The Kekse (cookie) Crew has been hard at work - the new album 'glücklichsein' is here! Twelve freshly baked songs straight from the Beatofen, full of love, funk, soul, and imagination. Songs about stop-dance, drawing circles, eggs full of life, weather wonders, penguins, pelicans, and the hyperspace elf machine.
This is what Private Chatroom says about the album:
Enjoy some minutes of feeling silly before you get back to your serious life…
As you might know, I‘m doing that mellow lofi house stuff, but I also love the stpuid party sound, that has that extra flavor of funkyness in it. Just a nobrainer to do that collab with my other alias Green Piccolo to fusion the G Sound and the House sound. That‘s the stpuid result.
Thirteen years after their last album, the sibling duo Boards of Canada are back with their new album, 'Inferno', which debuted at No. 4 on the German album charts. Congratulations!
World Premiere! Giant Rooks and Solann are performing their brand-new song, 'The Waves.' Although the five-piece band from Hamm is set to embark on a major tour of North and South America later this year, Giant Rooks have decided to celebrate the big release of their new song at Jan Böhmermanns late nite show Magazin Royale on ZDF.
Musically, we hear far eastern influences, soul, hip hop, new wave, dub, and electronica on Max Turner's 'Seeds Of The Unknown' . Some listeners might be reminded of Joy Division when listening to these songs, others of Lou Reed or Shuggie Otis, but all of them can be heard in the space between these songs! Max Turner finds inspiration in ancient Zen teachings, 12th century persian poetry as much as a good Motown song.
The Guardian conducted a great interview with Blixa Bargeld, in which they discussed, among other things, their new band member Josefine Lukschy. You can read the full interview here! In addition, the Neubauten are back on the road:
22-25.05. Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig Germany
03.06. SanbàPolis. Trento Italy
05.06. Primavera Sound, Barcelona Spain
17.06. Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki Greece
09.07. Festival de Wiltz, Wiltz Luxembourg
19.07. Philgood Festival, Katowice Poland
11.08. Parksnäcken, Uppsala Sweden
This year, we set up eight studios in Prague and once again brought together over 30 artists, writers, and producers from Europe and Africa. We look forward to presenting the results to you soon.
Supportet by THE IMPF NETWORK PROJECT
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