The people who bring the songs to your ears

Al-Berto met the songs — but it's the friends along the way who wake them to life on stage and in the studio. And other friends who open new paths for the songs to travel the world.

Current lineup

Beat Barmettler

Bass & backings

Erich Schneider

Mixing & vocals

Raffs Walker

Guitar & accordion

Roli Würsch

Drums & backings

How it all began

The Fried Bikinis project started before the music — as a picture gallery for bouldering in Engelberg in 2003. A year later it became a blog about travelling, climbing and surfing with fictional stories: climb2surf.com.

Portugal

After recording some songs on a classic 8-track in 2005 and starting to film with the first still cameras in 2006, it was obvious to score the movies with the recorded sounds. They were widely liked on YouTube — often for the music. That was the turning point when music became the driving force of the project, concert offers came in, and a band was needed.

Band history

A band to give the songs a life on stage could only come together thanks to many friends. The ones listed here were the main drivers — and there were many more who helped along the way.

2005
Reto Dula Eller

General supervision (the guy who says what you don't like to hear), recording supervision, CD artwork, guitar live & recording.

Beat Barmy Barmettler

Recording supervision, bass live & recording, backings live, live arrangement.

Early days
2007
Tabea Schwab

Lyrics, melody & communication supervision, backings live & recording.

The band collage
Cooper Roberts

Music placement in movies, video clip supervision, keyboards/samples live, lyrics supervision & inspiration.

Thoemsy Infanger

Drums recording.

2008
Lukas Speissegger

Recording producer (the man with the braincable), bass, guitar, drums, backings and keys recording, arrangement.

Early days
2009
Jerome Galli

Drums live & recording, arrangement live & recording.

Raphael Zingg

Guitar, harmonica live, arrangement live.

Roli Würsch

Drums live & recording, arrangement live & recording.

The band collage
The band collage
2010
Erich Schneider

Mixing/lights live, event organisation, vocals live & recording.

Raffs Walker

Guitar live, arrangement live.

Nik Fehlmann

Guitar/vox/keys live, arrangement live.

The band collage
2011
Jwan Steiner

Percussions/drums live.

The band collage
2012
Anna Bucher

Accordion live.