SNACKBAR the Ambassador

SNACKBAR the Ambassador is the alter ego of multidisciplinary visual artist and musician Matthias König. His music is a fiery mixture of deconstructed folklore, electronic beats and space explorations, heated up by a good dose of krautrock, psychedelic cumbia, dub and other mind-blowing pleasures.

He is inspired by bands like Meridian Brothers, Konono No 1 and Abelardo Carbono, and immersed himself in ”the celebration of the delirious life”, in which traditions, folklore and carnival are key ingredients.

This one man-band plays a series of samplers, drum machines, synthesizers, string and percussion instruments to create disruptive but infectious live performances. He released his first single Iedere Dag Vakantie on the label Esc.rec. He will be releasing a new single Avocado end of 2024 and his debut album in Q2 of 2025.

He was support to bands like Henge and Pachyman and played at festivals like Peel Slowly And See, Nacht van de Kaap, Hoogtevrees (all NL), Changeover (Serbia and Monkey Week (Spain).

“SNACKBAR the ambassador is the alter ego of multidisciplinary artist Matthias König who grapples with his laptop and keyboards to deliver a party set that is a big beat in dub with adventures into krautrock and tripped out cumbia in a Day-Glo delivery. It bounces and its use of dub reverbs an adventure into sound adds another layer to the death disco of the party beats.” – John Robb @Louder Than War

“Essentially the alias of Den Haag resident and music experimentalist Matthias König, SNACKBAR The Ambassador thrives on a subtle charm that leaves the audience gasping in anticipation at what he’s going to play next (the wasp synthesizer? the cymbals? the guitar?) while eliciting a playful demeanour that breaks down any immediate barriers between artist and throng.” – Dom Gourlay @Under The Radar

“What he is doing with a.o. a guitar, keyboards, loops and a cowbell he calls ‘Psychedelic-Kraut-Cumbia-Tropical-German-Carnaval-Delight!!!’ Maybe not that bad of a description, because we don’t know either. He turns frantically on buttons, samples some vocals, creates beats that feel surreal and creates a kind of electronic psychedelia that one moment leans to cosmic house and a little later even towards electronic Sahara blues.” – Guy Peters @Enola

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