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OUT NOW: Asia_files 01 on Vinyl and on spotify!
Wonderfully relaxed and trippy sounds: Now I summarize the two successful singles “Hiroshima mon Amour” and “Velavan” (in the new “Ufos over Bengaluru”-Edit) and release them on a 7 ” Vinyl!
The first copies of this White Vinyl with an artistically beautiful cover can now be ordered on Bandcamp!
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OUT NOW: The Vienna Tapes – limited edition
![[dunkelbunt] The Vienna Tapes - limited edition, Audio Cassette & Digital Release 2019-12-13](https://www.dunkelbunt.org/wp-content/uploads/dunkelbunt_Vienna-Tapes-LE_Cover_1440-500x500.jpg)
Title: The Vienna Tapes – limited edition
Artist: [dunkelbunt]
Label: [dunkelbunt records]
Labelcode: LC 43551
Cat.No: DBR032
Rel. Date: 2019/12/13
TT: 67:26
Format: Audio Cassette / Digital
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Genre: Hip Hop, Afrobeat, Deep House, Reggae, Trap
Tags: #electronic #world #transglobal #multilingual #dance #club #chill
Tracklist:
| A-1. Weit Weg ft. Alix A-2. L’amour fidèle ft. Kadero Rai A-3. Mia Kwa Mia ft. Cloud Tissa & Barbara Tavernier A-4. Viens avec moi ft. Lisa Cantabile & Kadero Rai A-5. Le Ta Jaoji ft. Pintoo & Haider Khan A-6. Wish ft. Alix , Mela, Will Magid A-7. Velavan ft. Anuradha Genrich A-8. Le Ta Jaoji (live) ft. Pintoo & Haider Khan, Alix A-9. I’m A Tribe – A-WA [dunkelbunt remix] A-10. Ufos over Bengaluru (Velavan Edit) ft. Anuradha Genrich |
B-1. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Bonus Track) B-2. Modus Operandi (Bonus Track) B-3. Ufos over Bengaluru B-4. Velavan (instrumental) B-5. Space Walker B-6. L’amour fidèle (instrumental) B-7. I’m A Tribe (instrumental) B-8. Wish ft. Will Magid & Paul Bertin (instrumental) B-9. Le Ta Jaoji (instrumental) B-10. Viens avec moi (instrumental) |
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Die Release “The Vienna Tapes – limited edition” versammelt 13 ausgewählte [dunkelbunt]-Tracks aus den Jahren 2015-2019. Es ist das Album eines mentalen und musikalischen Aufbruchs in den nahen und den zunehmend fernen Osten: Die Reise geht dabei vom Balkan über den Maghreb und Kenia in den arabischen Nahen Osten und dann nach Indien.
Die “Vienna Tapes” entstanden im [dunkelbunt]-Studio im zweiten Wiener Gemeindebezirk und schöpfen wesentlich aus dem Pool internationaler MusikerInnen der Stadt: Alix , der Berliner MC als textlicher und performativer Prachtkerl; die südindische Sängerin Anuradha Genrich sowie die Jazz-Singer/Songwriterinnen Lisa Cantabile und Mela Marie Spaemann; der Rapper Cloud Tissa aus Kenia und der marokkanische Raï-Sänger Kadero Rai; schließlich die aus Rajasthan stammenden Brüder Haider und Pintoo Khan als fulminante Sänger und Perkussionisten … –
Es zieht mich immer stärker in den Wirbel dieser Musikwelten und Welt-Musiken hinein und ich werfe mit der Album-Release von “Vienna Tapes” den ersten Stein in einen rasanten Fluss, den ich insgesamt als “Exodus Complex” bezeichne.
Das Besondere: “The Vienna Tapes – limited edition” erscheint im Retro-Format als limitierte Audio-Kassette mit Liner-Notes und Signatur – und natürlich auf allen üblichen Plattformen digital!
Die Bonus-Tracks “Hiroshima Mon Amour” und “Modus Operandi” verweisen bereits auf die kommende Release, die “Asia Files”, die im Februar 2020 als 7”/Vinyl erscheinen.
