festivals 2020



R O S T E R

13 YEAR CICADA | ALOIS | BLIND BUTCHER | BOBBY OROZA | BULBUL | CV VISION | DIVES | DUCK DUCK GREY DUCK | DUNGEN | DŸSE | ELIAS AGOGO | EVELINN TROUBLE | FAI BABA | FOREVER PAVOT | FUFANU | FURIOUS FEW | INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP | J&L DEFER | KHRUANGBIN | KLAUS JOHANN GROBE | L'ECLAIR | MASTON | MELT DOWNER | MILE ME DEAF | NEUZEITLICHE BODENBELÄGE | PERILYMPH | REVEREND BEAT-MAN | SAY YES DOG | SEA MOYA | SELMER | SLOE PAUL | THE BONES OF J.R. JONES | THE PSYCHOTIC MONKS | TINY FINGERS | VAGUE | VANISHING TWIN | VINYL WILLIAMS | WOLF PEOPLE | WORLD BRAIN | YĪN YĪN


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13 YEAR CICADA (GER)

13 YC are Philip, Hotti and Zooey. They play drums, bass and synth/voice. They like band practices that start in the morning and end at night. They like rhythms that are so hard to memorize they make everyone enter a state without beginning and ending. They like coming off stage so exhausted they can't even speak. 13 YC like recording, but it really makes a lot of sense to see them live.

Their genre fluid style doesn't really make sense. But that's kind of the point. Their shared attitude towards playing a show is what makes it work. And from Tenerife to Berne, Barcelona to Berlin, playing shows is what they like best.

Milk // https://youtu.be/lrM2VGrUew8
Color Flood // https://youtu.be/YHV_Seql6cU

territory: Europe / UK

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release:  "00YES" (Gandula Records) March 2019
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ALOIS (CH)

Alois have created their own world of dance-oriented artpop. It reflects the band’s interest in synth-driven songwriting blending electronic beats with tropical guitars and exploring the rhythms of various musical cultures.
Their award-winning debut album “Mints” (2017) earned them widespread recognition and airplay in their native Switzerland and well beyond.

The following years on the road made Alois grow into a transfixing live act serving both the craving partygoer as well as the distinguished music lover.

Flowers // https://youtu.be/xanHu2sjuEM
Credo // https://youtu.be/QyRjD2hn0cM

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Mints" (Red Brick Chapel) September 2017
planned release: LP 2020
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BLIND BUTCHER (CH)

Our currently most busy bee band aka Blind Butcher just wont stop playing shows. Lovely that they still found the time to record a new LP.

Blind Butcher recorded their album “ALAWALAWA“ for Voodoo Rhythm Records in 2017 and lost their minds. Sung in English, German or gibberish - the band played around 300 shows within the last 3 years. & now album numero 3. The songs just make you move, disco meets kraut & wave. Visually the band is anyhow an eyecatcher, you can definitely notice their theater background - not least because of their amazing costumes & surprises on stage.

After playing Great Escape, Reeperbahn Festival, Eurosonic, Orange Blossom & many many more festivals the 2 Swiss are deffo prepared for the next club tour throughout Europe.

StaubsaugerBaby // https://youtu.be/-txJ5uPbfjc
Liebe Leben // https://youtu.be/1ug-uU8-_Gs
Alawalawa // https://youtu.be/WR7MtsXTrOc
Deville LateNight (live) // https://youtu.be/LvFa6eTOemw

territory: Europe / UK


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release:  "Alawalawa" (Voodoo Rhythm Records) March 2017
planned release: "Piss Me A Rainbow" (Irascible Records) 11.10.2019
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BOBBY OROZA (FI)

Bobby was born in Helsinki, Finland into a family of musicians and artists. During frequent family parties Bobby ́s Bolivian grandfather would pick up a guitar and sing Latin canciones and Cuban classics. His debut album "This Love“ was published in the beginning of May on Big Crown Records & received feedback like "Heartbreak has never felt so smooth and comforting“ (Spill Magazine).

Soon the whole world can witness the unique version of soul made in Finland. Get in touch early for the Festival season 2020!

