Since I found Micatone randomly on the Internet some time ago, I’m just not able to just shut the fuck up about how in love I am with this guys, seriousy.
From the lyrics (where I can totally relate), till Lisa’s voice connected with the combination of the instruments and how they play with the sounds altogether just makes my ear smile.
This German Nu_Jazz band started around late 90’s. Some of the members met eachother in school and others came along the way.
You find Lisa Bassenge on the vocals, Boris Meinhold on the Guitar and Synth, Tim Kroker on the Drums, Sebastian “Hagen” Demmin on the Keyboards (who worked previously as a live keyboard player with the band Daft Punk), Rogall on the sequence programming and finally Paul Kleber on the double bass.
Micatone has realesed till now 5 albuns:
- Nine Songs (2001, Sonar Kollektiv)
- Is You Is (2003, Sonar Kollektiv)
- Nomad Songs (2005, Sonar Kollektiv)
- Wish I Was Here (2012, Sonar Kollektiv)
- The Crack (2017, Sonar Kollektiv)
In an interview for Megazinesixty, Boris talked about the band’s influences: ” You might find influences from 50s and 60s stuff, from Screaming Jay Hawkins over the Ventures, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield to modern bands like the XX or the Invisible. From every era we picked the stuff we like. We don´t have a mindset like: “I only listen to underground funk from 66 till 67 everything else is wrong.”
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