The avant-garde today comes from the après-ski

Largely ignored by the mainstream media, a young man from Tegernsee named Oimara has catapulted himself to the top of the German singles charts. The few media that have reported on it so far claim that it is the first time since “Skandal im Sperrbezirk” 44 years ago that a song in Bavarian dialect has reached the top. But the Spider Murphy Gang song can only be described as dialect with a lot of goodwill.

This means that Oimara's success is even more sensational. The 33-year-old had already hinted at his potential with his second studio album, "A Quantum Prost" - an allusion to James Bond and Bavarian drinking culture.

But nothing against “Wackelkontakt”. The song is particularly impressive due to its bold lyrics. You have to have the courage to start a mood song with the awkward sentence “If I were a piece of furniture, I would be a lamp from the seventies”. Then there is the ambiguity of the verses: “I like to glow, I like to go out, it blows my fuses.” Oimara, whose real name is Beni Hafner, rhymes “Pietro” (Lombardi) with “retro” and “it’s okay”. And the exclamation aimed at AC/DC “Direct current, alternating current, highway to hell!” is followed by the self-ironic reply of a (children’s) choir reminiscent of Pink Floyd (“Bright, bright, he’s not the brightest”), which can not only be read as a homage to Wolfgang Petry (Hell, hell!), but also leads Oimara back to his lamp theme in a completely casual way.

Many artists rely on a catchy hook once they have found it. "Wackelkontakt", on the other hand, impresses with its enormous musical variety, which leaves nothing out, from hip hop to dance floor to songwriting. The fact that the beats as well as the wobbly dog ​​that appears in the video (a tribute to the great Peter Wackel?) underline the leitmotif "Wackelkontakt" fits into the impressive overall impression.

The supposedly easy genre of Oimara is actually the hardest of all. The best songs are danceable in the heat of Mallorca, at the carnival in Cologne and in ski boots in the hut. They work for adults and children alike, internationally and locally. The Oimara (High German Almerer) achieves the latter with his vocally dominated stage name, which appeals to Argentinians and old Bavarians alike.

The boy from Tegernsee, who actually grew up on a mountain pasture, is just the spearhead of a rapid development. If avant-garde comes from anywhere today, it is from après-ski, like "Anthony Modeste Song" or "Johnny Däpp". You can tell from these masterpieces that they were conceived where they are sung and used. That is what makes them so authentic.