This Love // https://youtu.be/3W87jT_w7Ss
Your Love Is Too Cold // https://youtu.be/WCVN8Pf4uVQ

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland

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release: "This Love" (Golden Crown Records) May 2019
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BULBUL (AT)

"That is a fine day," I said. "What are you doing with a lamb in the white morning?"
"I can give you a question as good as that," he responded. "Can you explain the meaning of a Bulbul?"
"A bulbul?"
"What would you say a Bulbul is?"
This conundrum did not interest me but I pretended to rack my brain and screwed my face in perplexity until I felt it half the size it should be.
"Not one of those ladies who take money?" I said.
"No."
"Not the brass knobs on a German steam organ?"
"Not the knobs."
"Nothing to do with the independence of America or suchlike?"
"No."
"A mechanical engine for winding clocks?"
"No."
"A tumor, or the lather in a cow's mouth, or those elastic articles that ladies wear?"

"Not them by a long chalk."
"Not an eastern instrument played by Arabs?"

He clapped his hands.
"Not that but very close," he smiled, "something next door to it. You are a warm-hearted, intelligent man. A Bulbul is an Austrian rockband. what do you think of that now?"

Daddy Was A Girl I Liked // https://youtu.be/ZPU8N7AQzxQ
Genderman Can // https://youtu.be/LQ0vGDjkkfY

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Austria)

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release: "Hirn Fein Hacken" (Rock Is Hell / Exile On Mainstream) 2014
planned release: EP 2019 / LP Summer 2020
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CV VISION (GER)

Controlled Voltage Vision is a machine in the mind of a human. It triggers feelings, samples memories and multiplies reactions. Live stepping sequencers and early electronic devices. To capture this music, it has been recorded through screaming preamps on dirty tape.

In Farbe // https://youtu.be/0KhD_F2N5wM

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DIVES (AT)

Teenage Angst has paid of well, now DIVES wants more and more. With their first LP, Dives graduates to the big indie bands of Europe.

With the release of their first EP ever, the Austrian trio became a runaway success. In Dresden in front of 12.000 people, PopFest Wien, on tour with Courtney Barnett or opening up for Franz Ferdinand or Bilderbuch - within 3 years since forming a band at the Pink Noise Girls* Rock Camp Dives has not only played big stages & all renowned festivals (Reeperbahn Festival, c/o pop & more), but also played in all those cool indie clubs.

On November 15th they will release "Teenage Years Are Over" via Siluh Records.

Shrimp // https://youtu.be/mbZvfG31S40
Tomorrow // https://youtu.be/G3m61GKqwAQ
Chico // https://youtu.be/ePxtUxO3V7c

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Austria)

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release: EP "DIVES" (Siluh Records) 2017
planned release: "Teenage Years Are Over" (Siluh Records) 15.11.2019
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DUCK DUCK GREY DUCK (CH)

Since their debut album, produced by no one else than Yvan Bing (Moriarty, Wu-Tang Clan, Gilberto Gil), two years went by and the band played headline shows all over Europe as well as support shows for Two Gallents, Allah-Las und King Khan and the Shrines.

Duck Duck Grey Duck, a super-charged three-piece power band that sounds more like a monolithic swing machine, happened by accident, without anyone even noticing. With a retro-super-future sound, their music is full of spontaneity and reminiscent of the vitality of old-school recordings.

In 2018 the 2nd album of the Swiss music ensemble was published, and beside Casbah Records they have the Indie Label A Tree In A Field on their side (e.g. "Fai Baba").

Mexico // https://youtu.be/DiTyGt7AfwE
Bing Bang // https://youtu.be/g7p-ZY3WUZ4
Frelon // https://youtu.be/yuBV8flrJX4

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Switzerland & France)

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release: "Traffic Jam" (A Tree In A Field Records) February 2018
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DUNGEN (SWE)

Dungen! We are incredibly proud to welcome the four Swedes in our roster. Since 1998 the band belongs to the most important PsychRock bands worldwide. More than a few big names see the band around mastermind & lead singer Gustav Ejstes as a role model. 2019 the band came back with the 15 year anniversary tour for "Ta Det Lugnt“. What can we expect for 2020 then?!

The band is available for festivals & clubshows in 2020, get in touch!

Fredag // https://youtu.be/LyzPwe9ydB0
Panda // https://youtu.be/Kj2fdV8brXo
KEXP Session // https://youtu.be/NITESCBm1-E

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland

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release: "Häxan" (SmallTown Supersound) 2016
planned release: LP (2020)
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DŸSE (GER)

DŸSE is coming! And that was about time. After various theater productions & world wide shows with their latest release "Das Nation", the two exceptional musicians are back with new recorded music, as well as live on stage.
"Bonzengulasch" is the name of the new 12inch vinyl, released via Cargo Records.

