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)

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Bio:
Klassische Musikausbildung ab dem 4. Lebensjahr (Musikschule), ab dem 12. Lebensjahr als Hauptinstrument klassische Trompete.
Mit 16 fand ich dann den Zugang zur modernen Musik durch erste Banderfahrung.
Dabei wurde der Wunsch immer größer ein Instrument zu spielen, welches cool ist.

Der Bassmann hat mich immer am meisten begeistert - also war mein Instrument der Bass.

Nach verschiedenen mehr oder weniger erfolglosen Bands begann ich dann 1990, Prioritäten zu setzen.

Daraus resultierte dann der gemeinsame Weg mit Federation, Unicorn, Cinnamon Sunset, Groover's Gravity und zuletzt Soulmine und Rooftop.

Schon mit Federation machte ich erste Studioerfahrungen. Höhepunkt meiner 'Studioarbeit' war die Mitwirkung beim C&A-Jingle von CAPE 'Feel so perfect'

Nachdem ich durch familiäre Verhältnisse nun mehrere Jahre nicht mehr aktiv Musik mache, hat mich mein heutiger Goldschatz wieder dazu gebracht, wieder aktiv zu werden.

Maus, ich danke Dir

Chris Air has more than thirty years of DJ'ing under his belt, making him one of the longest active spinners in the region, playing marathon-sets on the ambient-floors of the local nascent rave-scene in the early 90ies. An avid producer from the start, his music has a distinct feel for the infinite loop. Subtle, bouncy and crisply produced, his basslines, percussions and synths dance around each other in perfect harmony, while making the most of techno's fundamental repetitiveness. Having left the corporate world in order to cut back his time on industrial plants and focus more on what it's like to be the good-natured human being he truly is, Chris Air has somewhat rediscovered his love for both the studio, the club and forgetting how the hell you found your way home..

Der Name ist Programm, die Roxters fetzen mit einen Showprogramm hautsächlich eigene Stücke unters Folk, aber die haben es in sich. Gern sind auch mal Stück von der Stiff Little Fingers, Iggy Pop oder Joe Jackson auf dem Programm, Ihr werdet es mögen :-) 

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