DUNKELBUNT
"One of europes great proponents of balkan dub." The Age (Melbourne)
"dunkelbunt made the crossover from electronics to Balkan sounds." New York Times (New York)
"Balkan goodness from Vienna" Cape Time (Cape Town)
[dunkelbunt] aka Ulf Lindemann, born in 1979 in Hamburg (D), lives and works as a DJ, composer, producer, radio editor and mixer of spices in Vienna (A) since 2001. His name [dunkelbunt] represents diversity and the ongoing search for ever new musical fusions and styles. [dunkelbunt]´s list of cooperations with bands and musicians seems to be as extensive as the musical waters he crosses.
Since 2006 Ulf Lindemann travels the world on behalf of his music: cities like New York, Berlin, Istanbul, Paris, Melbourne, Barcelona, London or Kapstadt were just a few of the stops on his 2007 tour to promote his debut album MORGENLANDFAHRT. His DJ-set at the WOMEX 07 in Sevilla – within the „official selection“ of showcases – became talk of the town and imprinted on the attendees´ memories. MORGENLANDFAHRT is a mélange of Dub, Reggae, Klezmer, Jazz, Electronics, Trip Hop and Break Beats - woven with a Balkan twist. Being a gifted piano player himself [dunkelbunt] redevelops his own distinctive style and musical sense with every musical influence and every ethnic group he comes across.
Answering the question how he himself would describe his sound Lindemann says: "The world offers a breathtaking plurality of music. It wouldn´t cross my mind to settle for only one style. The main focus – at the moment for example the music from the Balkans, from Turkey, Maghreb or India - evolves from itself."
Currently [dunkelbunt] is working on a remix-compilation to be released in autumn 2008 in a cooperation between the German world-music label Piranha Records and his „home-label“ chat chapeau. The new single CINAMMON GIRL combines the brass-sounds of the Boban Markovic Orkestar with „NuuSwing“ and fresh beats in [dunkelbunt]´s very typical manner. The maxi-single also comes with several remixes of the [dunkelbunt] classic THE CHOCOLATE BUTTERFLY by Stefano Miele (Italy), Vono Box (Hungary) and Solo Moderna (Holland).
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