You just gotta love DŸSE.

Spinne // https://youtu.be/DCcU9IsvfLc
Schildkrötenthomas (Live at Desertfest) // https://youtu.be/zK2rLIk0Ch8

territory: Europe / UK

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relase: "Das Nation" (Cargo Records ) March 2014
release: Single "Bonzengulasch" November 2017
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ELIAS AGOGO (GER)

Sea Moya´s roly-poly doll as a DJ. It doesn’t matter if it’s African Funk, Tropical Tunes, Worldwide Disco, Spiritual Jazz or Contemporary Electronic music, it is about the soul and the energy of the music.
& this is what Elias Agogo will give you live!

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EVELINN TROUBLE (CH)

“Made of Rain“ is Evelinn Troubles new single, being released in November 2019. LP number 5 will follow in 2020 then. The song is a spheric trip through Trouble´s emotional life with a mystic text. Maybe it's a process of coming to terms with her past, living between London, Berlin & Switzerland. Between squatted houses, hotel rooms & couches of music studios, where she spend restless hours.

Born in Zurich as a daughter from a Swedish Jazz singer her own country quickly gets too small for Evelinn Trouble. Already at the age of 17 she records her first LP on her own & climbs up to the top of Swiss musical landscape. But ET wants more, she directs her own & music videos of several other artists (preferred stylistic device: Splatter!). She plays Salomé in the same named opera, writes music for movies & theater, as well as travels with a theater piece from Thom Luz through the whole world. Trouble is a shapeshifter, a creative multi talent with a inborn urge to experiment. One of the results: Winning the Swiss Music Price in 2018, as the youngest award winner in history.

Flowing // https://youtu.be/FvpdLA85R8A
Monstruous // https://youtu.be/xIVLdVMTAcQ
Just A Fever (Live) // https://youtu.be/_HS2HhE27y4

territory: Europe / UK

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release: EP "Hope Music" (Radicalis) May 2018
planned release: 2020
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FAI BABA (CH)

His name, Fai Baba, may conjure up rather odd associations. However, although Fai Baba did arrive at his name via a detour to India and a quiet word from a Hindu guru named Sai Baba, he found it impossible to live with the hippie groove of that environment.
A lot happened since their latest release “Sad & Horny“. Shows at Haldern Pop, Trans Musicales & two KEXP Sessions made the band grow together, a new single has been released.

Fai Baba is back from a longer trip to India & Columbia - perfect preparation to start working on a new record.

KEXP-Session // https://youtu.be/XFYd4CP0Ges
Nobody But You // https://youtu.be/Zekssfrw5Tc
Can't Stop Loving You // https://youtu.be/dlPzQaaA0AM

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Switzerland & France)

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release: Single "Can't Stop Loving You" (A Tree In A Field Records ) 2017
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FOREVER PAVOT (FR)

Fuzz guitars, wild farfisa, bass lines, flutes, horse cavalcades, Forever Pavot sounds like a huge indoor western. A fan of jazz and of Turkish psyche, he stacks up sounds and rehabilitates the harpsichord in the narrow world that has become pop music.
His latest album “La Pantoufle“ is out since November 2017 & a true pearl. Live the band is still unbeatable groovy!

Joe and Rose // https://youtu.be/PeN-CITERwk
Le Beefteak // https://youtu.be/Cb0SQ2TGmb0

territory: Germany / Austria

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release: "La Pantoufle" (Born Bad Records) 2017
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FUFANU (ISL)

Named "Iceland’s most exciting young band" by Pitchfork after the release of their celebrated sophomore LP Sports last year, enigmatic trio Fufanu have announced the release of a series of EPs throughout 2018 – each one an exercise in exploring their multiple sonic personalities, from motorik and post-punk to alt-techno, to woozy avant-garde electronica. This sick live band is available for festivals in 2020!

KEXP Session // https://youtu.be/RFh-CknfZ-w
Sports // https://youtu.be/9CZ2oWZWrWk
Listen To Me // https://youtu.be/4N48FBioBQo

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland

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release: "The Dialogue Series" (One Litte Indian) 2018
planned release: TBA
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FURIOUS FEW (GER)

Furious Fews raucous organ driven rock n' roll infuses the sound, spirit and elements of Blues, Soul and dark Gospel, delivered with a warning wall of guitars, backbeats, urgency and swagger.