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Ulf [dunkelbunt] Lindemann ist Producer, DJ und Bandleader. Geboren 1979 in Hamburg, lebt seit 2001 in Wien. Elf Alben, mehr als 1.500 Live-Auftritte weltweit, mehr als 100 Millionen Audio-Streams. – Auf den internationaler Durchbruch mit der Balkan-Hip Hop Produktion “The Chocolate Butterfly” ft. Raf Camora (2006) folgt “Cinnamon Girl” (2007) als Electro Swing-Hit und -Klassiker; “Mountain Jumper” (2015) wurde ORF-“Album des Jahres” 2015. [dunkelbunt] + Band ist ein weltweit gebuchter Live-Act in den Bereichen “World”, “Transglobal”, “Dub”, “Balkan Beats”, “Electro Swing”.
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PRESS RELEASE | ENGLISH TEXT
The release “The Vienna Tapes (limited edition)” brings together thirteen selected [dunkelbunt] recordings of the years 2015-2019. It is the album of a mental and musical awakening in the realms of the Near and Far East: The journey takes off from the Balkans to the Maghreb and Kenya to the Arab Middle East (then ultimately to India.
“The Vienna Tapes” were recorded at the [dunkelbunt] studio in Vienna and draw substantially from the pool of international and globally active musicians in town: Alix, the Berlin MC; South Indian singer Anuradha Genrich; jazz singer-songwriters Lisa Cantabile and Mela Marie Spaemann; rapper Cloud Tissa from Kenya; Moroccan Raï singer Kadero Rai; Rajasthan-born singers and percussionists Haider & Pintoo Khan…
I am drawn ever more into the vortex of these musical worlds, and with the album release of “Vienna Tapes”, I cast the first stone into a raging stream, which I am calling the “Exodus Complex”.
Due to its exclusive release in the retro format of an limited-edition Audio Cassette “The Vienna Tapes – limited Edition” is unique. Besides, you’ll find the release on all digital platforms, too
The Bonus Tracks “Hiroshima Mon Amour” and “Modus Operandi” refer to the upcoming Asia Files.
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[dunkelbunt] aka Ulf Lindemann is a producer, DJ and bandleader. Born 1979 in Hamburg, he lives in Vienna since 2001. Eleven album-releases, 1.500+ live acts worldwide, 100 Million+ audio streams. –
The international breakthrough came with the Balkan-Hip Hop single “The Chocolate Butterfly” ft. Raf Camora (2006) and the Electro Swing hit “Cinnamon Girl” (2007); “Mountain Jumper” (2015) was awarded ORF “Album of the Year 2015”. [dunkelbunt] + Band is an internationally booked live act in the genres of “World”, “Global”, “Club”, “Balkan Beats”, “Electro Swing”.
Collaborations:
Raf Camora, Anuradha Genrich, Kadero Rai, Lisa Cantabile, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Waldeck, Harri Stojka, Otto Lechner, Balkan Beat Box, 17 Hippies, The Cat Empire, A-WA, Chancha Via Circuito, Sara Lugo.
Globale Leidenschaft: 20 Jahre [dunkelbunt] im Fanialive
![Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt]. Foto © Julia Wessely](https://www.dunkelbunt.org/wp-content/uploads/dunkelbunt_spice1_by-Julia-Wesely_sm-1024x840.jpg)
Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt]. Foto © Julia Wessely
“Balkan to Bollywood”, die traditionelle [dunkelbunt] Club-Nacht erobert ab November nun auch das Fanialive mit seinem neuen Format, der Kombination aus Live-Session und DJ-Party. Mit an Bord sind diesmal die südindische Sängerin Anuradha Genrich, der Sänger und Perkussionist Haider Khan aus Rajasthan, der Sänger und Perkussionist Redouan Bariane aus Marokko, der lange in Marseille ansässige DJ Woxow (Theo Melody) sowie Ulf [dunkelbunt] Lindemann (keys, electronics).
