ROCK AG
live: THE STEPKIDS
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6.00 €
Abendkasse
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THE STEPKIDS
The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances.
“A lot of what excites us about this band is this band itself,” says bassist and keyboardist Dan Edinberg. “It’s not either of us; it’s about creating an entity where the entity itself is what’s important.”
It’s an approach that comes from more than a decade of musical experimentation. Raised on the East Coast jazz and R&B circuit, individual band members went on to share stages with 50 Cent and Lauryn Hill, tour internationally with indie punk band Zox, score movies and commercials, and produce solo albums. However, it was an interest in creating an aesthetic identity which supersedes conventional pop notions of stardom and self-importance that ultimately drew them together.
The Stepkids groove is a startling, yet sexy, fusion of punk, jazz, West African traditional, 1960s folk, neo and classic soul, classic funk and 20th century classical; think T.Rex meets Sun Ra, Sly Stone meets Stravinsky, and Dylan meets Dilla. Philosophy and literature provide a conceptual schematic, from existential musings (“Legend in My Own Mind”), to the work of Charles Bukowski (“La La”) and Plato’s theoretical “Allegory of the Cave” ("Shadows on Behalf”). Add to this a vested interest in the recording process, and you have an imaginative album of Technicolor brilliance expertly self-engineered and self-produced. Live, kaleidoscopic projections by experimental video artist Jesse Mann consume the stage with light for a multi-sensory experience.
And every song on the Stepkids self-titled debut album is written with equal input from each member.
“All three of us write and all three of us sing,” says Jeff Gitelman, who resigned from touring as Alicia Keys' guitarist to concentrate full-time on recording the Stepkids self-titled debut album.
“There's an equal split in the creative process, and we’re really happy about that,” says drummer Tim Walsh. “Any lyric, any melody, any idea could have been done by any of us.”
There’s no singular icon, no singular sound, and no singular way of making it happen for the Stepkids. It’s psychedelia for the 21st century, where the focus is on the whole.
“A lot of what excites us about this band is this band itself,” says bassist and keyboardist Dan Edinberg. “It’s not either of us; it’s about creating an entity where the entity itself is what’s important.”
It’s an approach that comes from more than a decade of musical experimentation. Raised on the East Coast jazz and R&B circuit, individual band members went on to share stages with 50 Cent and Lauryn Hill, tour internationally with indie punk band Zox, score movies and commercials, and produce solo albums. However, it was an interest in creating an aesthetic identity which supersedes conventional pop notions of stardom and self-importance that ultimately drew them together.
The Stepkids groove is a startling, yet sexy, fusion of punk, jazz, West African traditional, 1960s folk, neo and classic soul, classic funk and 20th century classical; think T.Rex meets Sun Ra, Sly Stone meets Stravinsky, and Dylan meets Dilla. Philosophy and literature provide a conceptual schematic, from existential musings (“Legend in My Own Mind”), to the work of Charles Bukowski (“La La”) and Plato’s theoretical “Allegory of the Cave” ("Shadows on Behalf”). Add to this a vested interest in the recording process, and you have an imaginative album of Technicolor brilliance expertly self-engineered and self-produced. Live, kaleidoscopic projections by experimental video artist Jesse Mann consume the stage with light for a multi-sensory experience.
And every song on the Stepkids self-titled debut album is written with equal input from each member.
“All three of us write and all three of us sing,” says Jeff Gitelman, who resigned from touring as Alicia Keys' guitarist to concentrate full-time on recording the Stepkids self-titled debut album.
“There's an equal split in the creative process, and we’re really happy about that,” says drummer Tim Walsh. “Any lyric, any melody, any idea could have been done by any of us.”
There’s no singular icon, no singular sound, and no singular way of making it happen for the Stepkids. It’s psychedelia for the 21st century, where the focus is on the whole.
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Wir erwarten Besucher mit Durst nach 110% Rock, die Bock haben bei einem Bierchen und ihrer Lieblingsmucke für sportlich faire 6€ auf ihre Kosten zu kommen.
Und wie es sich für eine gepflegte Rockshow gehört, gibt es natürlich noch eine Zugabe: Rock AG - der Name ist Programm und was liegt da näher, als sich die volle Dröhnung Maximum Rock mit Star FM DJs zu geben? Immer am ersten und dritten Freitag mischen sie Klassiker und Aktuelles aus fast allen Genres der Rockmusik. Jeden zweiten Freitag feiern wir mit DEM Punk-und-Rock-DJ schlechthin, DJ Vossi. Die bewährten Rock AG-Größen DJ Mig und DJ Stan runden an jedem vierten Freitag -mal solo, mal zu zweit- den Monat ab. Es mischen sich Rock, Alternative, Punk, Grunge, Metal und Crossover. Alle Tracks haben eines gemeinsam - sie rocken!
AC/DC, Die Ärzte, At The Drive In, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Babyshambles, Beastie Boys, Beatsteaks, Beck, Billy Talent, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Sabbath, Bloc Party, David Bowie, The Bronx, Bullet For My Valentine, Cathedral, The Clash, Clawfinger, Them Crooked Vultures, The Cure, Dead Kennedys, Deftones, Disturbed, The Doors, Eagles Of Death Metal, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, The Gaslight Anthem, Green Day, Guano Apes, Guns ‘n’ Roses, HIM, The Hives, Billy Idol, Incubus, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Jet, Johnossi, Joy Division, Judas Priest, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Kiss, Korn, Led Zeppelin, The Libertines, Life Of Agony, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mando Diao, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, The Misfits, Motörhead, Muse, New Model Army, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, The Offspring, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Papa Roach, Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Placebo, Iggy Pop, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine, The Rakes, Rammstein, The Ramones, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Refused, R.E.M., The Rifles, Rise Against, The Rolling Stones, Seether, Sepultura, Serj Tankian, Sisters Of Mercy, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Social Distortion, The Sonics, Staind, Stone Sour, The Subways, System Of A Down, Thursday, Tool, Die Toten Hosen, Transplants, Turbonegro, Volbeat, Ween, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wolfmother, ...