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06 Mar 2015

Haslemere Festival

As part of this year’s Haslemere festival we’ll be playing at St Barts School Hall on Friday 29th May with super soulful vocalist Brendan Reilly and supported by the Bohunt Big Band and Charles Beckerson.

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06 Mar 2015

Swing Unlimited Jazz Club

Our first visit to the Swing Unlimited Jazz Club at The Riviera in Bournmouth on Wednesday 6th May. Starting at 7.30 with funky support from Paul Francis and Simon Mellish’s Capricorn One.

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25 Feb 2015

Stefan now proudly a Hofner bass artist

On arrival of the ‘limited edition of one’ Gold Label Hofner bass in PURPLE my wife instantly named this beauty ‘Princess’ – probably something to do with our mutual love for the artist that is happily called Prince again. I think there is only one other bassist in the world who has a purple Hofner (but with different PU configuration) – a great bassist and lovely guy from San Paolo: Ricardo Junior from OzDois – a Brazilian bass and drums duo.

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18 Feb 2015

‘Baby Fat’ is song of the day at KEXP in Seattle with DJ Kevin Cole

Jaco Webb: “Baby Fat” sounds like it was a blast to record, if not only because of its all-around explosive nature, but also because of the sense of sheer joy that runs through every explosive climax.” We like this a lot!

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15 Feb 2015

“A fun, danceable mix of retro funk with clever 21st Century ingredients” (George Graham, WVIA)

So a big massive THANK YOU to the legend that is George Graham for not only having picked us but also really having spend the time to get into our music and ‘getting it’. I wish all reviews would be done with such attention to detail, care and passion.

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25 Jan 2015

What is more exciting than the release of a new Redtenbacher’s Funkestra album?

Contrary to what Ronson?s Uptown Funk might suggest, funk isn?t stuck in 1982. It?s living and breathing and, in the hands of Stefan Redtenbacher, it?s a pumping powerhouse of punchy grooves. There are thirteen tracks on this album, not one of them over four minutes long ? no self-indulgent, meandering introspections here. That?s typical of what I particularly love about Stefan?s work, the way his basslines work in service of the overall vibe of the tune, rather than the other way round. So often you?ll hear virtuoso bass players completely smother their material with extravagant displays of musicianship, but the name Funkestra is surely no accident ? it?s about the big picture (or to be more apt, the big sound), not the individual. He?s got all the chops in the world, but doesn?t feel the need to overpower the groove by grandstanding. (Captain Autumn)

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17 Jan 2015

‘Dr Hypenstein’ video

The feedback so far is very positive and one of my favorite comments so far is by US trombonist Tom Frazee: “Very hip. Shades of Austin Powers & Jethro Tull with an acidic edge. I’m in!” I also liked “Bass a little loud in the mix” by drummer Darren Williams (Oh yes! That’s the idea:-) and “I like this very much Mr Stefan Redtenbacher, funky video:-) didn’t expect anything less!!!” by promoter Steffi Roth.

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17 Jan 2015

Pre-order ‘Dr Hypenstein’

On Dr Hypenstein, Redtenbacher’s Funkestra brings their danceable brand of funk to 2015, laying down 13 of their funkiest grooves yet, from the fluty can’t-stop-your-feet sounds of the title track to the heavy crunch of “Swagger,” then letting the atomic dogs out with “Cave Canem” and the percolating “Funktionality.” Pre-order today!

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03 Jan 2015

Happy New Year + Prosit Neujahr 2015 + Bye Bye 2014!

Here is to a fantastic 2015 to you all! May you be healthy, happy, successful and strong for the challenges that lay ahead for you. A massive THANK YOU to all who supported me and my band in 2014 – it means the world to us!

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