The trio will be back soon with their 2nd album.

The Wishing Pole (NEW TRACK)  // https://bit.ly/2R6KHUI
Something Is Broken // https://youtu.be/7aiMjuhQIzE
Purity Gone // https://youtu.be/B-SqfkHe4cM

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Furious Few" 2017
planned release: LP (2020)
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INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP (UK)

"This Sheffield trio make invigorating synthpop for difficult times“ The Guardian

ITOP are Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer (of Moonlandingz and the Eccentronic Research Council), plus singer Leonore Wheatley, whose vocals give the music an iciness redolent of Ladytron. The album was written on analogue synthesizers and dusty drum machines, but the band have a shiny, contemporary vision.

The live show will match this enthusiasm: bedroom-style dance routines and live dancers called the Love Troupe are promised. Flanagan says that in the current atmosphere of “political carnage, people need music & live shows like ours… ITOP is a bona fide 125bpm cuddle for the masses!”

After Dark  // https://youtu.be/9r_Gqx_GFEg
The Ballad of Remedy Nilsson // https://youtu.be/4GseIEUiBbs

territory: Germany / Austria


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release: " International Teachers Of Pop" (Republic of Music) February 2019
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J&L DEFER (CH)

Bound to no scales or directions, J&L Defer create an infinitely expansive universe from their own extensively explored paths. Sometimes those paths touch upon memories of known patterns only to remind you of their insignificance. Objectives are discarded and expectations are responded to with indifference, as J&L Defer make use of genres only to escape them.

Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, the core duo of Switzerland’s Disco Doom, are unimpressed by the ubiquitous obligation to always look for the new to only find the old again. In September 2016 they released their debut album "No Map" via Exploding in Sound (Palehound, Big Ups etc.) & since then they tour continuously through Europe and the USA.

Stereogum - Hard Fiction Road // http://bit.ly/29IimVi
Withguitars - Johnny, Dream // http://bit.ly/2f0VwYV

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Switzerland)

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release: "No Map"  (Exploding In Sound Records) September 2016
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KHRUANGBIN (USA)

Khruangbin just wont stop. Their recent album “Con Todo El Mundo“ is on everyones lips, the shows sold out everywhere. On top of that they won the award for the best album of the year at the Worldwide Awards.

In July 2019 the band released "Hasta El Cielo“, the Dub version of "Con Todo El Mundo“, in 2020 the trio will release LP numero 3. Khruangbin´s concerts are pure magic.

Evan Finds The Third Room // https://youtu.be/QcD_YXCxxZM
Friday Morning // https://youtu.be/KjQSSYOTXzk
Pitchfork Live // https://youtu.be/q4xKvHANqjk

territory: Germany

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release: “Con Todo El Mundo“ (Late Night Stories) January 2018
planned release: LP (2020)
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KLAUS JOHANN GROBE (CH)

What is there to say about Klaus Johann Grobe? The Swiss band has surely secured their spot within the music scene in the last years. Temples and Unknown Mortal Orchestra are fans of record one and took the band on tour along Europe & USA. Also the Flaming Lips are admirers of their work.

In 2018 album 3 was released, the sound of the band developed. KJG calls "Du Bist So Symmetrisch“ their R’n'B album, not do forget the pure KJG humor about this. Someone might miss the organ, but they still sank it burning somewhere as they say.

In 2018/19 Klaus Johann Grobe are back with new music, the new record "Du Bist So Symmetrisch" is out now!

Downtown // https://youtu.be/GpXyhlWvA2E
Out Of Reach // https://youtu.be/9i_Yzb_VL0U
Discogedanken // https://youtu.be/isLiuMN9JLs

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Du Bist So Symmetrisch"  (Trouble In Mind Records) October 2018
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L'ECLAIR (CH)

Incredible funky, tropical & groovy, thats L´Eclair, the new band on Beyond Beyond is Beyond & Bongo Joe Records. Their recent album "Sauropoda“ was released in May 2019, during summer you might have seen them play selected festivals as e.g. Kilbi, Fusion, Copenhagen Jazz Festival etc.
In September the band was on European tour with "Sauropoda“ & will do so again in February & March 2020 - Eurosonic is already confirmed, of course more to come!

Funk you very much & save a spot for a L´Eclair show with you!

