CD

RotFront

Emigrantski Raggamuffin

Catalogue-Nr. AY CD 21 (EAN 881390201228)

Distribution: Indigo (Germany), Universal (Austria), COD/Musikvertrieb (Switzerland)

The album “Emigrantski Raggamuffin” (released on May 29th, 2009 on Essay Recordings) was recorded in collaboration with Berlin producer Kraans De Lutin (Tiger HiFi, Martin Jondo, Culcha Candela). Guitarists and vocalists Yuriy Gurzhy and Simon Wahorn were joined by accordionist Daniel Kahn (his own superb band: Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird), bombastic brass/woodwind trio Max Bakshish (clarinet and saxophone), Dan Freeman (saxophone) and Anke Luchs (trombone) with drummer Jan Pfennig (a legend in the Berlin Drum'n'Bass-scene, with a band Human Sampler), fabulous female vocalist Dorka Gryllus (a Hungarian actress who has appeared in Sam Garbarsky’s “Irina Palm”, Wolfgang Murnberger’s “Der Knochenmann” and Fatih Akin’s latest film “Soul Kitchen”), and while he is the youngest band member, Mad Milian, is a name to watch out for in the Berlin HipHop scene.

Following their legendary cover version of the Kraftwerk track “The Robots” (on the RussenDisko Hits 1 sampler), Emigrantski Raggamuffin features Deichkind’s explosively rhythmic “Remmidemmi”. In March 2008, Berlin radio station Jugendradio Fritz asked several bands and DJs (incl. Fotos, Madsen, Lexy, Ohrbooten) to come up with their own interpretations of the song. RotFront hit it right out of the ballpark with their Eastern European stomp. Here, both the band and the label pay homage to Sebi, the mastermind behind the project, who died too soon.