Maine-native, Oakland-based singer/songwriter Rachel Efron writes edgy but deeply felt piano driven alt-pop, nuanced by a forever love for improvised jazz and impressionistic classical music. Her songs call to mind her longtime influences The Beatles, Elton John, and Tom Waits, as well as fresh dialogues with such artists as Ben Folds and Feist. But always there is an undercurrent of the jazz and classical sensibilities that are her artistic roots… the melodic gestures of Grieg and Chopin, and the chord extensions of Bill Evans and Brad Mehldau.   

She has recorded three full-length albums and one EP, worked with the best musicians in the Bay Area and New England, played some of the country’s premier listening rooms such as Freight and Salvage (Berkeley), Yoshi’s (Oakland), The Independent (San Francisco), Club Passim (Cambridge), The Living Room (NYC), and Tin Angel (Philidelphia), had the honor of opening for such acts as Sara Bareilles, Vienna Teng, Jill Sobule, and Spencer Day, and has had her music played on radio stations across the United States and Europe, time and again establishing herself as a singer/songwriter with that most precious quality of a unique artistic voice.

She is currently at work on her fifth studio project, a twelve song album to be released early this year. Produced by Jon Evans (Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan) and also featuring drummer Matthias Bossi (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) and trumpet player / horn arranger Erik Jekabson (Electric Squeezebox Orchestra), it is alternately mischievous, irreverent, and poignant, but always pointed in the direction of unflinching if poetic honesty. Standouts include the delightfully saucy, “Little Bit Of Bad” the can’t-look-away disturbing “Demeter’s Dream” and “Last Goodbye (Persephone’s Dream), and the loving and languid, “Hold Me In The Dark.”

French nerd. Recently moved to L.A. Started producing music while escaping Covid in a cabin by the bank of the American River.

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Next:
27.07. - TracksForFriends @ Gleishalle, Hamburg w/ The Amazing Krauselbart
29.06. - Ewig Künstlerkollektiv, Ausstellung @ St. Paulus Lounge, Hamburg w/ The Amazing Krauselbart
17.06. - NEW Single: White Heat by Rebel Garden
09.05. - HARBOUR BEATZ @ Hafengeburtstag Hamburg w/ The Amazing 
03.04. - NEW Single: Positive Things by The Amazing Krauselbart
18.03. - NEW Single: Petrichor by Rebel Garden, Motrichord

---2023---
18.01. - DEBUT-RELEASE // Album Spirits Unbound

---2022---
14.05. - SOLAR @ Ballsaal Reeperbahn w/ The Amazing Krauselbart
07.05. - HARBOUR BEATZ @ Hafengeburtstag Hamburg w/ The Amazing Krauselbart
29.04. - VARSKRIEKET @ Intiman, Väasteras, SE w/ The Amazing Krauselbart
20.01. - SOLEADO @ Grüner Jäger, Hamburg w/ The Amazing Krauselbart

---2019---
21.12. - Eisdisko @ Eisarena Hamburg w/ Plan A
14.12. - Eisdisko @ Eisarena Hamburg w/ Plattenbote
07.12. - 3 Jahre Technoklatsche, Umbaubar Oldenburg w/ Plattenbote
16.11. - Eisdisko @ Eisarena Hamburg w/ Plan A & Plattenbote
01.11. - Eisdisko @ Eisarena Hamburg w/ Plattenbote
22.08. - Digital Forest Festival (CZ)w/ Plattenbote
16.07. - BoilerLab, Hamburg  w/ Plan A, Plattenbote // +Livestream 
13.07. - Secret Open Air, Hamburg
14.06. - Poolparty, HAW Hamburg w/Plan A, Plattenbote
01.06. - Toys Must Run - Open Air, Osnabrück w/ Plattenbote
22.03. - Neemodsch Release Party, Filmfabrik, Hamburg
19.01. Plattenbote b2b Plan A @ Eisarena Hamburg, Planten und Blomen
05.01. Plan A @ Eisarena Hamburg, Planten und Blomen