Polymood // https://youtu.be/K6OVzuABsb0
Epitaph B.B // https://youtu.be/F3FqRkiOQMs
Live at 3voor12 Radio // https://youtu.be/B0D82jI80fg

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Denmark

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release: Sauropoda (Beyond Beyond is Beyond / Bongo Joe Records) May 2019
planned release: L’Eclair x The Mauskovic Dance Band (December 2019)
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MASTON (USA)

Frank Maston has written a soundtrack for the best movie never made. The result is a technicolor tour de force of a world unseen yet wholly imaginable. On an album of catchy pop hits, it’s Maston’s aesthetic precision that truly stands out.

Tulips is the followup to Maston’s 2013 release, Shadows, although the two couldn’t be more distinct in sound. If Shadows is the Beach Boys, Tulips is the love child between Ennio Morricone and the French New Wave. It’s a producer’s album, but the songwriting is what holds Tulips together. Frank Maston’s music has never sounded more assured.

The new album is already recorded & will be released in 2020. On top of that Maston played the european & US support for Allah Las in October & November 2019. In spring 2020 we'll send Maston on his first European club show tour since 6 years, afterwards we'll go straight into the Festival season 2020!

Souvenir: https://bit.ly/32pK9je (SECRET)
Live in Paris: https://youtu.be/sztZwdETZmw
"Tulips" pt. 1: Swans // https://youtu.be/WPbhpZk-RhA

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Tulips" (Phonoscope) 2017
planned release: "Souvenir" (1st quarter 2020)
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MELT DOWNER (AT)

Melt Downer from Austria are familiar faces. Consisting of Wolfgang Möstl, Mario Zangl ("Mile Me Deaf", "Killed by 9V Batteries") and Florian Giessauf ("Torso","Red Red Red", "Das kleine deutsche Eck"), Melt Downer plays Noiserock á la "Metz" & "Destruction Unit", with whom they've already shared the stage a couple of times.

The debut album reveiced brilliant press, its a little masterpiece which hasn’t lost any of the energy of their live shows. This can be attributed to the lavish production that the band themselves are responsible for.

In October 2018 the band released a new record at the connoisseur label Rock is Hell, where already "Thee Oh Sees" & the "Melvins" released. Good times ahead.

Mutter // https://youtu.be/xx2kYSMYHyI
Clown // https://youtu.be/US3J2fqR_7k
Back Down For The People Of The Past (Studio A Session) // https://youtu.be/qBN_apIfY94

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Austria)

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release: "Alter The Stunt" (Rock is Hell / Numavi Records) October 2018
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MILE ME DEAF (AT)

Wolfgang Möstl is a busy bee! Besides Mile Me Deaf he has produced almost 50 albums, e.g. for "Voodoo Jürgens" or "Der Nino aus Wien". Additionally Möstl plays guitars for "Sex Jams", "Melt Downer" and "Clara Luzia“.

With Alien Age he published the probably most multi-layered MMD album. Möstl abondoned the fuzz-and-thrash sound of his previous albums. Sampled beats and loops set the stage for his new album, reducing the 90s indie rock sound of past records to homeopathic doses. This time, dub, vaporwave, jazz and ambient come in the foreground. The entire album was single-handedly produced by Möstl, who used a vintage Akai sampler to lay down the base tracks in classic old school hip-hop fashion.

More than interesting, current club shows are played solo with MPC, iPad & guitar. This is just great live!

Light Ltd. // https://youtu.be/GEBvtTKW2Nw
Alien Age // https://youtu.be/mgltRg9Fp0o
Brando // https://youtu.be/TVejb7dSzDs

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Austria)


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release: "HDD Backup" (Siluh Records) october 2018
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NEUZEITLICHE BODENBELÄGE (GER)

Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge ("contemporary floorings") is Joshua Gottmanns and Niklas Wandt. Their Berlin neighbourhoods of cheap dives and streets full of discarded household goods seemed always to hold ephemeral stories - profane ones, of loners clinging with passion to some last straws in a life already in steep descent. Their first sign of life was a 7inch "Ich verliebe mich nie/Pfleg' mich" (Themes For Great Cities, 2018). These tape recordings already contain a broad spectrum of references from German wave and synthpop to ostentative kraut repetitions and were enthusiastically received in underground circles all over Europe. At the time of its release, Gottmanns and Wandt were already working on the followup EP in a hotel at Lake Constance. Under the tutelage of their Viennese life coach Ali Europa, their new songs are drumheavy, playful and dub-laden as well as endowed with an urging pop appeal - tales of neuroses and crises never did sound as sweet. Their first shows in Austria, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic and Germany already turned out to be sensual experiences for band and audience alike - the door's wide open, get your flooring today!

