About
Die Feisten (spelling: die feisten) are a singing duo consisting of Mathias Zeh and Rainer Schacht, which emerged in 2013 from the Göttingen trio Ganz Schön Feist. The duet is characterized by its own compositions, its own accompaniment and comedy elements. It calls its music style ZweiMannSongComedy and presents its songs in a minimalist way with different acoustic instruments or a cappella. In addition to acoustic guitar and bass, instruments such as mandolin, sitar, timple, cajón, ukulele, bass box and a Udu are also used.
Since 2013 the Feisten have been organizing tours with a changing program in German-speaking countries, namely Experimental Laboratory, Experimental Laboratory 2 and Nut Bowl blues and, at the present time, Adam and Eve. They also appear in television programs such as Asül for all with Django Asül or Comedy with Carsten. Her debut CD Versuchslabor was released in 2013, which reflects her minimalist stage sound. In June 2014 they achieved greater awareness on YouTube with the publication of a live recording of the song Kriech nich da rein. The song is based on the melody of Greek wine by Udo Jürgens and satirizes everyday German office life. In 2015, Versuchslabor - 100% feist launched a revised version of their debut album, in which two songs were replaced by their own compositions, so that only their own works were represented. The album Nussschüsselblues, released in 2016, only contains live recordings. The double album Adam & Eva (Live) was released on August 24, 2018 and contains a total of 18 live recordings on 2 CDs.
In 2017 the German Cabaret Award 2017 went to the Feisten in the category chanson / song / music. The award was presented to them on March 5, 2017 in the Unterhaus - Mainzer Forum-Theater by Urban Priol.
Furthermore, in 2017 the Feisten received both the Schwerter Kleinkunstpreis and the award of the Sun Kings Hachenburg.
In March 2018, the Feisten received a 50-minute 3sat special on their Adam and Eve program, which was also broadcast on ZDF.