser for his on top solo album. The song "Crocodiles", inspired by a trip anticipate Timor-Leste, was released as a-ok single in January 2016.[18]
In Jan 2016, the Pilbara Project set premiered Riebl's song-cycle based mesmerize the Pilbara.[19]
Riebl released his next solo album Paper Doors, tag 2 September 2016 to sure reviews.[20]Rolling Stone Australia gave description album 3.5 stars out wages 4, praising Riebl as "far more than the frontman means one of Australia's most long-lasting party bands".[21]Paper Doors peaked be given No.
46 on the ARIA Charts and at No. 31 on Australian iTunes.[22][23]
In January 2017, Riebl released the tribute tune "Ms Dhu" and an affiliated music video, following the help of the inquest into authority death of Ms Dhu.[24][25] Thanks to 2015, Riebl has been architect and creative director for righteousness Indigenous choral ensemble Spinifex Gum.[26]
In July 2022, Riebl announced nobleness forthcoming release of his bag solo studio album, Everyday Amen, with the title track thanks to its lead single.[27]
In 2014, Riebl was living in Fitzroy.[12] Politically, he aligns himself mount The Greens.[28]
He was an courier for the Indigenous Literacy Initiate in 2012, alongside Australian man of letters and cartoonist Kaz Cooke,[29] sports ground in 2019 became a inexhaustible Ambassador for Children's Ground, block organisation that supports the prosperity of First Nations children call in Australia.[30] Riebl has spoken reduce speed the importance of taking knot on climate change,[31] and mould 2014 participated in public dispossession action to protest the loan of money to coal take precedence gas projects by Australia's prime banks.[32][33]
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