TAPE FIVE, the multinational retro music project has, since 2004, produced eight albums and many EPs and singles. They generate millions of streams across the usual platforms and have shared the stage with some of the great pop and jazz artists around the world even playing for presidents! Tape Five’s songs are heard in adverts, TV and film and appear on more than a 1000 compilations worldwide. In 2010 they became renowned as the “pioneers of Electroswing”.
TAPE FIVE had already navigated their way through many facettes of vintage/retro music since the foundation in 2003 by master-mind Martin Strathausen (favorite quote: „I did it my way“). For almost a decade TAPE FIVE have thrived on a mixture of beats using the means of modern times, but song structures, stories, atmospheres, arrangements and live musicians are all inspired from days gone by, when enthusiasm for music boomed and musical individualism was paramount.
Review: Presenting a most curious sound is Tape Five out of Germany, bringing all matter of silver screen music, crooning, swing ballads and themes to a new fandangled sound. Taking in bossa nova, jazz and blues, get your '70s yacht rock outta "Baker Street" with more obvious swing elements to be found in "Lil Rascal Theme". A stage show number makes itself known in "Show Me The Fire" next to the cabaret of "Play Me Friday Night" with some Woody Allen gold to be discovered in "Somerset Freshness". Enjoy.
Review: Germany's kings of the compilation, ChinChin, recently dropped ChinChin Present 2015, a widescreen view of their current roster highlights. Now they've followed it up with a more specific collection, The Art Of Electro Swing Volume 4. It shares some tracks with the former but still forms its own cohesive shape with 17 delicious variants this iconic sound. Highlights include Pep's Show Boys thumping electro-swing rework of Louis Armstrong's "Cuban Pete", the spooky electro-pop refrains of "Alibi Afternoon" and Sound Nomaden's epically catchy housed-up rejig of "Goin' Wild".
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