Reactor (tape)

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reactor
Reactor (from left: Tromla, Flo: Pee, Goldfinger)
Reactor (from left: Tromla, Flo: Pee, Goldfinger)
General information
origin Saarbrücken , Germany
Genre (s) Funk , drum and bass
founding 1997
resolution 2004
Website www.reaktor-musik.de
Last occupation
Flo: Pee
Drums , vocals
 Tromla
Keyboard , vocals
 Goldfinger
former members
Keyboard, vocals
 Kazteen (until 2002)

Reaktor was a band that mixed styles such as jazz , funk , drum and bass and house with German-language texts.

history

In 1997, drummer Tromla met bassist Flo: Pee and keyboardist Kazteen in Saarbrücken to perform electronic music in public. The intention was to give computer-generated music a human face. Live rhythms and choppy, sample- like chants should contribute to this. The first club concerts took place in Saarbrücken and after a few years an agency was found that could mediate the band nationwide. For example, in 2003 they played at the KOMMZ or in 2004 at the Soundgarden Festival in Friedberg (Hesse) . In 2004 the album Hyperdimension was released on the independent label Bastard Records . In total, the band played more than 200 concerts, including jazz festivals, university and art events. A special feature of the band is the mix of music genres and the ability to dance the music at the same time. The mostly German-language chants are reminiscent of samples or rap texts, but have a more rhythmic function and are intended to evoke machine-like associations through individually repeated sentences .

Discography

  • 2000: electro superstars ( EP )
  • 2004: Hyperdimension (album)

criticism

[...] The songs are overflowing with energy. Fortunately, reactors never fail because of their high standards. The songs don't sound overloaded or too intentional, because they are skillful. On the contrary: the attention to detail, the originality and the professionalism with which work was carried out here are impressive. (Kai Florian Becker)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kommz: Program 2003
  2. ↑ Festival fever : Soundgarden 2004 ( Memento from September 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Onetake.de ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Critique of Hyperdimension , accessed on June 22, 2010