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RAR 004CD
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Hybrid club music for big soundsystems -- that's the essence of Schlachthofbronx. On their fourth studio album Haul & Pull Up, the DJ and producer duo from Munich demonstrate how versatile a sound can be that is nonetheless deeply rooted in soundsystem culture and their various local offsprings. With the album name inspired by the seminal 1984 "Haul And Pull Up" tune by Neville Brown, Jakob and Benedikt pay their respects to the originators, all the while clearly formulating a futuristic sound of their own. Schlachthofbronx effortlessly float through conventional style classifications and tempi in their tracks. In the same spirit, they take their vocal contributors and embed them into a genre they might not be associated with. Dancehall artist Warrior Queen delivers high-energy clash lyrics on the 808 hip hop drum workout "Killer" to a quite stunning effect. Riko Dan, the grime MC of Roll Deep fame, finds himself spitting his "Copper And Lead" lyrics on a dancehall riddim from outer space while San Diego rapper Gonjasufi sings and screams his "Goodbye" on a beat that is reminiscent of drone metal -- if it wasn't for that acid line. And even though this album is 100% club and soundsystem ready, this record goes way beyond that context. The dance imperatives from tunes like "Pump Drop Wine" with its disgustingly good sounding bassline, or from "U Mad" and its high-fueled footwork-meets-arpeggio madness. All that gets easily balanced by versatile productions like the dubby "Blurred Vision" or the floating "Take It Low" with Doubla J from Costa Rica on vocals. Some songs even have the potential to work as leftfield pop songs as well: On "Bitch Better Have My Money", the guys have Miami's Otto Von Schirach indulge in their joint passion for all things booty bass, resulting in a catchy (yet obviously X-rated) song. But maybe the highlight in this regard is "Electone", an instrumental beauty of a song on which Jakob and Benedikt combine multiple layers of melodies with a propulsive beat, evoking feelings of melancholy, happiness, and wanderlust, until collapsing in a sweet conversation of steeldrum-not-steeldrums with the eponymous Electone organ from Yamaha. The Haul & Pull Up album marks the final release in the Haul & Pull Up series, which contained three EPs leading up to the album: EP 1 (RAR 001EP, 2016), EP 2 (RAR 002EP, 2017), and EP 3 (RAR 003EP, 2017).
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RAR 003EP
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Munich bass boys Schlachthofbronx conclude their Haul & Pull Up series with another strong EP. "Electone" is an instrumental excursion into a melodic corner of club music, with intertwined synth layers and a long build-up, culminating in a spine-shivering break. "Take It Low" is a true soundsystem weapon featuring longtime collaborative partner Doubla J from Costa Rica, combining dancehall and booty bass rhythms. "Pump Drop Wine" ups the tempo, and brings catchy meandering vocals and a disgustingly good bassline. 1991 cut "Bitch Better Have My Money" with Miami's Otto Von Schirach on vocals, gets transported to a 2017 club environment.
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RAR 002EP
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Schlachthofbronx are back with the second installment of their Haul & Pull Up EP series. For "Goodbye", Schlachthofbronx team up with psychedelic noise rap king Gonjasufi and deliver their darkest and moodiest song yet. Sumach lays down some haunting vocals on a wall of guitar drones and noisy drums. Jakob and Bene linked with longtime vocal collaborator Doubla J for "Pop Off", combining dancehall sensibilities with a footwork beat and some half-time bass segments. "U Mad" sports some wild arpeggio leads and a traditionally strong low end, topped off with some signature shouts by Warrior Queen.
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RAR 001EP
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Schlachthofbronx, the duo from Germany, present Haul & Pull Up EP 1, four tracks full of bass-heavy excursions into different types of club music. "Copper And Lead" features Riko Dan, of Roll Deep fame, spitting deadly lyrics on a dubstep/grime-riddim. "Blurred Vision" is a low-end monster named after their gigantic soundsystem event series, exploring the middle ground between dub and the techno-leaning 4x4 universe. "Killer" is a song with Warrior Queen from Jamaica, who prepares for a dancehall dub war on an 808-heavy beat. "Siren Riddim" is an instrumental up-tempo bomb.
