Tanga Elektra
Large_uncropped_54cd227e
DE Berlin – Pop / Nu Funk / Worldmusic / Neo Soul
Tanga Elektra

Media

01
Swing It
Play-icon-yellowStop-icon
02
Soulriders
Play-icon-yellowStop-icon
03
Change
Play-icon-yellowStop-icon
04
Love and Soul
Play-icon-yellowStop-icon
Tanga Elektra - "Soulrider" live at ATP Championship 2020/ Lanxess Arena Cologne
Play-icon-yellow
Fan Base
Wachstum der letzten 28 Tagen
Edit-artist-spotify-logo-connectSpotify
Details anzeigen
Followers
Edit-artist-facebook-logo-connectFacebook
Details anzeigen
7.5K
Fans
-30 Fans
-1%
Edit-artist-instagram-logo-connectInstagram
Details anzeigen
Followers
Details anzeigen
Fan Locations
Stadt
Facebook Fans
Spotify Monatliche Hörer
Columbus
Dein Standort
Keine Daten
Keine Daten
Gig-Historie
Keine Termine
Videos
Releases
Label / Release Format Jahr
Mokoh Music
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Music Single 2017
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Sun We Are Ready Single 2014
Mokoh Music / BMG
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder MUSIC Album 2018
no label
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Electro Tango Lost Album 2009
silverspoon records
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder At First Sight EP 2012
RecordJet
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder CHANGE Album 2016
Kontakt
Icon-booking
Booking
Tanga Elektra Booking
David Engler
Icon-management
Management
DIY
David Engler
Icon-label
Verlag
Unsigned
Pressetext
Press-text-quotation-mark
(english) Tanga Elektra, a 'new soul', electro-acoustic band from Berlin with a unique sound and original songs, two brothers united by their passion for spontaneously improvised arrangements and irresistible grooves.

Tanga Elektra's unique live set-up distinguishes them as innovators:
David Engler's violin gets channeled through a loop station and effects pedals, thus producing deep, growling bass grooves, driving pizzicato rhythm lines, and lush, stacked bowed violin tracks. Elias Engler sometimes performs on an experimental drum set built around an amplified guitar case used as a 'bass drum', producing highly dance-able, captivating beats, as well as he is playing the classical drumset, depending on the sort of event.
David, a jazz-school-trained violinist with a warm and expressive singing voice, and his brother Elias on drums, also with a jazz background, have developed a musical style all their own, blending various rhythms such as soul, reggae, jazz, and electronic music.
The two brothers have been creating music together for over 20 years, starting when Elias was only seven years old.
Tanga Elektra write all their own songs, they have been performing at venues of all sizes, at festivals, on the street, on radio and television.
Based in Berlin, where they have a solid fan base, Tanga Elektra have been playing their music all over Germany, as well as internationally, in various European countries, and Brazil. They invariably impress audiences with their unique style, highly skilled performances, driving beats, and melodic tunes.
On special occasions, the duo invites additional musicians, resulting in various line-ups.
Just a few musicians Tanga Elektra already performed with during their concerts, are
Willy Sahel, Wynton Kelly Stevenson, Kiddo Kat, Fernanda Brandao and Abba Lang from "Klear Kut".
Tanga Elektra is also a member of the "TuneUp Soundcollective Berlin", an exclusive group of musicians, organizing events and playing concerts, containing 100% improvised music.

(deutsch)

Zwei Brüder. Ein Soul.

Geige, Gesang, Schlagzeug und eine Loopstation.

Ekstase und Gelassenheit. Spielerei und Ernst. Komplexe Melodie und harter Rhythmus. Oldschool trifft Newschool. Tanga Elektra verbindet Extreme...

Das Duo schafft einen eigenen, unverwechselbaren Sound, bestehend nur aus Violine, Schlagzeug und Gesang.
Es wird ein immer wiederkehrendes Ritual des Werdens variiert, das die Beiden für sich und uns erfunden haben, etwas, das Musik fühlbar macht und spontan Euphorie freisetzt. Manche nennen es aber auch, "Bauch-Beine-Po-Musik". Getanzt wird immer.
Der Imagination sind keine Grenzen gesetzt, wie auch bei der Interpretation ihres Namens.
Tanga Elektra begeisterten bereits drei mal auf dem Fusion-Festival und performten
in Brasilien, der Schweiz und Italien. Sie spielten als Support von Käptn Peng, tourten mit den Ohrbooten durch Deutschland und Österreich und traten einige Male beim TEDx Event in Berlin und Hamburg als Repräsentanten ihres neuen Sounds auf.

Album Release 2017 (voraussichtlich Dezember)
Noch in diesem Jahr erscheint das erste Studioalbum des Live Duos.
Eine Zeitreise durch zwei Jahrzehnte der Entwicklung von Tanga Elektra. Zwei Brüder, einige Instrumente und die Liebe zur Musik. Eine stilreiche Mischung aus prägenden Einflüssen und Erfahrungen aus der langjährigen Zusammenarbeit der beiden universellen Musiker.
Retro Pop, Hiphop, Reggae, Jazz, oder New Soul ?!
Nenn es wie Du willst, es ist Tanga Elektra.

Pressestimmen
"Mit Soulmusik in Berlin, der Hauptstadt des Elektros, Erfolg haben? Das funktioniert nur, wenn man mit Kreativität und Originalität trumpfen kann. Zwei mutige Brüder schaffen das, wagen sich im Großstadtdschungel von Club zu Club und demonstrieren dem Publikum, wie man auch zu Soulmusik raven kann. Das Duo schafft einen eigenen, unverwechselbaren Sound aus Neo-Soul, Elektro und Funk-Elementen." (SO36/Berlin)

"Populär, nicht aufs Kreuz gelegt" (Prof. Hans-Joachim Berndt / FILMHAUS)

(english)

"Tanga Elektra entertained street busker style with subway soul - minimalist instrumentation turned into a big, rich sound with only a feedback-fed violin, a couple of snares, and a guitar case as a bass drum"
(TED X Berlin)

"The group is made up of two brothers whose live sets are a medley of genres from electro-soul to reggae to hip hop to even drum n' bass. Altogether, they've curated a sound known as "Berlin Bounce" standing out in a city vibrant with artistic creation. The older brother David coordinates loops on his electric violin while doing vocals, and his younger brother Elias holds down the drumkit. With hits like "Soulrider" and "Sun We Are Ready", they explore themes about the human experience from the joy of sunlight after a long winter to loneliness to traveling the path
 of spiritual fulfillment." (stereofox)