Gute Bilanzen
Mit 11 Alben und mehr als zwei Dutzend Single- und EP-Veröffentlichungen, mit weltweit mehr als 1.500 Live-Auftritten (als DJ und mit Band) kann [dunkelbunt], der mit bürgerlichem Namen Ulf Lindemann heißt und der heute mit seiner Familie im zweiten Bezirk lebt, auf eine stolze Bilanz als fleißiger und umtriebiger Musiker zurückblicken. Der Markt für den Verkauf und Vertrieb von Musik hat sich in diesen vergangenen 20 Jahren freilich fundamental verändert, denn Musik wird heute weitgehend digital verkauft und verbreitet. So ist es die Anzahl der “Streams”, die heutzutage zählt und die lässt sich für das international aktive Projekt [dunkelbunt] auf etwa 100 Millionen bemessen, wenn man die Abspielraten von Plattformen wie Spotify, YouTube, i-tunes und Soundcloud zusammenrechnet.
Analog again – mit Audio-Cassette
Für Ulf Lindemann bleibt aber das gute alte “analoge” Musizieren – die lebendige und befruchtende Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Musikern, das Bühnenerlebnis und die Begegnung mit “echten und leibhaftigen” Zuhörern und Fans – im Zentrum des Interesses, weshalb er in den kommenden Wochen nicht nur mehrere Live-Auftritte in Wien absolviert (Fanialive, Nuu, Rote Bar im Volkstheater), sondern auch sein neues Album in analoger Form veröffentlicht: “Vienna Tapes – limited edition” erscheint im Dezember und zwar ganz bewusst im Retro-Format einer Audio-Kassette. “Ich freue mich, darauf, die Tapes persönlich zu gestalten, in die Hand zu nehmen und für meine Hörer verpacken zu können”, sagt Lindemann, der seine frühen Mixes noch auf Kassetten zusammengestellt und an Freunde verteilt hat: “Ich stelle mir vor, wie die Leute in ihren Haushalten nach ihren alten Kassetten-Recordern suchen oder wie sie sich zu Hörgemeinschaften zusammenfinden…” – Es ist freilich eine Retro-Geste mit einigem Augenzwinkern, denn natürlich werden die Songs der “Vienna Tapes” auch digital zu hören sein.
Neue Reihe in 1080
Zur analogen Experience gehört allerdings auch, eine regelmäßige eigene Clubnacht in Wien zu haben und damit einen Ort der kontinuierlichen Begegnung zu schaffen. Dies wird – neben den vierteljährlichen [dunkelbunt]-Parties im “fluc” am Praterstern – von nun auch im “Fanialive” (Gürtelbögen Josefstadt) geschehen: Einmal im Monat gastiert Lindemann dort als DJ wie auch als Live-Musiker mit internationalen Musikern und DJ-Kollegen. “Musik ist etwas Lebendiges”, meint Lindemann, “und man kann das Feuer nur auf dem Wege der ständigen Erneuerung und Herausforderung am Leben erhalten”. – Und für Lebendigkeit steht der bewährte internationale Tanzclub “Fanialive” ganz gewiss!
Freitag, 15.11.2019:
20 Years of [dunkelbunt] – Balkan to Bollywood Edition @ Fanialive, Wien
![20 Years of [dunkelbunt] - Balkan to Bollywood Edition](https://www.dunkelbunt.org/wp-content/uploads/FanuaLive-500x261.jpg)
Sonntag, 17.11.2019:
“Music of Benares” & [dunkelbunt] @ Galerie Werkstatt NUU, Wien
Samstag,23.11.2019:
[dunkelbunt] @ Swing it!!! The last Curtain @ Volkstheater, Rote Bar, Wien
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Out now: Vienna Tapes (EP)
Title: VIENNA TAPES (Exodus Complex)![[dunkelbunt] Vienna Tapes Album Cover B © [dunkelbunt] 2019](https://www.dunkelbunt.org/wp-content/uploads/B_Artwork_VT_Small-500x500.jpg)
Artist: [dunkelbunt]
Release Date: 2019-09-20
Label: [dunkelbunt records]
Labelcode: LC43551
Cat. No.: DBR32
UPC: 3616401103300
Duration: 00:46:39
Music: Ulf Lindemann
Producer: Ulf Lindemann
Publisher: Magan Music Publishing
Format: Digital / EP
