Red front (band)
| Red front | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Berlin , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Ska-punk , reggae , ska , dancehall , klezmer , hip-hop |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | www.rotfront.com |
| Founding members | |
Guitar, bass, vocals |
Yuriy Gurzhy |
Bass, guitar, vocals |
Simon Wahorn |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, bass, vocals |
Yuriy Gurzhy |
Guitar, bass, vocals |
Simon Wahorn |
singing |
Katya Tasheva |
MC |
MadMilian |
trombone |
Nils Marquardt |
saxophone |
Patrick Hamacher |
clarinet |
Bert Hildebrandt |
accordion |
Daniel Kahn |
Drums |
Lars Friedrich |
RotFront (also with the addition: Emigrantski Raggamuffin ) is a Berlin band .
history
The group was founded in 2003 as the Emigrantski Raggamuffin collective RotFront by the Ukrainian Yuriy Gurzhy, who together with Wladimir Kaminer also became known through the Russian disco in Berlin, and the Hungarian Simon Wahorn.
In addition to the main line-up of nine, the number of band members varies, so that sometimes up to 15 people are on stage. The actress and singer Dorka Gryllus used to be a member of the band .
At the TFF Rudolstadt , one of the most important and largest folk festivals in Europe, RotFront awarded the German Ruth World Music Prize in the Global RUTH category in 2010 .
Style and background
The band not only connects the most varied of musical styles such as rock , hip-hop , dancehall , reggae , ska or klezmer , they also bring together musicians of many nationalities.
The band members see themselves as a political music group, which is characterized by its internationality. In addition to the Ukrainian Gurzhy and the Hungarian Wahorn, Germans, Americans, Australians and other Hungarians are or were involved in the band.
On the self-image: "Politics is never sung, but our own example shows how natural and harmonious the exchange between different nationalities, musical styles and cultures can work"
The lyrics of the band RotFront are written in different languages. Are used German , English , Russian and Hungarian .
The band has been working with the producer Kraans de Lutin since the first album .
Discography
Albums
- Emigrantski Raggamuffin (2009)
- Visa free (May 2011)
- 17 German Dances (April 2014)
Compilation Contributions
- B-Style (compilation contribution to listen to berlin ( Berlin Music Commission ) 2009)
- Ya Piv (Tiger Hifi Echo Mix) (compilation contribution on the sampler radiomultikulti must remain (published by the Freundeskreis multikulti eV for Radio multicult2.0 ) 2009)
- Zhenya (P-Town Remix) (compilation post on Kaffee Burger ( Duplikat Records ) 2006)
Web links
- Official website
- Rotfront bei Discogs (English)
- Yuriy Gurzhy: 'Warning! The party is Russian-rock-free ' . Alexandra Belopolsky, Café Babel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Dieckmann on the RUTH website ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.rotfront.com/de/band/ Homepage of the band