Therell be new material in 2020, as well as plenty of live Shows & Dj sets!

Meine Nöte // https://youtu.be/8FA9jsTny1I
Ich verliebe mich nie // https://youtu.be/R-xv0oExacw

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Ich Verliebe Mich Nie" (Themes For Great Cities) 2018
planned release: TBA (2020)
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PERILYMPH (GER)

Perilymph is from Berlin - but actually they are from all over Europe. The band around the french singer & guitarist Fabien Dupree has been making their name within the last months in the psych rock scene. Having just put out their album "I“ they already shared the stage with "Kikagaku Moyo", "The Babe Rainbow", "Vive La Void", "ORB", "Elephant Stone" & "Forever Pavot".

In April 2019 the new album named “II“ was released via Six Tonnes De Chair Records, in May the band played a European tour & during summer selected festivals. In November therell be more European shows, in 2020 the band will release new material. Get your pinch of hypnotic psych rock now!

She Fell // https://youtu.be/tIwMnmTmSLI
Sept (Raytrack Session 2/3) // https://youtu.be/bqB0KXHeeNo

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "II" (Six Tonnes De Chair Records) April 2019
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REVEREND BEAT-MAN (CH)

Born in Bern / Switzerland and founder of Voodoo Rhythm Records, Reverend Beat-Man is on an endless world tour as a one man band or with his companions "The Monsters", "Die Zorros" or the "Coronets Played Blues Trash and The New Wave". Rock'n'roll Weird Garage Trash with such bands as: the Monks, die Einstürzenden Neubauten, Neil Young, the Sonics, the Mummies, Guitar Wolf, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Rammstein, Prince and many many more throughout Europe, Japan, North & Southamerica, Australia and New Zealand.

Reverend Beat-Man is not only a musician - he is a apostel of the bad taste a true preacher in blues and trash - a restless soul that seeks for a better much brighter and colorful home.

In January 2019 he released a new record with "Sister Nicole Izobel Garcia", daughter of a mexican lawyer, followed by a tour together in April 2019.
But the Reverend is also available for your festivals as a solo Artist, with The Monsters or with his new band "The New Wave“.

The agony of choice…

I have enough // https://youtu.be/zUlCyhpovjE
Jesus // https://youtu.be/omlcGGduzW0

territory: Europe / UK (excl. France & Spain)

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release: LP "Baile Bruja Muerto" feat. Nicole Izobel Garcia (Voodoo Rhythm Records) January 2019
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SAY YES DOG (GER)

Coming from Germany & Luxembourg, this trio met during their musical studies in the Netherlands & lived at many different places but has found their base in Berlin now for some time. Within the last years every band member has been developing himself in other projects, but always returned to be a dog.

Through world & space, all over the dancefloor & directly in your body. The 2nd album of Say Yes Dog brings the trio in higher places. Not only musically but also thematically youll find an interesting mix of different aspect on their record "VOYAGE".
Since their debut LP the band evolved a lot. With floating ease, pushing hooks & melodic altitude flights Say Yes Dog show us the future trend of their brilliant electro pop.

A Friend // https://youtu.be/FtITR_42Zes
Lies // https://youtu.be/aEBSSiDwQqk
Live Session // https://youtu.be/2BNCI3aeV00

territory: Europe / UK (excl. Austria, France, BeNeLux)

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release: "Voyage“ May 2019
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SEA MOYA (GER)

Sea Moya is a new psychedelic-beat outfit, emerging from in between shipping containers of a german harbour. Creating a wild and diverse journey, the former german, but now canadian based band is performing a collage of funk, afrobeat, krautrock and modern electronica. Passing their ideas through a chaotic system of wires, various instruments, effect pedals and analog recording gear into the computer, where it all gets mangled, sliced up and put back together again, it still sounds human, or at least something like that. After two great EP´s the band has finished album one, which was released in October 2018.

Since then Sea Moya has been playing shows in Europe & USA non stop. "The band just finished LP 2 & is back in the USA now to first support Maribou State & play their own headline tour after. From around March 2020 Sea Moya will be back in Europe.

NME says about them "feature one Sideshow Bob with elastic legs going berzerk to their afro-psych funk“. Who doesnt want to see that?!

