Being born into the 80’s and therefore spending their teens in the 90’s, it was impossible for Malik Liebe and Zan Zubak not to get addicted to the HipHop hype of that time. BoomBap, GangstaRap and much singsong of the early 90’s New Jack Swing stream as well as Bad Boy’isque RnB-Rap-Crossover paved the way for their musical path.
Well – Liebe & Zubak may not have been House-fanatics since day one, but over the years they brought more attention to this specific genre. Especially Chicago-House gained their increased interest. Maybe because it has many parallels to HipHop, Funk & RnB.
Steadily they paved an access to this widely diversed genre and arranged their personal style somewhere between Offenbach – Chicago – Frankfurt – Detroit and Mannheim.
“We go Deep!†is probably the most adequate slogan if you would like to summarize the musical basis concept of an evening with them. In due time it will become a little more technoid, but without pushing aside the percussive vibe of the set’s beginning.
Ultimate importance in their sets is given to the suspense curves, because there is nothing more boring than the stringent keeping of genre boundaries.
A conservative arrangement may be alright with other people – to Liebe & Zubak conservatism and stagnation is the death of music!
“You never know, into what it results, if things will be changed. But does one know, what results, if they won’t be changed?â€
(Elias Canetti)
