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Latest music, Masterlink Sessions notes, tour updates and project stories from Redtenbacher's Funkestra.
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A catchy, super groovey, fresh and inspired album – the future of funk is is save hands with these guys struttin? their stuff – can?t wait to hear what their next offering is going to be like and in which direction they will take it – more vocals, expand the band, more experimental, more Jazz..? – I?ll be there to support it whatever it is going to be ?as long as it’s funky:-)
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The UPPER AUSTRIAN FUNKESTRA concert at the Bruckner University Linz/Austria headlining the annual JAZZWEEKEND was just a fantastically funkilicous MEGA experience! A heartfelt Thank you all involved! 38 musicians playing the music of the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra – a dream! Can’t wait to do it all again:-)
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Where is the ‘one’ and what does actor John Wayne and badminton player Lee Chong Wei have in common – if anything at all? Read my blog on ‘Lil’ John Wayne’ featuring Michael B Nelson on our latest record ‘The Time Thief’.
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Buttnaked? Moldova? This cheeky tune is piece in three, possibly four movements. When I played it to a musician friend he asked if it was a ‘musical joke’ – well, I wouldn’t go that far but it is certainly a humorous tune with, at times, some seriously funky undertones. Read the story here.
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This concert will be an absolute FUNK blast – this Funk Orchestra will feature 13 horns, 3 singers, 8 rhythm and 12 strings (36!!) – performing the music of the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra under the leadership of Stefan Redtenbacher on bass.
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Come and see the Funkestra trio (w/Mike Sturgis on drums and Eran Kendler on guitar) at the London Bass Guitar Show in London, Olympia.
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Many would say that 2016 was a turbulent year – I guess I’m also one of them. I need quiet a bit of ‘grey wolf’ time (read ?solitude?) to write music but more than ever I believe in the connecting power of music & performance – hence 2016 was a year of expanding relationships, forging new ones and strengthening old ones beyond borders, race, religion and beliefs. I?m very much looking forward to 2017 – performing my music and hearing it performed by small bands to the biggest funk orchestras! Carpe funkem.
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?Walkin? Struttin? Strollin? is not really a purist Washington D.C. Go-Go style tune, rather than a Funk tune inspired by Go-Go in the broadest sense, mixed in with influences from other funk sub-genres and of course, the universe of Jazz.
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The journey of ‘The Funkie Moon’ started with Mike Sturgis getting a hold of a compilation album called ‘It Ain?t My Fault’ by Smokey Johnson. As a rhythm section we long have been in love with the music and grooves of New Orleans – classic bands like the Meters, Neville Brothers, Dr John, Professor Longhair,…
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‘Precious Time’ is the tune that follows the keyboard feature ‘Precious Time (The Lament)’ on ‘The Time Thief’ album. I had great fun writing this one and I’m hoping that your ears will find my experiments with multiple time-feels and tempos interesting and stimulating.
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I love Gargoyles! I was most delighted when a good friend of ours presented me with a miniature Gargoyle – he was immediately nicknamed ‘Mr Goyle’. He always looks grumpy – no matter if it rains or shines – there is a good amount of stoicism about him (well, he is made of stone) – and I thought he would be well worth having his own tune.
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The inspiration for ?Universality? came in a little ?left of center? for a Jazz Funk tune. The title and music is inspired by the concept of the ?universal scale’ as presented by Leonard Bernstein in his well knows ?The Unanswered Question (Six talks at Harvard)? lecture series. Sitting on the piano Leonard Bernstein explains that most cultures around the globe use a similar set of notes to create their folk melodies.
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