Since autumn 2000 I have been active in and around Berlin with (co)-booking, (co)-promoting, (co)-financing, (co)-organizing performances and festivals. In the beginning as a part of the organisation Iocur e.V. (now in hiatus) and since 2002 under the name Raubbau. One of the largest projects was the 2003 festival Information wants to be free, 25 live-performances, 20 DJ’s, 15 VJ’s, 30 projections and many other performances.

Next to these activities promoting music on stage, I was involved in the operations of Formosan Records between 2001 to 2003. In these 3 years Formosan was able to work with such fantastic projects like Magmax (Japan), Des Esseintes (Sweden), AntiZycle (Germany), Negru Voda, (Sweden) and Atrabilis Sunrise (France) and Noize Creator (Germany)..

Now, four years after the last release on Formosan and with a lot of built-up energy and love for sound and music, I would like to present to you a new initiative: Raubbau, the label..

On july 14, 2007, under an apple tree in 35 degrees Celcius, after two years of dreaming, thinking, rethinking, finalizing and a lot of organisational pre-work I decided it had to be done. Since that – allthough it doesn’t sound like it, still quite spontanious – decision Raubbau was not only my moniker for organising performances, but also the name for my new label..

Surprisingly the first release was realised that same night. Partially because it was previously scheduled to be released on Formosan, but both parties agreed that Raubbau was a much better place .

Management:
American International Artists, Inc.
Cynthia B. Herbst, President
+1 (518) 686-0972
Cynthia@aiArtists.com

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow’, Madeleine befriended the city’s street musicians and made its Latin quarter her first performing stage. Years later, Peyroux would cite iconic Piaf as an influence on her music and record a rendition of the classic La Vie En Rose, soulfully capturing the tune’s romanticism and melancholy.
 
Born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, Madeleine “grew up in a house filled with music” and from an early age “instinctively realised music’s soothing power” but it was her teenage years in the French capital that turned the childhood notion into an all-consuming vocation for life.

Young Madeleine moved to Paris with her mother in 1987 following her parents divorce. “To soothe me during the upheaval”, she recalls, “I was given a guitar and took to playing in the streets almost immediately.”

Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an accomplished performer with sell out worldwide tours under her belt. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s La Javanaise was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner The Shape of Water and her countless accolades
include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honour.
 
Madeleine’s thirst for creative exploration is unfading and her willingness to face creative challenges remains as solid now as it was three decades ago.

With endearing passion and great curiosity the unstoppable genre-defying virtuoso continues her search for the good and examines life with the treasured William Congreve belief that Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
 
Madeleine might attribute her success to “mostly luck” but to the industry and loyal fans alike, it is the immense talent and utter dedication to her craft that shines through.
“Peyroux is a tremendous talent and almost a total intuitive” reflects Larry Klein, “she has the capacity to get the magic. When she sings and plays her guitar, great things happen.”

The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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