Change // https://bit.ly/2nSRB7L (SECRET)
Purple Days // https://youtu.be/WkVPbBO44uM
Twins // https://youtu.be/0094m-a1jSQ

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Falmenta“(Majestic Casual Records) October 2018
planned release: LP 2020
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SELMER (NO)

Julian Karlsson aka Selmer is living in a lo-fi soundscape, and creates charming indie pop/rock with sunbathing guitar licks and keys from the 70's. Together with his live band, Selmer has made ripples in the water, both in the local duck pond and on the world's oceans. With sparkling live shows that have gotten promises under the Øya Festival and By:Larm, Selmer infects the audience with pandemic enjoyment.

Their debut will be released in 2020.

Surfin' with U // https://youtu.be/1pGSR91Ct6U
Palm Tree // https://youtu.be/KziF_ILQU9I

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland

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release: "Feelin’ down" (Playground Music) May 2018

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SLOE PAUL (GER)

Sloe Paul sends his listeners in a groovy SynthPop delirium, & melts LoFi attitude with psychedelic sounds. Produced in his bedroom, Sloe Paul helps himself charmingly with unconventional structures & patterns & forms with sublime game a very personal sound!

On stage Sloe Paul are a 5 piece. The band takes a sweeping swipe from r’n’b to jazz & Ambient to dreampop & new wave.

There will be new material in 2020 from Slow Paul, and of course club shows & Fesivals with you!

This Boy // https://youtu.be/hXu795lWWJQ
Super Sick S/O // https://youtu.be/q-EV8p1V5lM

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Paul Abbrecht's Album" (Treibender Teppich Records) 2018
release: Split Peter Muffin & Sloe Paul (Treibender Teppich Records) Oktober 2019
planned release: LP 2020
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THE BONES OF J.R. JONES (USA)

Known for his moody blend of garage-influenced soul, blues, roots, and Americana, The Bones of J.R. Jones is the solo project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jonathon Linaberry. Hailing from Upstate New York, he released his third studio album "Ones To Keep Close“ in May 2018. Produced with Rob Niederpruem in Brooklyn, NY, Ones To Keep Close is a crisp, eleven-track collection of stomp-along songs that evoke a vivid spectrum of emotion.

In 2018 The Bones of J.R. Jones played sold out shows in London & Berlin, as well as many other European cities. We will repeat that in 2020, so get in touch!

Sing Sing // https://youtu.be/SYOQ4w9EXzI
Ticket Home // https://youtu.be/LNxSzfFhTOU

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Ones To Keep Close" May 2018
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THE PSYCHOTIC MONK (FR)

The Psychotic Monks express themselves in a uncontrolled but deliberate chaos. A life split between experimentations in their own studio and concerts when they hit the road.

Noise and fury, their music is driven by the pulse of life. Against the idea of a charismatic leader, the four musicians are looking for a balance between neurotic madness contemplative melancoly.

See them live and catch their uncontrollable chaos, darkness and psychotic rock!

It´s Gone // https://youtu.be/gcHAUhsIplw
Live on KEXP // https://youtu.be/CLDCdXGi8v0
Live @ TransMusicales 2018 // https://youtu.be/UQjDPsZzNIk

territory: Germany

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release: "Private Meaning First"(Vicious Circle) März 2019
planned release: LP (2020)
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TINY FINGERS (ISR)

Tiny Fingers combine post-rock, live electronics, psychedelic and groove, forming a powerful, super-intensive musical mix. With broken beats, unique guitar playing, fat bass and fresh synthesized sounds, they integrate the messy intensity of rock music with the ecstasy of electronic raves, creating a thick, unrelenting sound trip.
“an explosive mixture” BBC

In 2017 Tiny Fingers returned with a new project! The band released a new session, playing its latest album “The Fall” fully and continuously over the northern shores of the Dead Sea - Earth’s lowest ground.

The Dead Sea // https://youtu.be/WIoY6IMim1o
Demands Live // https://vimeo.com/86413387
Megafauna Full Movie // https://youtu.be/AX4gPTlXt7o

territory: Europe / UK


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release: "The Fall" (Pelagic Records) July 2015
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VAGUE (AT)

In June 2018, the Vienna and Berlin based band Vague released their second album "Land". The fourteen songs can't be placed into only one niche. The sound drifts between the fields: Sometimes "dreamy Indie-Pop" would be your go-to association for VAGUE's music, but then the more jazzy, Bossanova-style arrangements invite you to think otherwise. Some songs come at you subtly disguised in noisy post rock patterns, others come along in more dense and softer shapes.

