It’s been a while since Flashbaxx released his critically acclaimed The Changing Tides EP (Blackfish Productions / BaxxBeatMusic). Flashbaxx mastermind Daniel Stenger began working on an album to follow the EP in 2008, but inspiration was fleeting and music making was difficult, and Daniel was not satisfied with his early drafts. He seemed to lose his enthusiasm, so the producer decided to take a break from Flashbaxx and devote himself to other projects.

Not that Daniel was resting … rather, he was restless. He expanded his record label BaxxBeatMusic, produced and recorded other bands and artists, composed music for commercials, and frequently performed as DJ. From time to time a Flashbaxx loop appeared on his sequencer, but he still was not able to complete the puzzle. But after a few years of all this activity and exposure to the music of others (in the clubs as well as the studios) Daniel’s inspiration returned and he was finally ready to push the Flashbaxx musical vision into 2013.

The fog first lifted in 2011 when Daniel produced “So Close To Midnight” in a single evening, signaling a triumphant return to the studio. In the next eighteen months Daniel prodded Flashbaxx back to life, track by track. It was like awakening from long creative hibernation, and Daniel’s newfound creative joy is evident in the album’s music.

After the foundation was set, the work on the album concept began. When the Aschaffenburg-based producer couldn’t find a sonic connection between two songs he remedied this by producing a new joint to fill the gap and complete the desired arc of the record. Eventually the thirteen tracks formed a cohesive excursion, and Daniel’s feeling of accomplishment inspired the album’s title: Something To Believe.

Certainly the strength of the album lies in its versatility. To begin, Stenger combines soulful downtempo and smooth soul with brass kicking nu-funk. The album then takes a trip down the coast of Latin America while grooving through disco and deep house-influenced club tracks. Eventually, things resolve surprisingly in a Bill Conti manner, transporting the listener to when the movie Rocky had just appeared in cinemas. Following his passion for funk and jazz Daniel gave much attention to the organic details, combining this with more loop oriented songs, settling for a sound somewhere between the couch and the dance floor. It’s a bit ‘old school,’ but far away from being frumpy … sometimes laid back, sometimes demanding body motion. Flashbaxx isn’t reinventing the wheel, but the truck now has some cool new slippers.

Besides guest musicians like The Haszlbeatz and Christoph Matyaschek, Flashbaxx worked with vocalists Tanja Proessler and Mathias Fischer as well as the very brilliant Seth Sharp from distant Reykjavik. The appearance of guest musicians and vocalists marks a first for Flashbaxx and gives Something To Believe the stamp of a producer album. Flashbaxx is back … and he’ll make you a believer.

So Close To Midnight (Preview)

It’s been a while since Flashbaxx released his critically acclaimed The Changing Tides EP (Blackfish Productions / BaxxBeatMusic). Flashbaxx mastermind Daniel Stenger began working on an album to follow the EP in 2008, but inspiration was fleeting and music making was difficult, and Daniel was not satisfied with his early drafts. He seemed to lose his enthusiasm, so the producer decided to take a break from Flashbaxx and devote himself to other projects.

Not that Daniel was resting … rather, he was restless. He expanded his record label BaxxBeatMusic, produced and recorded other bands and artists, composed music for commercials, and frequently performed as DJ. From time to time a Flashbaxx loop appeared on his sequencer, but he still was not able to complete the puzzle. But after a few years of all this activity and exposure to the music of others (in the clubs as well as the studios) Daniel’s inspiration returned and he was finally ready to push the Flashbaxx musical vision into 2013.

The fog first lifted in 2011 when Daniel produced “So Close To Midnight” in a single evening, signaling a triumphant return to the studio. In the next eighteen months Daniel prodded Flashbaxx back to life, track by track. It was like awakening from long creative hibernation, and Daniel’s newfound creative joy is evident in the album’s music.

After the foundation was set, the work on the album concept began. When the Aschaffenburg-based producer couldn’t find a sonic connection between two songs he remedied this by producing a new joint to fill the gap and complete the desired arc of the record. Eventually the thirteen tracks formed a cohesive excursion, and Daniel’s feeling of accomplishment inspired the album’s title: Something To Believe.

Certainly the strength of the album lies in its versatility. To begin, Stenger combines soulful downtempo and smooth soul with brass kicking nu-funk. The album then takes a trip down the coast of Latin America while grooving through disco and deep house-influenced club tracks. Eventually, things resolve surprisingly in a Bill Conti manner, transporting the listener to when the movie Rocky had just appeared in cinemas. Following his passion for funk and jazz Daniel gave much attention to the organic details, combining this with more loop oriented songs, settling for a sound somewhere between the couch and the dance floor. It’s a bit ‘old school,’ but far away from being frumpy … sometimes laid back, sometimes demanding body motion. Flashbaxx isn’t reinventing the wheel, but the truck now has some cool new slippers.

