Max & Bianca

Max & Bianca were an Australian pop duo formed by Max Donovan and Bianca Oechsle in 2011. Their debut single, "Love Drunk" (December 2013), reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100. They disbanded late in 2015.

Max & Bianca
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresPop
Years active2011 (2011)–2015 (2015)
LabelsWonderlick/Sony
Past members
  • Max Donovan
  • Bianca Oechsle

History

Max Donovan and Bianca Oechsle met at a Talent Development Project for students in Sydney. They formed a pop duo sharing lead vocals.[1] The pair were signed to Wonderlick Recordings/Sony.[2] In January 2014 their debut single, "Love Drunk" (December 2013), reached No. 92 on the ARIA singles chart.[3][4] The song was co-written by Donovan and Oechsle with Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci (p.k.a. DNA Songs).[1][5] The music video for "Love Drunk" was filmed at Larnach Castle in Dunedin and produced by Benn Jae.[6]

Idolator's Mike Wass observed, "Brought together by mutual friends, the Sydney-based duo play their own instruments and aspire to make quality pop music with substance... the fizzy pop tune sounds like a more melodic Karmin — with sugary sweet vocals and a bold, sing-a-long chorus."[7] Andrew Le of Renowned for Sound, rated it at three-and-a-half out-of five stars and explained, "production is nevertheless disposable and generic. The opening guitar strums are reminiscent of the intro to P!nk’s Raise Your Glass, and [their] voices are heavily processed and sanitized... [it] has an actual song structure, with verses, a pre-chorus that builds to the big chorus, hooks and a bridge... [they] sound great together, whether singing individually or together (with and without harmonising)."[8] In October 2015 the duo performed a live version of "Love Drunk" in the studios of The Music Network.[9]

Max & Bianca followed with a second single, "Young and Broken", in April 2015.[10] It was co-written by the pair with Xavier Dunn.[11] auspOp's Damian Ormerod observed, "[it's] a thumping, punch dance/pop number that ought to win them a slew of new fans across the country with its fab harmonies and stomping dance beats."[10] They were featured singers on "Into the Light" by G-Wizard, which appeared in October of that year and reached No.26 on the ARIA Club Tracks Chart.[12] In late 2015 the duo split, with Oechsle going on to form a new group, Kalide, with DJ Mike Smith.

Members
  • Max Donovan
  • Bianca Oechsle

Discography
  • "Love Drunk" (13 December 2013) – Wonderlick Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment Australia AUS: No. 92[3]
  • "Young and Broken" (30 April 2015)
    • "Young and Broken" (G-Wizard Remix) (27 March 2015) – Sony Music Entertainment Australia
  • "Into the Light" (by G-Wizard featuring Max & Bianca) (October 2015) AUS Club: No. 26[12]

References
  1. "Duo set to launch 'Love Drunk'", Daily Mercury, 12 December 2013
  2. "Max & Bianca". Wonderlick Recordings. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "ARIA Report Issue 1247" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. "INXS Just Miss Out On Top Ten Chart Spot". TheMusic.com.au. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. "'Love Drunk' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 27 September 2019. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  6. "Australian artists praise Dunedin's film potential". Otago Daily Times. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. Wass, Mike (10 December 2013). "Australian Pop Duo Max & Bianca Tease Debut Single 'Love Drunk'". Idolator. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. Le, Andrew (18 December 2013). "Single Review: Max & Bianca – 'Love Drunk'". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. staff writer (27 October 2015). "Max and Bianca: 'Love Drunk' – Live at TWN". The Music Network. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  10. Ormerod, Damian (5 May 2015). "Max & Bianca: 'Young and Broken'". auspOp. Spinning Webs Media. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  11. "'Young and Broken' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 27 September 2019. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  12. Wallace, Ian (30 November 2015). "Week Commencing ~ 30th November 2015 ~ Issue #1344" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1344): 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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