Vacation // https://youtu.be/h_qHmDQCF6w
Crash // https://youtu.be/UJxZTLz9rG0

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Land" (Siluh Records) June 2018
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VANISHING TWIN (UK)

With their boundless avantgarde pop Vanishing Twin shows the middlefinger to the narrowmindedness of the Brexit. The somehow mysterious band from London released one of the coolest albums in 2019.
The press feedback for "The Age of Immunology“ agrees, this album is already a classic one!

"The London band tilts its psychedelic pop toward a utopian future.“ PitchFork

★★★★★ The Line Of Best Fit
★★★★★ Pop Matters
★★★★ Pitchfork        

Vanishing Twin Syndrome // https://youtu.be/ZgK2WPd-GCU
You Are Not An Island // https://youtu.be/b52QAAyhUvE
Live on KEXP // https://youtu.be/4ixs8MxagkQ

territory: Germany

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release: "The Age Of Immunology" (Fire Records) June 2019
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VINYL WILLIAMS (USA)

You surely have heard about Vinyl Williams from L.A., either as drummer of Morgan Delt, or the director of plenty music videos (Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Temples). So to say, he found his place in the music scene.

NME said about his latest album "Opal“ - "soft-focus psych pop, pushing his songs into the realm of pure, escapist pleasure.“ It is not for nothing that they put Vinyl Williams in their top 100 albums in 2018.

Aphelion // https://youtu.be/6voZRaeoMxA
World Soul // https://youtu.be/V35XNBedkhM
KEXP Session // https://youtu.be/xbAUzbifL8s

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Opal" (Requiem pour un Twister)  2016
planned release: TBA (2020)
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WOLF PEOPLE (UK)

You might have heard of Wolf People by now, as they established their name in being one of the best live bands from the UK! With "Ruins", Wolf People released their fourth album via Jagjaguwar in 2016.

"If Fairport Convention had preferred Black Sabbath to Bob Dylan, they might have sounded like this."
The Guardian.

In 2020 Wolf People will publish new material, and their amazing live shows!

Night Witch // https://youtu.be/kmKt76_wtHs
Silbury Sands // https://youtu.be/qfDbWuUw5uY

territory: Europe (excl. UK, BeNeLux & Scandinavia)

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release: "Ruins" (Jagjaguwar) November 2016
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WORLD BRAIN (FR)

Hello World Brain. We are fans since the start & are incredible happy to welcome Lucas Ufo in our Roster.
In his album "Peer 2 Peer“ he sings about his environment between Pop culture, WiFi & Hyperlinks.

Network // https://youtu.be/s-uymCsbYF4
Hypertext // https://youtu.be/Fz_ML866DfY
Made U Cry // https://youtu.be/03hyqqCaazY

territory: Europe / UK

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release: "Peer 2 Peer“ (Mansions & MillionsApril 2019
planned release: 2020
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YĪN YĪN (NL)

YĪN YĪN is the project of Kees Berkers ("Baby Galaxy","YAYAYA") & Yves Lennertz ("Bounty Island"). Being avid record collectors, with both members having a collection spanning almost every musical era and genre, details from many different genres seep through in their music.

Using South East Asian music from the 60 ́s and 70 ́s as a main inspiration, whilst also bringing their individual musical backgrounds and interests to the table, the recording spree resulted in a remarkable set of songs mixing world music, disco, funk and electronic music. YĪN YĪN found their home at Bongo Joe, where they released their debut album "The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers“ in October 2019.

YĪN YĪNs festival summer 2019 was quite impressive, the band played around 40 festivals across Europe, incl. Into The Great Wide Open, Le Guess Who?, Bad Bonn Kilbi, Appletree Garden, Maifeld Derby, Trans Musicales, RBF 2019 & many more.

We'll have to do better in 2020, first with some clubshows & followed by more festivals!

One Inch Punch // https://youtu.be/8vxFyBErgv0
Dis̄ kô Dis̄ kô // https://youtu.be/mC6NlwUn8v0
Lowlands Session // https://youtu.be/6Y7bPL4sue0

territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland

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release: "The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers“ (Bongo Joe Records) 18. Oktober 2019
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