Why is Koenix doing a crowdfunding campaign?
Koenix played at Wacken, after all. They post videos from all those massive festivals. They’re famous and surely live off their music, right? The reality, unfortunately, is completely different.
We have been running this project for years out of pure passion—for the love of music and, above all, the joy of throwing epic parties together with you. We’ve always aimed to present a mega-cool show with fire, dance, and songs that stick with you. But producing a show like that is a massive undertaking—financially as well.
In recent years, everything has become much more expensive for us: transportation costs, insurance, warehouse rent, etc. Not to mention the music production costs, for which the payouts in the Spotify world amount to nothing more than a tip in the coffee jar. And this past summer, our band bus’s gearbox broke down, tearing a hole of nearly €10,000 in our budget.
And that is why we need you—so that Koenix can continue to exist in this form.
What is in for you?
You’ll receive the new album ANDERTAL more than half a year before its official release — featuring four brand-new, previously unreleased songs, as well as the six tracks we’ve only released digitally over the past few years.
In addition, you’ll get two exclusive T-shirts — and, very special — a book accompanying the album, with a unique, fantastical story woven around the different songs.
How will we use the funds?
We will use the money to refinance the repairs to our band bus and to cover a portion of the album production, studio costs, mixing, and mastering.
Should we reach our goal of CHF 10,000, we will add stretch goals—for example, to bring the ’magic lanterns’ (which you might remember from earlier shows) back to the stage, as they are unfortunately no longer functional, or to integrate even more epic fire effects into the show.
