About
ACO was founded in 2004 and has since been playing in various constellations, various settings, dubious locations and with varying success. ACO write their own songs, rewrite songs where needed and dedicate plenty of time to songs written for them by artists.2008 saw ACO’s second release, after the 12 inch vinyl picture disk, designed by John Bock and Kirstine Roepstorf in 2005 – which bizarrely seems to be owned by more people who “love it!” than the number of copies ever sold. Live and learn and wonder.The 2008 release, titled “artist’s songs” contains exactly those artist songs which have created an awful lot of sweat and joy in the rehearsal room as well as on stage. Songs were written specifically for ACO by artists (in alphabetical order): Oystein Aasan, Dave Allen, Christian Jankowski, Elke Krystufek, John Miller/Takuji Kogo, Carsten Nicolai, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Karin Sander, Markus Schinwald, Andreas Schlaegel, Ross Sinclair, Annika Stroem.The artist-song-record was followed by a record of ACO’s own material, the same sweat and joy: “Das Summen der Teile” published on the band’s own “Atze O.” label.Currently the band is preparing their third release, featuring artists songs by artists one would probably consider historical, it will contain names you thought you knew, and gearing up for their first Asian tour, following the calls of their fans, with four dates in Sri Lanka in July 2010.Contact:barr@gmx.netschlaegel@gmx.deoder einfach contact@artcriticsorchestra.com