With a bit of assist from ABBA. Edelweiss introduced you themselves after which went once more. However the place?

Edelweiss had been an Austrian group that fashioned in 1988 of Walter Werzowa (b.1960), Matthias Schweger (b.1966) and Martin Gletschermayer together with singers Maria Mathis (b.1967) and Andrea Jilik. Utilizing the melody of ABBA‘s “SOS”, they created the track “Carry Me Edelweiss” in 1988 and topped the chart of their come nation with it. For the remainder of 1988 and into 1989, the track went prime ten throughout Europe and additional afield, peaking at No.5 within the UK and No.7 on the US Dance chart. However the magic of Edelweiss’ first launch didn’t catch on and though they achieved yet one more No.1 in Austria with “Raumschiff Edelweiss” in 1992, the teams subsequent singles and their two studio albums, “Edelweiss” (1988) and “The Fantastic World Of Edelweiss” (1992), did no extra.

The group parted methods in 1993 with only a remix of their greatest recognized track surfacing in 2001. Since then, Matthias Schweger labored with the group Bingoboys, greatest recognized for his or her 1990 single “How To Dance”, one other track which sampled and freely used different peoples songs, earlier than he turned a well-known DJ on Austrian radio. Walter Werzowa went on to change into a producer and composer of movie and tv music, most notably the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger/Vanessa Williams movie ‘Eraser’, in addition to being one of many main authorities on the composer Mozart. Singer Maria Mathis has launched a variety of solo singles and albums all through the 1990’s and early 00’s in her residence nation, however Edelweiss have regrouped extra not too long ago than that for a one-off thirtieth anniversary efficiency of “Carry Me Edelweiss”!

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