Besides guest musicians like The Haszlbeatz and Christoph Matyaschek, Flashbaxx worked with vocalists Tanja Proessler and Mathias Fischer as well as the very brilliant Seth Sharp from distant Reykjavik. The appearance of guest musicians and vocalists marks a first for Flashbaxx and gives Something To Believe the stamp of a producer album. Flashbaxx is back … and he’ll make you a believer.

Gold (Preview)

Something To Believe feat. Tanja Prössler & Christoph Matyaschek (Preview)

Movin' On (Preview)

From A To C feat. Haslbeatz (Preview)

Madison (Preview)

We Just Listen To It (Preview)

Lust For Doom (Preview)

Cuba Libre Social Club (Preview)

Can't Let Go feat. Kristine Szegedi (EXCLUSIVE TRACK) (PREVIEW)

From A To C (Bonus Beat Edit) (Preview)

Something To Believe feat. Tanja Prössler & Christoph Matyascheck (Radio Edit) (PREVIEW)

ARTIST Carlos Reisch
    TITLE: Control Of Your Mind
    STYLE: Funk / Acid Jazz / Hip Hop
    FORMAT: MP3 / 12“
    CAT-NO.: BBM004
    EAN: 9008798018154 
    LABEL: BAXXBEATMUSIC  (Aschaffenburg, DE) // (LC16151)
    RELEASE: 25.01.2010
    DISTRIB.: 12“ > OUR DISTRIBUTION /// MP3 > available at every major download shop

    TRACKLIST (http://soundcloud.com/baxxbeatmusic/sets/carlos-reisch-control-of-your-mind)
    Original
    Kinski & Shantisan's So Happy In Oliveto Mix
    PNFA Remix
    Flashbaxx Remix
    Ed Royal Remix

    WEB: www.carlos-reisch.de /// www.myspace.com/carlosreisch 

    BaxxBeatMusic is proud to introduce you the first 12“ single by a hot 10-piece funk explosion called Carlos Reisch from Nuermberg, Germany. "Control Of Your Mind,“ also prepped to be the first vinyl release on BaxxBeatMusic, is a smooth blend of funk, soul, hip hop, and jazz featuring exceptional instrumentation and vocals. The track shines further with a quartet of dancefloor-ready remixes from an accomplished platoon of remixers.

    Kinski (Daktarichild) and Shantisan (Salted Soul) seemed to have a really good time in Oliveto. Best proof of this fact is their sunshine flavoured "Control Of Your Mind" remix, that brings back a touch of summer.

    BaxxBeatMusic artist Wolfram Gruß aka PNFA shows his wide range of productions skills in his fantastic remix. With sick synth sounds, some wicked drum programming, and the raps of Carlos Reisch's frontman Pirzi this producer from Darmstadt (DE) made a true head-nodding hip hop 2.0 remix.

    Aschaffenburg (DE) based producer and founder of BaxxBeatMusic Flashbaxx provides a laid back jazz and latin flavoured 'no need for a snare drum' edit of the original. Just clap your hands and join the groove!

    With his house rework of "Control Of Your Mind“ DJ, producer and head of Innvision Records (AT) Ed Royal closes this release and opens the dancefloor at the same time. He must be a genius...

    WHO THE FUNK IS CARLOS REISCH???
    They are your next door band, but they also represent far more than just young musicians meeting by chance in the lift to the top. Carlos Reisch is friendship, a way of life – on stage, in the studio, or on the way home from the rehearsal room. Carlos Reisch is a modern, creative cluster without limits, uniting artists from many nations in relaxed interaction: from Australia, from the Ivory Coast, Italy, Poland, or the German regions of Baden-Wurttemberg, Upper Palatinate, and Franconia. Carlos Reisch is festival stage as well as club concert, is jazz, funk and scat. Carlos Reisch doesn’t give a dime for old, controversial jazz or pop music dogmas, but prefers to unite different worlds. The essence lays in the beat, in the flow – the old and original essence of music ever since we can remember. Carlos Reisch is like a big city, multi-cultural and multi-layered. In musical and social terms. This band is modern, urban lifestyle, down to the smallest detail.

    Seventies funk meets today’s live rap plus a pinch of jazz – and the musical symbiosis of this young, emerging band from Nuremberg, the metropolis of Franconia, is in full effect. Live sound at club parties, a normal thing in the old days of funk, has almost disappeared from today’s clubbing and music scene. Carlos Reisch mourns this extreme loss of party culture. The atmospherically dense mix of funk a la Maceo Parker, James Brown or Bootsy Collins paired with hip hop à la A Tribe called Quest or The Roots creates an explosive sensual frenzy. Elaborate song arrangements as the basis of the band’s own compositions, underlaid with the driving groove of the rhythm section, facetious jazz harmonies and funk riffs, sharp interludes from the horn section, and above all that the lyrics, partly sung, partly rapped, in German, English, French or Spanish by the charismatic vocalists, are the very promising characteristics that make this band so special and individual. All that coming straight out of the German region of Franconia!

