Bad Fat hip hop and boiling jazz vibes!

The French have a great tradition when it comes to mixing cultures and revolutionizing the world. So it‘s no surprise that the French Brass and hip hop crew Bad Fat is inspired by the swing of New Orleans Jazz, the  musical variety of Don Cherry and the raw energy and political force of Public Enemy […]

Music Sun Love: Mo’ Horizons

For twenty years now, Mo‘ Horizons are producing Germany’s hottest blend of club music, bossa, cumbia, jazz and funk. They have released five albums, their songs are represented on more than 500 compilations and they played festivals all over the world, including Playground in Australia, CBT Dance Festival in Brazil, Poolbar Festival in Austria and […]

Super. Soul. Supersoul.

Es gibt wieder einen Neuzugang im bureau45-Roster: SUPERSOUL aus Hannover. Die vierköpfige Band – für Festivals auch in großer Besetzung mit Bläsern und Backgroundsängerinnen zu haben – verbindet in ihren selbstgeschriebenen Songs urbane Funk- und Soulgrooves mit deutschen Texten. Rau und analog im Studio Nord in Bremen produziert, liefert ihr Debutalbum Supersoul authentische und leidenschaftliche […]

Smoove & Turrell: Northern Coal Conquers Europe

Roughly one month ago, bureau45’s long time favourites Smoove and Turrell released their new album ‘Broken Toys’. And it already received enthusiastic reviews within the media and the music community! It became ‘Album of the week” at Austrian radio broadcast Superfly.FM right after its release, Monkeyboxing says “This has more potential singles on it than […]

Bad Fat

Style: Hip Hop, Brass, Jazz Bad Fat is inspired by the swing of New Orleans Jazz, the musical variety of Don Cherry and the raw energy and political force of Public Enemy alike. Boiling brass sounds, excellent flow and a show that combines highly energetic performance with a lot of fun and a scent of […]

Yarah Bravo

Style: Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul, Dub Yarah embraced music from all over the world to develop her unique flow of soulful, jazzual, intelligent and political hip-hop. She was a founder of super-group One Self (Ninja Tune), front woman of DJ Vadim’s The Soundcatcher Soundsystem (BBE), and shared stages with everyone from Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy […]

Kraak & Smaak

Style: House, Disco   Since the Dutch producers trio Kraak & Smaak released their first album in 2005, their live band – with drums, bass guitar, keys, dj and a male and female vocalist –has grown into a steady and well-respected force in today’s international club and festival scene, whether the dance, jazz, rock or […]

Mo‘ Horizons

Style: World, Funk, Jazz, Bossa, D’n’B, Soul, Breaks   Mo’ Horizons are Ralf Droesemeyer – producer (Cunnie Williams! Randy Crawford!) and dj – and the ultra-active record collector & PC musician Mark “Foh” Wetzler from downtown Hannover. The duo formed in the late 1990s and since then has release six studio albums, seventeen singles and […]

Smoove & Turrell

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Style: Disco, Soul, Funk   „To say, Smoove & Turrell are the greatest modern Soul act to emerge from the U.K would be an epic understatement!“  Craig Charles (BBC6 Music) Since their debut album “Antique Soul” launched on Jalapeno Records in 2009, things changed fast for Smoove & Turrell: Singer John Turrell has seen his […]

The Sweet Life Society

Style: Dub, Hip-hop, Electro, Global Beats, Swing, D’n’B   The creaking sound of old school vinyl is not enough for the eccentric band “Sweet Life Society”; the talented group that mix contemporary tunes with old school “Cotton Club”, re-styling the “Swing Music Culture” into a mix of electronic sounds, while also adding the performance of […]