---2018---
08.12. - AN BORD @ MS Stubntz (Hamburg) w/ Plan A, Plattenbote, Woken 
02.12. - Eisarena Hamburg w/ Plattenbote
01.12. - Subyrb Release - Party w/Plattenbote
16.08. - Digital Forest w/ Plattenbote(CZ)
23.06. - Techno Is Beautiful Open Air // Hamburg
31.05. - BAALSAAL Living-room w/ Woken // Hamburg
31.04. - Walpurgisnacht w/ Plattenbote @ HAW Hamburg (Finkenau)
28.04. - Sober Sensation w/ Plattenbite @ Holmes Place // Hamburg
21.04. - TECHNO IS BEAUTIFUL SHOWCASE: Plattenbote, Max Rude, Plan A, Woken @ Waagenbau // Hamburg
07.04. - Vårskriket // Vasteras, Sweden
06.03. - Plattenbote @54house.fm // Techno Is Beautiful
10.02. - Schutzraumparty - w/ Plattenbote // Secret Bunker, Bremen

---2017---
25.11.17 - Feierexkurs @ Fabrique, Gängeviertel - w/ Plan A, Plattenbote, Einhorn // Hamburg
03.11.17 - Technottic Radio Show - w/Plattenbote // Radio Corax - www.technottic.de
30.09.17 - Luftschloss Open Air - w/ Plattenbote b2b Einhorn // Münster
05.08.17 - Techno Is Beautiful Open Air (Familientanz 2) // Hamburg
21-23.07.17 - Natürlich Irre Festival 2017 - Plattenbote b2b Einhorn // Neustrelitz 
23-25.06.17 - LAS Camp - Open Air Festival 2017 - Plattenbote b2b myself // Ogorzelec, Dolnośląskie, Poland
17.06.17 - Geheimer Bunker // Bremen
09.06.17 - Zurück zu den Wurzeln Festival 2017 // Secret Forest @ Studio54
03.06.17 - Technoklatsche "Normaler Move #2" w/ Plattenbote @ Polyester, Oldenburg
30.04.17 - Walpurgisnacht w/ Plan A @ HAW Hamburg, Finkenau Forum
22.04.17 - Bunker Techno & B-Day Bash w/TIB-DJ-Team @ secret location, Bremen
03.04.17 - Ableton User Group #100 Party w/ Plattenbote
25.03.17 - Sommer Unter Freunden w/ Plattenbote // Fundbüro, Hamburg
18.03.17 - TECHNO SOLI IS BEAUTIFUL w/Plan A, Plattenbote // Techno Soli @ Cafe Taktlos, Glauchau
08.03.17 - Technokneipe w/Plattenbote // Hamburg
04.03.17 - BUNKER TECHNO 2 w/Einhorn, Plattenbote, Plan A / Tanzen im ∆ // Bremen
11.02.17 - Eislaufbahn Planten & Blomen, Hamburg
13.01.17 - BUNKER TECHNO / Tanzen im ∆ // Bremen

---2016---
10.09.16 - Nur Mal Kurz Tanzen Open Air #1 // Hamburg
09.09.16 - Platten Karton (Marcus) B-Day Bash // Bambi, St. Pauli
20.08.16 - Techno Is Beautiful - Familientanz // Freilichtbühne Stadtpark Harburg
23.07.16 - Ay Caramba Open Air // Hamburg
18.06.16 - Verflixt & Zugedröhnt // Fundbüro, Hamburg
25.03.16 - Easter Eggs Festival // Cantonium, Hamburg


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Bass player, Also able in electronic/ambient music

UK Based Futch's musical career started at a young age, he toured in various bands playing a variety of instruments before falling in love with Rave. When he discovered Electronic Music and Acid House and Techno, a new love affair with the rave scene began, inspired by the sounds of early raves like Helter Skelter and Fantasia, with a modern and musical twist. This then led to him to expand into production, his music a unique flavour of energetic and driving peak time techno and tech house sounds, with a dash of inspiration from his classical roots. With releases on international labels such as; Blanco Y Negro Spain, District Eight Records Puerto Rico, Blok Poland, Mystery Freedom, Netherlands Wirlix and Stereo Art Records USA, Futch also recently started a monthly radio show and has even more releases planned for the very near future. Watch this space...

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