Control Of Your Mind (Flashbaxx Remix)

Taken from "Flashbaxx - Something To Believe EP"
soundcloud.com/flashbaxx/sets/something-to-believe-ep

Also check out the album "Flashbaxx - Something To Believe"
soundcloud.com/flashbaxx/sets/something-to-believer-album

FACEBOOK
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Can't Let Go feat. Kristine Szegedi

Played an exclusive DJ Set with my fav tracks to date on Norbert Borchers "House Sound Of Hamburg", 31.07.2015. 

Glenn Astro - Computer Killer - Tartelet Germany
M. James - Cheap Thrills - Roots For Bloom
Brame & Hamo - Hot Shot - Heist Recordings
Max Graef - Jungle (feat. Andy Hart) - Heist Recordings
FOUK - Lefty's Bar - Heist Recordings
Eli Escobar - Seein You - Night People NYC
Art Of Tones - The Rainbow Song - Local Talk
Soulphiction - Mind & Body - Philpot Germany
FOUK - Kill Frenzy - Heist Recordings
Juliet Sikora - Larry's Garrage - Kittball Germany
Max Graef - Sensation - Melbourne Deepcast
Rhyze - Just How Sweet Is Your Love - (Walker / Royce Tough) - Harmless
Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2 - Faces France
Andy Hart - Epsilon Girl - Heist Recordings
Christian Prommer - Tob, der Bär - Compost Germany
Dusty - Mood Matters - Jazz & Milk
TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio - That Gut Feeling(feat. Andreya Triana) - Tru Thoughts

"House Sound Of Hamburg" Radio Show @ TIDE 96.0 / exclusive DJ Set by Flashbaxx from July, 31st 2015

taken from "Quincy Jointz - Praia de Geriba remixed Vol. 1" (Timewarp)

Quincy Jointz - The Place (Flashbaxx Remix)

Out now! New Single "Atlas" by Wight incl. Flashbaxx Remix on the B-Side available for stream and download on all platforms. 7" Vinyl preorder available here: https://wight.bandcamp.com/track/atlas-flashbaxx-remix

50 on GLOW IN THE DARK
50 on PINK
50 on CLEAR
50 on BLACK
&
only 20 TESTPRESS EDITIONS with different artwork

Be quick, cause they will sell like hot buns.

Atlas

Atlas (Flashbaxx Remix)

Wight - Atlas (Flashbaxx Remix)

The first track by Flashbaxx for a very very long time.

So Close To Midnight

Voodoo Therapy

Jack Of All Trades

Ed Royal - Live Your Dreams > remixalbum out on 26th nov. with remixes by Kid Loco, Mr. Confuse, Flashbaxx and and and......

http://www.junodownload.com/products/live-your-dreams-remixed/1666588-02/?ref=label_innvisionaustria&utm_source=lms&utm_medium=1666588&utm_term=label_innvisionaustria&utm_content=1666588&utm_campaign=promotepage



Ed Royal - Tweak Da Jazz (Flashbaxx Remix)

DJ and producer Daniel Stenger aka Flashbaxx, born in 1981, lives music with heart and soul. Since 2003, his jazz'n funky downbeats have been featured internationally on countless compilations (including Sony Music, EMI, Ministry Of Sound) alongside greats such as Moby, Jazzanova, Blank & Jones or Bonobo and consistently find their way into the playlists of tastemaker DJs around the globe.

It’s been a while since Flashbaxx released his critically acclaimed The Changing Tides EP in 2008 and the album Something To Believe in 2013. Daniel Stenger began working on new songs, but inspiration was fleeting. Daniel was not satisfied with his early drafts. So the producer from Aschaffenburg (Germany) decided to take a break from Flashbaxx and devote himself to other projects. Not that Daniel was resting ... rather, he was restless. He produced and recorded other bands and artists, composed music for commercials, frequently performed as DJ and started to produce podcasts. From time to time a Flashbaxx loop appeared on his sequencer, but he still was not able to complete the puzzle. But after a few years of all this activity and exposure to the music of others (in the clubs as well as the studios) Daniel’s inspiration returned and he was finally ready to push the Flashbaxx musical vision into 2022. The fog first lifted in 2018 when Daniel produced “Alright” in a single evening. It was the spark for the whole sound and concept of Take care my Friend: to limit himself to the instruments he used for the song "Alright" and not to follow the limitation of a sample or a loop. Now it was about composing music and playing all instruments by himself. Considering that this makes the record probably his most personal and musically most ambitious Flashbaxx release so far. In the next three years Daniel prodded Flashbaxx back to life, track by track. It was like awakening from long creative hibernation, and Daniel’s newfound creative joy is evident in Take Care My Friend.

This jazz-funk thing has always been a challenge to Flashbaxx. Especially, as someone who has had no real musical training except for a few guitar lessons when he was ten years old. In Stengers opinion, his music is about style, attitude and taste. But he doesn't want to be pinned down on that. His songs develop almost naturally from his musical preferences. The varieties of jazz and funk are probably just his best way to express. Sometimes it can be a real struggle to find the right chord, sound and mood. And if you're also very picky, detail-oriented and strict as Stenger it doesn't make things any easier. But the Aschaffenburg resident feels good in his role as a perfectionist. This is just him. And that's his music.

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