Floorjivers

floorJIVERS
With their unique groove, a fusion of jazz, funk and house music, the three artists of improvisation rocked the house at the BREAD&BUTTER Party during the international Fashion Show and also the IN-locations in Cologne like the FUNKY CHICKEN CLUB. They performed at the KOOKAI FASHION HOUSEPARTY, the summer event of the Westfalian representative in Berlin, they gave a guest performance in the antique backgrounds of PETRA (Jordan) and they performed at the LIT.COLOGNE event of WDR.
e-STYLEZ
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e-STYLEZ is the debut CD of this Trio. Already before the official first album release there have been selected several titels for compilations within Germany and foreign countries and DJ Sin Plomo (Ibiza SPACE-Resident) as well as Christian Becker (MOCA) contributed remix versions for a 4-track vinyl edition.
The floorJIVERS develop their music like a movie sound track, taking the listener on a journey through different landscapes of sound. Relaxed Dubs and Lounge sounds are changing into soulful brass moments, then fulminant grooves in best funky deep house tradition will rock the dancefloor and of course the three musicians honour their Heroes by celebrating for example Richie Havens Woodstock classical Freedom with a special dance version. Or paying a respectfull reverence to the unforgotten master of Souljazz Eddie Harris - with a charming minimalstic e-jazz interpretation of his Freedom Jazz Dance.
On the trip through their musical universe the flooJIVERS are making an excursion to Marseille and the moment, when french style accordeon sound mixes with arabesque melodies of the saxophone, makes clear, that Freedom could in fact be the subtitle of this album - describing the freedom of a collective exchange and the complement to an audible creativity of three musicians deriving from three different generations, each with its input of individual musical socialisation.
BERND DELBRÃœGGE
The charismatic saxophone player is influenced by a deep affinity to soulmusic and he is a real fan of all radiostations worldwide with a multicultural music program. His pithy hooklines, themes and brass arrangements are decisive for the floorJIVERS sound and its recognition.
ALEX B. GROOVE
The youngest member of the Trio is the Master of Laptop, responsible for the grooves and electronical arrangements. As a teenager he already performed as Vinyl DJ behind the turntables and brings in his experience of any variety of electronical music.
EASY RHODES
Easy Rhodes is the `King of Wah-Wah-Piano´, responsible for the chord arrangements and the well tempered Fender Rhodes moods. His favourite instruments are the Fender-Rhodes, the Wurlitzer piano and the Hammond organ. Musically rooted in Acid Jazz and Funk of the 70th he represents the connecting link of styles inbetween the three generations of the floorJIVERS.
Peter Limbach wrote in the Kölner StadtAnzeiger about a concert of the floorJIVERS:
The floorJIVERS take liberties to what they want: the freedom of Jazz, the impertinence of Funk, Soul and House and also the time for minimalistic Trance repetitions. An earthy river, sometimes real dirty, again and again overflows its banks in an unrestrained play. Bernd `Knaller´ Delbrügge on the saxophone, DJ Alex B. Groove und Fender-Rhodes-Piano player Easy Rhodes go for the magic of the moment. And it can last, when passioned people are working on it.
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