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Son of the Velvet Rat is an Austrian band. As well as founders singer Georg Altziebler and accordionist Heike Binder, the band includes Albrecht Klinger (bass), Michael Willmann (drums) and Kolja Radenkovic (git, trump).〔(MICA, Music Austria (Review): Ternai, Michael, Son of the Velvet Rat – Firedancer ), Music Information Center Austria (mica), 12 September 2013.〕 ==History== Son of the Velvet Rat was founded in 2003〔(Salzburger Nachrichten (Review): Behr, Martin, Die Seele zu Markte tragen ), Salzburger Nachrichten VerlagsgesmbH & Co KG, 19 September 2008.〕 by European songwriter〔() Profil (Interview): Hüttner, Christoph, Wie verletzlich müssen Songwriter sein, Herr Altziebler?, Profil, News Networld Internetservice GmbH, 17 September 2013.〕 Georg Altziebler and his wife, organist and accordionist Heike Binder. The band started out with sparsely instrumented releases such as "Spare some sugar (the rat )" and "By my Side" on Starfish Records, a small California-based label. In 2006 they were signed by Vienna-based indie label ''monkey.'' The same year, their "Fall with me" reached #3 on the charts of Austrian national public radio station FM4 and #47 on their 2007 full year chart. In 2008, Son of the Velvet Rat was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award (Category: Alternative). Like their previous album "Red Chamber Music",〔() Die Presse (Review): Kramer, Thomas, Son of the Velvet Rat, Zwei Gläser, ein Aschenbecher, Die Presse, Styria Media Group AG, 12 November 2013.〕 their album "Firedancer" was named ''Best Austrian Album of the Year 2013'' by Wiener Zeitung.〔(Tiroler Tageszeitung (Review): Theiner, Sabine, Vital tönende Melange ), Tiroler Tageszeitung Online, 28 September 2013.〕 "Firedancer" has been released in the US on March 21, 2014. Some of their records have been released by the South Korean label Polyphone. Son of the velvet Rat has toured throughout the US and Europe. The founding couple now live in California.〔(Wiener Zeitung (Review): Jaschke, Bruno, Rock gegen Verlustschmerz ), Wiener Zeitung GmbH, 27 September 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Son of the Velvet Rat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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