Bassist, producer & funk fiend | anomaly | anachronism | defiant demolisher of the pigeon-hole.

“The Funkestra has got that ‘what is hip’ attitude...more deep grooves than a 78 rpm record,” enthuses George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly.

On Dr Hypenstein, Redtenbacher's Funkestra brings their danceable brand of funk, laying down 13 of their funkiest grooves yet, from the fluty can't-stop-your-feet sounds of the title track to the heavy crunch of "Swagger," then letting the atomic dogs out with "Cave Canem" and the percolating "Funktionality."

London-based bassist, composer, arranger and bandleader Stefan Redtenbacher is the mastermind behind Dr Hypenstein, which includes the bass-driven "Bass Face" and "Bassbulator," the dare-you-not-to-move "Right On It" and "Supergalactic," and expands on previous material to incorporate electronic sounds in all the while standing proud with the history of funk.

This is the eighth album from Redtenbacher's Funkestra, which regularly performs at (and packs) London's legendary 606 Club and other established London venues. Guest musicians have included Fred Wesley, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, "Doc" Kupka, Lee Thornburg and Lenny Pickett from Tower of Power, Eric Krasno of Soulive, Stanton Moore of Galactic and the horn sections from Prince, Incognito and The Brand New Heavies.

The Austrian-born Redtenbacher fell for Herbie Hancock and Maceo Parker early on, then studied at the Vienna Conservatory and Boston's Berklee College of Music, and has recorded and performed with legends including Steve Winwood, Jack Bruce, Amy Winehouse, Lulu, Mica Paris, and Herb Alpert.

"Stefan, you know what the funk is about!” (Fred Wesley of the JB’s)

"The night is Falling in love" EP - Ilann

2021 : Bazar Bellamy, trio Rock & Choc ! 
Revendiquant son #frenchrock, résolument énergique et viscéralement mélodique, le quintet
initial se métamorphose autour de l’atypique personnalité de Monsieur Georges, chanteur aux
envolées aussi aériennes que telluriques, et guitariste aux riffs cuivrés de rock et de réminiscences
stoner, Irwin Gomez, claviériste féru de prog rock et de Steve Reich, tandis que Jean Louis Bire,
groover à la Dave Grohl bichonne ses fûts !
Le 1
er album « Jusqu’ici tout va bien » (Delaprod/M&O/Believe Digital) a reçu un accueil des
plus élogieux de la sphère rock, de Rock & Folk, à Rolling Stone, en passant par FrancoFans, ou
France Info.
Le clip «Un homme » inspiré du fameux texte de Rudyard Kipling « If », a dépassé les 20000 
vues.
L’avenir sourit au groupe avec en ligne de mire un nouvel album pour 2022, en cours de
finalisation.
Bazar Bellamy a déjà eu l’occasion de se frotter de nombreuses fois à la chaleur du public, aux
côtés de Eiffel, The Hyènes… et aussi sur les scènes SMAC, en festival...Au total, prés d’une
50aine de dates en seulement 3 années d’existence.

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