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DB 171LP
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Schlachthofbronx is the Munich-based duo of Benedikt and Jakob, producers and performers of innovative multi-genre club music. In addition to being known as on-point performers on club and festival stages, the guys also built their reputation with production and studio work with and for artists like Snoop Dogg, M.I.A., Major Lazer, Buraka Som Sistema, and Bonde do Rolê. Their tracks get support on BBC radio as well as praise and spins from a wide range of fellow DJs and artists (like Modeselektor, Brodinski, Crookers, Toddla T, Rob da Bank, Diplo, Laidback Luke, DJ Hell, Mr. Oizo, Annie Mac... you name it). In the club they deliver a fast-paced, eclectic mix of styles and genres, reflecting their various influences reaching from dancehall reggae and hip-hop over booty bass to techno, cumbia, and UK bass, to name a few. With two studio albums and countless EPs, singles, and remixes on, for example, Disko B, Mad Decent, Monkeytown Records, Mixpak, and Man Recordings under their belt, they now present their third studio album, Rave and Romance. A varied mix of rump-shaking slow jams and bass-heavy rave tunes, it directly represents the diversity of their unique sound, with appearances from fellow ravers and romantics Nicky da B (USA), Warrior Queen (Jamaica), Bonde do Rolê (Brazil), and candelilla (Germany). Rave and Romance appears in the midst of Schlachthofbronx's ongoing, never-ending worldwide tour, with previous stops including clubs and festivals all over Europe, North American tours both solo and in support of M.I.A., plus detours to places like Russia, South Africa, and more. Schlachthofbronx pride themselves on the diversity of their touring schedule -- they can follow a rave in a small Bavarian town's strip club with a big festival in Mexico, a special one-off show with a brass band at Munich's Oktoberfest, or a performance on a sound system truck during London's Notting Hill Carnival. These guys play clubs, festivals, museums, tents, boats, floats, buses, strip joints, and beer gardens; it doesn't matter where, Schlachthofbronx always start a party. With their Rave and Romance formula and their bag of custom-made tracks and exclusives, Schlachthofbronx will continue to put happy, sweaty smiles on every listener's face. Double LP limited to 300 copies.
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180 gram double LP with a free CD version of the album. Munich's Schlachthofbronx present their second full-length album, Dirty Dancing. Since their debut album in 2009, Schlachthofbronx started touring almost non-stop: clubs & festivals all over Europe, supporting M.I.A. as well as solo tours in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Be it between Melt, Roskilde, SXSW or Sónar, by now Schlachthofbronx could probably also run pro workshops in travel efficiency. However, all this travelling did not keep them from putting out new tracks on a regular basis. Alone in 2011, four new Schlachthofbronx EPs were released, plus plenty of remixes. Their tracks work as well in Ibiza as they do on the almighty BBC radio. No wonder top DJs can't keep their hands off: Crookers, Toddla T, Rob Da Bank, Diplo, Radioclit/TheVeryBest, Laidback Luke, Mistajam, Mr. Oizo, Annie Mac, you name it. You may call Dirty Dancing booty bass or just "dirty dance music." Influences are ghettotek, juke, UK bass, cumbia, dancehall/reggae, etc. Compared to the debut album, Schlachthofbronx opened up even more to different styles, sometimes even leaning towards techno -- and most obviously got more versatile when it comes to the tempo. Forget about the cliché 128 bpm club tempo dogma -- Dirty Dancing is dance music with heavy bass and the occasional explicit lyrics. In times in which everyone and their mothers put some cumbia in their tracks, pioneers like Schlachthofbronx are already seven steps ahead and experiment in their studio basement to see which other styles could work together -- ukuele bass, ghettotek/booty bomb, dancehall, electro, drum n' bass, surf bounce, moombahton and more. As expected, Schlachthofbronx present a lot of different vocal guests on this album: old friends like Doubla J and Gnucci Banana as well as two Jamaican female artists: to have Warrior Queen voicing "Dickie Riddim" was a great honor as well. Schlachthofbronx met Puppetmastaz and worked out the collaboration "One Hand," and the icing on the cake is the appearance of The King Of Booty Bass, DJ Assault. More on one album is just not possible.
