Redondo Beat

In the late 90s Redondo Beat was strictly (un) known as a drummer for Garage Rock bands like Mucus 2 and the Rock ’n’ Roll Airforce. But "Into the groove”, his 1999 solo debut, would bring the young Roman Aul back on his own track. Hailing from a little village close to Gelnhausen, Germany (yes, that’s where the Monks were stationed as GIs), Aul played all the instruments himself, recorded on a four-track and released his first 45 on his own tiny Soul Sale Records label. While working mostly alone in the studio, Aul always had a real Rock and Roll band backing him on stage. Besides tours through Europe and the US, there was always enough time for further musical outings such as the Brand New Love Affairs, a Memphis All Star Band featuring Jack Yarber, Tyler Keith and of course Scott Rogers, who will join Redondo Beat on bass in November this year for a very special tour, as the backing band for Sky Saxon of the Seeds! In the meantime, Aul has put together an amazing band that just recorded for Beatschaffe Recordings. The Beatschaffe concept of recording bands live to stereo reel to reel simply worked out great with “The Spell I’m Under”, which will be released as a single later this year. The band consists of Melvin (Bass), Ela (Vocals), Katrin (Sax, Vocals) and Aul’s brother Maximilian Schneider (Drums), whose very first show was opening for the probably last show of the Monks in Frankfurt last year. What a start… In the meantime, Aul produced 2 Redondo Beat full-length albums and various singles. When asked about his influences on “When the day turns in Tonight”, Redondo Beat’s current album, Aul mentioned listening to “… a lot of CCR and Girl Group stuff…”. An interesting mixture, but one that does not nearly define the limits of the musical framework of the material released in 2007 on TV Eye Records.

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THE SPELL IM UNDER - Live at the Moonshake Party @ Das Bett, Frankfurt Sachsenhausen