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Genre: Hip Hop, Afrobeat, Deep House, Reggae, Trap
Tags: #electronic #world #transglobal #multilingual #dance #club #chill
Tracklist – All songs & tracks by [dunkelbunt] –
Volume 1
1. Weit Weg ft. Alix (02:16)
2. L’amour fidèle ft. Kadero Rai (03:45)
3. Mia Kwa Mia ft. Cloud Tissa, Barbara Tavernier (03:10)
4. Viens Avec Moi ft. Lisa Cantabile, Kadero Rai (04.02)
5. Le Ta Jaoji ft. Pintoo & Haider Khan (02:39)
6. Velavan ft. Anuradha Genrich (03:23)
7. Wish ft. Alix, Mela Marie Spaemann, Will Magid, Paul Bertin (03:51)
8. Space Walker (02:35)
Volume 2
1. Weit Weg, instrumental (02:16)
2. L’amour fidèle, instrumental (03:45)
3. Mia Kwa Mia, instrumental (03:10)
4. Viens Avec Moi, instrumental (05:15)
5. Velavan, instrumental (03:02)
6. Wish ft. Will Magid & Paul Bertin, instrumental (03:51)
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The EP “Vienna Tapes” brings together eight selected [dunkelbunt] tracks and their instrumental versions from the years 2015-2019. It is the album of my mental and musical awakening in the realms of the Near – and increasingly – Far East: The journey takes off from the Balkans (Wish) to the Maghreb (Viens Avec Moi, L’Amour fidèle) and Kenya (Mia Kwa Mia) to the Arab Middle East (Space Walker) and then ultimately to India (Le Ta Jaoji, Velavan).
I am drawn ever more into the vortex of these musical worlds, and with the album release of “Vienna Tapes” I cast the first stone into a raging stream, which I am calling the “Exodus Complex”.
Alix’s “Weit Weg” (Far Away) is the slogan and the motif of my new production, which got a kick-start with “Wish” during the refugee crisis of 2015/16. Apart from a conducive partnership with the American West Coast musician Will Magid (Balkan Bump), the “Vienna Tapes” draw substantially from the pool of international and globally active musicians in Vienna: Alix, the Berlin MC, a lyrical and performative matador; South Indian singer Anuradha Genrich and jazz singer / songwriters Lisa Cantabile and Mela Marie Spaemann; the rapper Cloud Tissa from Kenya and the Moroccan Raï singer Kadero Rai; finally the Rajasthan-born brothers Haider and Pintoo Khan as brilliant singers and percussionists … –
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[dunkelbunt] aka Ulf Lindemann is a producer, DJ and bandleader. Born 1979 in Hamburg and living in Vienna since 2001. He has a degree in Piano and Keyboard Instruments at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. His international breakthrough came with the Balkan-Hip-Hop single „The Chocolate Butterfly“ ft. Raf Camora (2006) and the Electro Swing follow up hit „Cinnamon Girl“ (2007). The album „Mountain Jumper“ (2015) was awarded the ORF „Album of the Year 2015“. [dunkelbunt] + Band is a internationally successful live act.
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Die EP “Vienna Tapes” versammelt acht ausgewählte [dunkelbunt]-Tracks und deren Instrumental-Versionen aus den Jahren 2015-2019. Es ist das Album meines mentalen und musikalischen Aufbruchs in den nahen und den zunehmend fernen Oste: Die Reise geht dabei vom Balkan (Wish) über den Maghreb (Viens Avec Moi, L’Amour fidèle) und Kenia (Mia Kwa Mia) in den arabischen Nahen Osten (Space Walker) und dann nach Indien (Le Ta Jaoji, Velavan). –
Es zieht mich immer stärker in den Wirbel dieser Musikwelten und Welt-Musiken hinein und ich werfe mit der Album-Release von “Vienna Tapes” den ersten Stein in einen rasanten Fluss, den ich insgesamt als “Exodus Complex” bezeichne.