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Munich's Schlachthofbronx present their second full-length album, Dirty Dancing. Since their debut album in 2009, Schlachthofbronx started touring almost non-stop: clubs & festivals all over Europe, supporting M.I.A. as well as solo tours in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Be it between Melt, Roskilde, SXSW or Sónar, by now Schlachthofbronx could probably also run pro workshops in travel efficiency. However, all this travelling did not keep them from putting out new tracks on a regular basis. Alone in 2011, four new Schlachthofbronx EPs were released, plus plenty of remixes. Their tracks work as well in Ibiza as they do on the almighty BBC radio. No wonder top DJs can't keep their hands off: Crookers, Toddla T, Rob Da Bank, Diplo, Radioclit/TheVeryBest, Laidback Luke, Mistajam, Mr. Oizo, Annie Mac, you name it. You may call Dirty Dancing booty bass or just "dirty dance music." Influences are ghettotek, juke, UK bass, cumbia, dancehall/reggae, etc. Compared to the debut album, Schlachthofbronx opened up even more to different styles, sometimes even leaning towards techno -- and most obviously got more versatile when it comes to the tempo. Forget about the cliché 128 bpm club tempo dogma -- Dirty Dancing is dance music with heavy bass and the occasional explicit lyrics. In times in which everyone and their mothers put some cumbia in their tracks, pioneers like Schlachthofbronx are already seven steps ahead and experiment in their studio basement to see which other styles could work together -- ukuele bass, ghettotek/booty bomb, dancehall, electro, drum n' bass, surf bounce, moombahton and more. As expected, Schlachthofbronx present a lot of different vocal guests on this album: old friends like Doubla J and Gnucci Banana as well as two Jamaican female artists: to have Warrior Queen voicing "Dickie Riddim" was a great honor as well. Schlachthofbronx met Puppetmastaz and worked out the collaboration "One Hand," and the icing on the cake is the appearance of The King Of Booty Bass, DJ Assault. More on one album is just not possible.
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DB 161EP
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The first double single of the upcoming album Dirty Dancing, the second full-length from Bavarian bass music duo Schlachthofbronx on Disko B Records. First track "Slowine" sounds sort of like techno cumbia -- everything starts off very slow and dark, leading into a steadily-moving low-end monster of a track. Slow, but massive. "Dickie Riddim" features Jamaican vocalist Warrior Queen on a stripped-down dancehall beat, with explicit lyrics adding her part to the overall theme of the album.
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DB 151EP
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Schlachthofbronx are a trio based in Munich, Bavaria, the place of origin for Munich bass -- a dirty hybrid of African kuduro, South American cumbia, Caribbean soca/dancehall, Brazilian baile funk, Cape Verdian funana, American booty bass, UK dubstep and Bavarian schranz. Schlachthofbronx shamelessly mix African, Latin & Caribbean beats with Balkan brass and traditional Bavarian "volksmusik." Here are two tracks from their debut featuring Slush Puppy Kids, including remixes by Rus Heffner and DJ Manaia.
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This is the debut full-length release by Munich's Schlachthofbronx, a trio already well-known all around the globe, although not a single track or production has been regularly released yet! Okay, you may find plenty of their tracks in lots of different versions all over the web, and at one time even at Fader.com, and soon after at Diplo's Mad Decent blog, along with airplay on radio shows of people like The Count & Sinden. Schlachthofbronx is the embodiment of Munich Bass, a dirty hybrid of African kuduro, South American cumbia, Caribbean soca/dancehall, Brazilian baile funk, Cape Verdean funana, American bootybass, UK dubstep, and Bavarian schranz. Schlachthofbronx is not just a tongue-twister for Anglo-hipster blogs -- their aim is to hybridize even Balkan brass and traditional Bavarian "Volksmusik." A sick mixture nobody else has ever tried before. They are also a DJ team with a hyperactive live set, which they characterize as "sampler/Kaosspad/drunkendancin'/synchronized towelshakin'/ravesiren/whistles/confetticanons/ghetto carnevalaction." Guest appearances from artists such as Ete Kelly, Doubla J, Kein Vorspiel, Slush Puppy Kids, Mic Moe, G.Rag & Die Landlergschwister, and Ron Foto.
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