Viaticum

The history of Viaticum started 2005 in an old vaulted cellar where Pascal and Michi started to play jam sessions as a guitar duo. Later Urs, the bass player, joined the guitarists and together they rocked the cellar night after night. More and more musicians joined the sessions which lead to wild musical experiments including keyboard, organ and percussion. Over the time song structures started growing out of those wild and vibrant jam sessions and the band name was aspirated into the sticky cellar air: Viaticum was born.
For the young musicians their music embodied the supplies for the path towards the beyond, like the viaticum itself. The first demo songs were followed by some changes in the line-up and Bastian joined as new drummer. With this line-up 2011 the EP TRIP ME TENDER was released under Acoustic Desaster Records. On this record Viaticum defined their own style and built their overall Sound. The band called the young genre Kosmikrock, which was described by STONEROBIXX as «interesting mix of space, psychedelic, kraut, prog, & psychedelic rock». 2014 the self-released album KOSMIKROCK was born. Compared to the more basic sound of TRIP ME TENDER, the music on KOSMIKROCK became deeper: The songs got wider and more complex. With the new record, Viaticum toured for the first time. After that, the band members had a lot of private stuff to handle and after almost ten years, drummer Bastian left the band. New drummer Dave was a worthy successor. His reduced drumming should shape the new album SOLAR TRANSIENT and Viaticum’s future. Viaticum’s sound became again more down-to-earth without loosing the psychedelic influence. It was a long rocky road until the band found itself again and could create new ideas and songs out of long spacy jams. After the recordings of the new album, Dave left Viaticum and gave the sticks to Jöni, an old friend of the band. Since 2019 he contributes his fresh rhythms to Viaticum’s sound. The climax of this moved episode in the band’s recent history is called SOLAR TRANSIENT, their new album – fresh off the press!

Members

Guitar Michi
Bass, Vocals Urs
Guitarspacenoise, Clarinet, Korg Volca fm and Vocals Pascal
Drums:  Jöni

Drums on Trip me tender and Kosmikrock  Bastian

Drums on Solar Transient Dave

Hello folks

Das diesjährige Konzert spielen wir als Support von Gorlami im Taptab in Schaffhausen .

Nächstes Jahr dann wieder mehr.

GRRRRRRRRR

V.

Shows Shows Shows

Endlich wieder Konzerte.

11.05.2022 Supporten wir die grossartigen Temple Fang. Im wunderschönen Tap Tab in Schaffhausen.

14.05.2022 spielen wir zusammen mit The Kushan Empire im neu umgebauten Gaswerk in Winterthur.

Das sollte dann auch mal reichen für ne Weile. Wir wollen es auch nicht übertreiben.

Mit Liebe, Viaticum

Hello,

Just wanted to say briefly that we have released our new album solar transient. You can download it, buy the records and share it with friends or enemies.
The album was made in difficult times and as always when we record albums it was a struggle. And now it comes to you even in difficult times. May it give you a little peace. may it give you a place where you can stay for a while.
We are glad to finally release it and show it to you.
If you like what we have worked out together let us know.
we are looking forward to hearing from you and reading from you and maybe we will see you on the road sometime. you never know.

We’re going back to our stinking little bandroom and start all over again. hopefully it won’t take another six years before you hear from us. but yes: in the end you never know.

warm hug,
viaticum

Dear Kosmos,

Our new Album will call solar transient and will be released soon (hopefully).

Happy new Year everyone!

we will heading in february 2019 to the studio to record our new album.

We are currently writing new songs. Stay tuned. Don’t get lost.

we still live. we still breathing. we still writing music.

Hello

We officially announce that our new baby is born. We call it KOSMIKROCK and you can download it for free on  bandcamp or listen to it on soundcloud.

kisses

Viaticum

YELLING AT CLOUDS Tour in November w/ Soldat Hans

10.11.2014 alte Mälzerei, Regensburg

11.11.2014 Jazz Rock Café, Cheb

12.11.2014 Pohoda Club Plzen

14.11.2014 Tiefgrund, Berlin

15.11.2014 LAS, Poznan, Polen

Holla,

long time since you heard from us. But they are some news:

We just finished recording our new record, it will be a double vinyl release with 80 minutes of music and sounds.

.yeah. 

There will be a release show together with our beloved friends, Soldat Hans and also a small (our first) tour this year.

more later, stay tuned,

Viaticum

Dear followers and folks out there,
we have just mastered our old record TRIP ME TENDER and now it sounds as fresh as ever. You can download it for free as usual, or if you want to you can also donate.

There is a vinyl coming this summer. Also, we prepare a new record which should be released in 2014. So we need money.

With our sincere thanks,
your Viaticum

2012 was a wild year.Much has happened.

We are currently writing new songs and hope that our new Record will be released 2014.

The first new Song is already Online. It is called FGY

See y’all in 2013.

Keep Clean and Safe.

Viaticum

Yes it’s done. have fun!