Alix’ “Weit Weg” benennt das Motto und Motiv meines neuen Produzierens, das während der Flüchtlingskrise 2015/16 mit “Wish” begann. Abgesehen von den fruchtbaren Kooperation mit dem amerikanischen Westcoast-Musiker Will Magid (Balkan Bump), schöpfen die “Vienna Tapes” wesentlich aus dem Pool internationaler und weltweit tätiger MusikerInnen in Wien: Alix, der Berliner MC als textlicher und performativer Prachtkerl; die südindische Sängerin Anuradha Genrich sowie die Jazz-Singer-Songwriterinnen Lisa Cantabile und Mela Marie Spaemann; der Rapper Cloud Tissa aus Kenia und der marokkanische Raï -Sänger Kadero Rai; schließlich die aus Rajasthan stammenden Brüder Haider und Pintoo Khan als fulminante Sänger und Percussionisten … –
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[dunkelbunt] aka Ulf Lindemann ist Producer, DJ und Bandleader. Geboren 1979 in Hamburg, lebt seit 2001 in Wien. Studium für Klavier & Tasteninstrumente an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Dem internationalen Durchbruch mit der Balkan-Hip Hop Produktion “The Chocolate Butterfly” ft. Raf Camora (2006) folgte der Electro Swing-Hit “Cinnamon Girl” (2007). Das Album “Mountain Jumper” (2015) wurde zum “Album des Jahres 2015” gekürt (ORF). [dunkelbunt] + Band ist ein weltweit gebuchter Live-Act.
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Collaborations:
Anuradha Genrich, Kadero Rai, Lisa Cantabile, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Waldeck, Harri Stojka, Otto Lechner, Balkan Beat Box, 17 Hippies, Raf Camora, The Cat Empire, A-WA, Chancha Via Circuito, Sara Lugo.
Out now ★ [dunkelbunt] best of ★
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New Album: Mountain Jumper
Mountain Jumper [dunkelbunt records] 2015
Release Sate: 08th of March 2015 / (Austria 30th of January)
Format: CD/VINYL/DIGITAL
Label: [dunkelbunt records]
Distribution: Believe Digital / Broken Silence
Features: ALIX, ANDUZE, MELA, CLOUD TISSA, ROBB
FILE UNDER: POP, WORLD, JAZZ, BLUES, ELECTRONICA, BLUEGRASS, HIP HOP, E-SWING, BALKAN
[dunkelbunt] paints his new album “Mountain Jumper” as a sound collage of the American continent when it was first founded. He mixes the diverse sounds of various local cultures with electro and modern club sounds, Bluegrass In Dub, Hilly Billy Breaks, Fiddle´n´Bass, which means not for the first time [dunkelbunt] has to come up with fresh names for new genres. Over the last decade [dunkelbunt] has toured the world as one of the pioneers of Electro and Balkan Beatz, including seven tours through North America and his new album is a reflection of these travels.
“Electronic music is the foundation which the sounds of the world sit upon. I’m inspired by the fact that so many people with different backgrounds all came together on one continent in such a short period of time. It’s an amazing musical melting pot, the land of unlimited musical possibilities.”
So in any one song the instruments of a european settler in a covered wagon heading to the west coast can be heard along with the chinese workers of the transcontinental railroad. The pipa and the ehru (the chinese lute and violin) blends with a greek bouzouki, slide guitar and banjo with oriental strings.
“I’m facinated with creating a relationship between sounds that no one has ever heard.”
New Track: [dunkelbunt] ft. Alix: “Egal”
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The single “EGAL” is the precursor to the new [dunkelbunt] album “Mountain Jumper” which will be released in spring 2015 on [dunkelbunt records].
With this release [dunkelbunt] & Alix demonstrate their boundless ingenuity, when it comes to making transcontinental music: “EGAL” mixes Hip Hop with Bluegrass, German rap meets New Orleans Marching Brass and the sounds of the Mississippi Delta sail on the Aegean Sea.
On the mic is Alexander Leuschner aka Alix. Born in 1988 and a native of Berlin’s Neukölln suburb, he’s been rapping using various vocal styles from a young age. Rhythmically refined he he bounces on the verses, thoughtfully and humorously talking about life and his visions. Together with [dunkelbunt] he shares his adopted home of Vienna and a passion for merging different musical styles.
Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] was born in Hamburg in 1979. At the beginning of the millennium in his Vienna studio, he began to merge electronic music with Balkan, Gypsy and Swing sounds and along with his contemporaries like Waldeck, Parov Stelar and Shantel who helped popularize the new music genres, „Electro Swing“ and „Balkan Beats“.
