2012-02-21 12:50 von Admin

Funk Lounge Twintowas present 60 Minits Of Funk

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60 Minits Of Funk is a collective of creative, laid-back musicians based around the Vienniese music scene. The passion for live performances and improvized edgy live jams created a new version of the typical funk session. The fusion of future boogie, turntablism, hiphop and house makes every concert a unique ride and sometimes a ruff party experience.

This special team consists of players from some of the Ästhetiker´s favourite bands – sort of a morphed supermonster created for one purpose only: to rock the p-a-r-t-y!

The rhythmical backbone are the ‘Twintowas’, two excellent musicians, beatmakers and part of the ‘Waxolutionists live band’.

With ’Stoney the Flute’ ’60minits’ present their charming pro-soloist numero uno, playing in various bands and projects since years, travelling around the world and spreading jazzflute vibes all over.

The keysection is well staffed with ’Davoodi’, one of vienna’s best musicians and producers, when it comes to the funk in any way.

‘Chrisfader’ is the turntablist of 60minits, part of the tyrolean Dj Team ‘Ghostbusters’, ITF austrian champion and a rare, musically engaged solo turntablist.

With the incredible ’Lylit’, Austrias best soul, hiphop and jazz vocalist who is also part of Sk Invitational, ’60 minits of funk’ now step up to the next level in 2012.

An Adventure indeed.

>> Vienna meets Detroit, Philly and London!


2012-02-19 13:42 von Admin

SNOW - Confirmed team #3 Absolut

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Dubbed the ‘Beasts from the East’, Team Absolut has been one of the most consistent, powerful and dangerous line up’s ever to compete at the  Vans Wängl Tängl. Seen and understood internally  as the ‘El Classico’ derby match – Salzberger Land meets Tirol – in a no holds barred, pedal to the metal match up. As it stands, the historical match up is tied for the time being, with Team Absolut taking the Wängl Tängl Title in 2010, before being edged out into 3rd place in 2011 by locals, Team 96 and The Djudes. There is no doubt they will arrive in Mayrhofen fully fit and fired up looking to take the Vans Wängl Tängl 2012 title and Derby honors back east with them again.

 

The Absolut Park in Flachauwinkl, one of the best home training grounds in Austria, if not the world, where team riders of Captain Herbi Thaler, Phips Gruber and Michi Stanschitz spend the entire season honing their team skills before mounting their annual Tirol marauding party. Team Absolut, part of the Wängl Tängl since 2008, they took only one year to work out their team strategy, they won or podiumed in the competition almost ever since.

Heading into last years event as odds on favorites, when disaster struck. “Everything was fine we allready had our run and we all felt pretty good with the park and the set up…” said team Caprain Herbi Thaler, “Right up until the last very last warm up run. I really can’t work it out, I clammed bad on the run out of the last jump on the run in to the Red Bull end section. Just caught and edge and fell on my shoulder. In a second – I was out.”  he concluded. While this was obviously a shock, once it was worked out that the injury was mainly a bruising putting Herbi out for a week or so, Team Absolut immediately pulled Thomas Minichberger off the bench making their third placing even that much more impressive.

 

Looking at the next edition of the of the Vans Wängl Tängl and the continuation of the ‘El Classico’derby hosititiesHerbi replied, “This year’s Wängl Tängl is going to be even harder, especially with the Qualification element, but we’re definitely coming in hot! Not only do we want the title back, but it would definitely mean something special to take home 10-Year Anniversary Vans Wängl Tängl Title.

There is no doubt that Team Absolut will be looking hard at the podium again for 2012.


2012-02-18 16:54 von Admin

Basti Stein Groove Project

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Since this a brandnew project – about which it is even impossible to find any info in the web that we can just copy and paste, like we do with all the other profiles – we asked the honored artists themself for a few words of introduction and this is exactly what we got, very few words:

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„ Basti Stein (Trumpet), Philipp Nykrin (Keys), Stephan Kondert (Bass) Andreas Lettner (Drums); 4 highgrade musicians that have played together in many different projects get down to let their musical repertoire and skills melt. Untamed improvisation clashes with hard frenetic grooves and sound experiments which generates a new energetic sound.“

Basti Stein

…it was the last time we asked a Jazz musician for spoken words – these boys like to talk with their instruments. The B.S. Groove Project will spice up the art show put on by our fellas from Vans Looking Sideways. Take it easy with the highgrade!


2012-02-18 14:59 von Admin

Duzz down san lable night - PDF

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P(hil) D(a) F(unk)

Bonn, Paris, Innsbruck, Lienz, Vienna, Graz … P(hil) D(a) F(unk) seems to be homeless in his creative efforts in which Funk and Soul are strongly reduced in a dub woven context to enhance the whole release with rap vocals, or not. The dedication to his music to is reflected in his ever growing record collection that goes from Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Dub, Dubstep to Electro. He has partnered with such names as Beware,Funktionist, Kid Fresh, DJ Food, James Mountain, Diesler, Joker, DJ Spookey, Hextatic and Grandmaster Flash at the turntables. Looking beyond the limits of the turntable domain, Phil is also working with live musicians Gustavo Vohena Marcachini (bass) and percussionist Oliver Deutsch.

 


2012-02-18 12:58 von Admin

Duzz down san lable night - Feux

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“Duzz Down San” is an independent label by a group of underground musicians. The idea is to create a platform and reach out to other underground musicians (which the name, translated as “so that you’re down”, refers to) by producing innovative music free of aesthetic or genre-based borders.

Feux is a producer and DJ hailing from Austria who has been working on music for the past five years. His first production, entitled “21 & Ghost”, on which he collaborated with fellow Austrian producer Daelectronic as well as rapper Nebz Supreme (L.A./California), was released in January 2008. In April 2009 he dropped his first full length release “Mastaplan” with MC Mirac as “Feux & Mirac” on Duzz Down San Records. Since then he can be found pursuing a variety of different projects – whether it be remixes, collaborations with other artists or simply his solo endeavors.

www.duzzdownsan.com