Tape Five
Tape Five is a multinational German music project founded in 2003 by songwriter and producer Martin Strathausen.
Tape Five produces music in different styles such as swing , electro swing , nujazz , latin , lounge , dub , trip-hop , chill-out and electro . While the first two albums were influenced by Lounge, Nujazz, Swing and Latin, Tape Five influenced the electro swing movement with the album Tonight Josephine (2010) and Swing Patrol (2012). The seventh album The Roaring 2020s was released on October 25, 2019. on the label SMARTY-MART-RECORDS The Roaring 2020s sees itself as musical screenshots of the retro-modern: Dixie clarinets, sometimes uptempo R&B covers, sometimes swing ballads, one Homage to the Brooklyn of the good old days. Tape Five cooperated with various record companies: ChinChin Records (Germany), Rambling Records (Japan) and DigDis (Germany).
style
The music of Tape Five is shaped by the style of the major jazz and light music composers of the mid-20th century. The early bossa nova phase of the first two albums can be compared with the music of Les Baxter , the inventor of the Exotica . The second album Bossa for a Coup has echoes of the Quincy Jones sound of the 60s. The title Slow Serenade of the fourth album Swing Patrol can be understood as an homage to old Glenn Miller recordings from the 1930s. The composition is based on the Schillinger system , which was already used by The Andrews Sisters and Benny Goodman .
Involved musicians and singers
Martin Strathausen is a multi-instrumentalist and realizes his recordings both in cooperation with international musicians and singers (Germany, England, Italy, France, Romania, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Cameroon etc.) as well as with local artists of the Essen " Folkwang University of the Arts " . So far, Henrik Wager , Dionne Wudu, Yuliet Topaz, Brenda Boykin , Iain Mackenzie, Gilda Rebello, Graziella, Mica Dulce (vocals), Florian Esch, Jim Galakti (trumpet), Dimitrij Markitantov (tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet), Raphael Klemm (trombone), Juergen Fassbender (trombone), Marcel Richard (double bass), Alexander Weinstein (drums), Sasha Berezhny (flute) and Joerg Siebenhaar (accordion).
Media and live presence (selection)
- Interviews at WDR5 2006–2012
- Interview with Jazz on the Rocks, British Columbia, 2012
- Special at Radio Berlin Brandenburg, RBB
- TV ballet for the song "Bad Boy Goodman" at Rai Uno, Italy 2011
- The song "Senorita Bonita" in the Brazilian TV series "Viver a Vida", 2010
- Live performance at the Sud Club, Basel, Switzerland 2011
- Live performance at the Utcazene Festival, Hungary, 2011
- Live performance at Kaliningrad City Jazz Festival, Russia, 2012
- Song in the commercial for Coach Fashion, New York, 2011
- Song in the commercial for Pantene Pro, Hong Kong, 2009
- The song "Dixie Biscuit" at Dansens Dag in Denmark, 2013
- Live performance at the "Year of Germany in Brazil 2013"
- 7th Seoul Jazz Festival, South Korea, 2013
- Moscow Stage Theater, 2014
- Song on the US show "So You Think You Can Dance", September 2014
- Philharmonie Essen, September 2014
- Song Bad Boy Good Man on the US TV show "So You Think You Can Dance", September 2019
Discography
Albums
- 2003: Avenue du Gare (vinyl), DigDis
- 2006: Swingfood Mood , European version, DigDis
- 2007: Swingfood Mood , Japan Edition, Rambling Records
- 2007: Swingfood Mood , US Edition, Watermusic Records
- 2007: Bossa for a Coup , ChinChin Records
- 2007: Bossa for a Coup , US Edition, Watermusic Records
- 2008: Swingfood Mood 2nd edition , DigDis
- 2010: Tonight Josephine! , ChinChin Records, Magic Records and Rambling Records
- 2012: Swing Patrol , ChinChin Records and Rambling Records
- 2014: Bossa for a Coup - Reloaded , Chinchin Records
- 2015: Circus Maximus , Chinchin Records (released April 24, 2015)
- 2017: Soiree Deluxe , Chinchin Records
- 2019: The Roaring 2020s , SMARTY-MART-RECORDS
EPs and Maxis (selection)
- 2010: Aerophon Maxi
- 2010: Tequila / Tintarella di Luna
- 2013: Geraldine's remixes
- 2014: Gipsy VIP
- 2017: Circus Maximus Aerophon RMX
Compilations
The songs from Tape Five can be found on around 1000 CD compilations (as of February 2015): z. B. Cafe del Mar, Campari Lounge, Smile Style, Big City Bar, Shanghai Lounge, Claude Challe Select, Fashion District, La Dolce Vita, Jazz Lounge, Swing Mania, Erotic Lounge, Funky Plush, Big Bang Club, Electro Swing Revolution, as well as on electro swing CDs by the French label Wagram Music .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Roaring 2020s. November 29, 2019, accessed May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ [1] , accessed October 10, 2019.
- ↑ ChinChin Records ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Rambling Records , accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ DigDis , accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ WDR5 - CD of the week , accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ^ RBB - The Voice , Retrieved January 3, 2013
- ^ Sud Club: Basel , accessed on January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Utcazene Festival: Hungary , Retrieved on January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Kaliningrad City Jazz Festival: Russia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved January 3, 2013.