RELEASE PARTY:
29. January 2015 / GASOMETER / Vienna (Austria)
Doors: 18:30 h | Concert: 19:30 h
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MOUNTAIN JUMPER
[dunkelbunt] paints his new album “Mountain Jumper” as a sound collage of the American continent when it was first founded. He mixes the diverse sounds of various local cultures with electro and modern club sounds, Bluegrass In Dub, Hilly Billy Breaks, Fiddle´n´Bass, which means not for the first time [dunkelbunt] has to come up with fresh names for new genres. Over the last decade [dunkelbunt] has toured the world as one of the pioneers of Electro and Balkan Beatz, including seven tours through North America and his new album is a reflection of these travels. “Electronic music is the foundation which the sounds of the world sit upon.”
The recent single “EGAL” is the precursor to the new [dunkelbunt] album “Mountain Jumper” which will be released in spring 2015 on [dunkelbunt records]. With this release [dunkelbunt] & Alix demonstrate their boundless ingenuity, when it comes to making transcontinental music: “EGAL” mixes Hip Hop with Bluegrass, German rap meets New Orleans Marching Brass and the sounds of the Mississippi Delta sail on the Aegean Sea.
On the mic is Alexander Leuschner aka Alix. Born in 1988 and a native of Berlin’s Neukölln suburb, he’s been rapping using various vocal styles from a young age. Rhythmically refined he he bounces on the verses, thoughtfully and humorously talking about life and his visions. Together with [dunkelbunt] he shares his adopted home of Vienna and a passion for merging different musical styles.
New Release: [dunkelbunt] ft Alix & Cloud Tissa – Boomeræng EP
Artist: [dunkelbunt] ft Alix & Cloud Tissa
Title: Boomeræng
Release Concert: 10th of December WUK / Vienna
Label: [dunkelbunt records]
Cat. No.: DBR 01
Labelcode: LC 01226
Format: Digital
File under: Dancehall, Hip Hop, Rap, Electro Swing, World
Distribution: believedigital
Release Date: 02.12.2013
Tracklisting:
1. Boomeræng (orginal edit)
2. Boomeræng (erwin & edwin remix)
3. Boomeræng (extented club mix)
4. Boomeræng (erwin & edwin remix club edit)
5. Boomeræng (instrumental)
6. Boomeræng (acapella)
“There’s one thing that we will never do together, and that’s make music!“ – „I can still hear myself saying that to Alix. That was about a year ago when we met up for the first time at the Wiener Augarten”, explains Mr. [dunkelbunt] telling the story of how his latest collaboration with the singer ALIX was born.
Last summer, Alexander Leuschner, born in Berlin, applied to [dunkelbunt] for an internship and although it had been made clear in the job description that the position did not incorporate making music but focused on the ins and outs of how a label operates he still sent in one of his songs along with a wonderfully brash application letter.
“When I listened to it I immediately felt like I’d met my musical soul mate and that was the reason I had to ring him to arrange that meeting at Augarten. Then after a few days of checking each other out we decided to make music together.” „Es ist egal, wo Du herkommst und auch egal wohin Du gehst, solang’ Du nur dem Weg Deines Herzens folgst und dafür gerade stehst….“ (“It doesn’t matter where you come from or where you’re going as long as you follow your heart and stand with pride…”) that was the first of his contributions that burrowed it’s way into my head, a chorus that Alix wrote over the [dunkelbunt] Riddim Schlawiener, more or less as an acid test. A few weeks later he was standing with us on stage at the National Tennis Center Bratislava and now I couldn’t imagine [dunkelbunt] & Secret Swing Society without him.”
The first fruits of this collaboration will be released this summer with Augen zu und durch and Süßwasser Salzwasser the lyrics as the titles suggest are in German, “We inspire each other equally. My music is a homage to him and his lyrics are a homage to me which is both beautiful and liberating.” says Mr [dunkelbunt]. “With that foundation we decided to make an album together and the first release is the track Boomeræng, incorporating rap, vocals and swinging hip hop beats, using oriental and western instrumentation with a urban and nostalgic flair.” The finishing touch comes in suaheli from the kenian singer Cloud Tissa, who collaborates with [dunkelbunt] for years: Kebab Connection, Balkan Qoulou, Give You Action – East Africa meets the Middle East. The Boomeræng Club Version was remixed by the austrian „Electro Brass Collective“ Erwin & Edwin.
Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] was born in Hamburg in 1979 and came to Austria at the beginning of the millennium to study and make music. In 2002 in his Vienna studio he began to merge electronic music with Balkan, Gypsy and Swing sounds and along with his contemporaries like Waldeck, Parov Stelar and Shantel who helped popularize the new music genres Electro Swing and Balkan Beats.
Together with every EP or LP released, [dunkelbunt] creates a special spice blend which is included with the CD or album and at concerts the air is filled with his special fragrances. With a cinnamon wand or with aromatic oil massaging the senses of his audience they are taken on a fantastic trip to the orient or through tropical forests and fields of flowers or to his second home in the Spanish Orange blossom valleys.
LINKS
Boomeræng EP: AUDIO
Facebook [dunkelbunt]
Facebook Alix
Facebook Cloud Tissa
Facebook Erwin & Edwin
Video’s (dunkelbunt Live Band):
Cinnamon Girl
Swingy Mama
The Chocolate Butterfly
Kebab Connection
[dunkelbunt] on CD/Vinyl/Digital
New Album: “Ich grill mit Dir die Abendsonne”, ft. Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, Savages y Suefo, Barefoot Basement, Anduze, Alix
ORDER VINYL HERE
“My passion is creating beats. Not necessarily in the studio but in more magical places, a log cabin hidden between snow capped mountain tops, with a warm cockle stove and a picture postcard view of the magical winter wonderland lying outside. In an aeroplane flying 12,000 meters over the Mediterranean sea towards Tel Aviv, on a farm in the evening after the olive harvest or somewhere in Andalusia in the valleys of almond blossoms.
The finishing touches and subtle flavors are then added in my studio in Vienna with my spice laden effectsboard and sub end. My studio is also the space where I create my blend of „mixed spices“. There are always lots of various herbs and spices to be found, from aniseed to z’atar which gives this space an intoxicating fragrance and allure. Normally I work parallel with three „non materials“, sound, smell and taste. Constantly moving back and forth, between a mortar & pestle, synthesizers, a wooden spoon and the mixing desk, alternating between blocking my ears, closing my mouth and blocking my nose in an attempt to find the fragrance emanating from the pictures of my fantasy, to paint with sounds and music, and taste and smell the melodies.
Everything breaks down into frequencies and aligns itself towards the golden rule. I know it sounds crazy but it’s just a part of my day to day: alchemy in the [dunkelbunt] Studio. Often my daughters enter my „soundkitchen“ and remix the settings on my analogue synth, record over sounds and announce that my wobble bass purrs like a kitten….what more could I ask for?”
The title track „Ich grill mir Dir die Abendsonne“ (With you I’ll grill the evening sun) is a homage to the Mediterranean, We sail into the setting sun onboard a spice freighter filled with beats and bass, a greek bouzouki, accordion and balkan violin, flamenco guitars, Arabic saz and a Turkish Oud…
During the making of this EP numerous attractive collaborations emerged, the title „Augen zu und durch“ is the starting point for the new [dunkelbunt] album „Boomerang“, where I will be recording with the Berlin rapper and singer „Alexander Leuschner“ aka Alix and instrumentally supported by the viennese band „Barefoot Basement“. One week before the end of recording for this EP I was contacted by the soul ‘n’ funk singer Lee Anduze from Los Angeles (who has worked with Parov Stelar among others). Based on „Augen zu und durch“, Anduze wrote the lyrics for „Smoking Gun“ and hunted me down from across the pond so that we could work on some new beats at his place in L.A. during my US tour in September.
On top of that we have two remixes on board, Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestra’s „Šljivovica“ and Savages Y Suefo’s “Ballroom Breakers” both dressed in [dunkelbunt]-Wobblebass-Balkan-Swing-Costume.
Turn up the volume and watch those speakers rattle!
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