Bobby Rausch

The formation BOBBY RAUSCH inspires with a uniquely powerful, straightforwardly deep sound. Inspired by the interfaces between jazz and hip-hop, digital and analog, the Berliners play a music that is caught between control and improvisation.

At their concerts, BOBBY RAUSCH fearlessly lead their audience through the darkest bass valleys and pulsating groovescapes. The exceptional musicians conjure up the urban night, filled to the brim with electro beats and rock vinyls, and will spare no sonic energy for all those who have had enough of compromise. Handmade in Berlin!
The band "Bobby Rausch" works with an expanded concept of jazz. The unusual, lowered instruments (bari sax, bass clarinet and drums) project a powerful sound from the stage by means of a well thought-out use of live electronics, which is oriented towards the club culture of the capital and its sound signature. However, the musicians by no means hide behind the technology, but rather emphasize their physicality and the handmade nature of the music. The fruitful symbiosis of strong physical presence with electro-acoustic sound design tools allows "Bobby Rausch" to be active in different musical scenes at the same time, performing on large festival stages (XJAZZ Berlin, ElbJAZZ Hamburg) as well as in smaller clubs (Sisyphos, Lido, Knust Hamburg). The musicians' understanding of music remains anchored in jazz, but diverse influences, border crossings and the latest findings in beat science flow naturally into the Bobby sound world.

While work on the next album is underway, "Bobby Rausch" will already be sending the track The Fact of Rain out into the world. A personnel change was also announced at the same time as the release: After a lengthy transition phase, Nico Stallmann (including "Jin Jim") is now the band's official beat officer and thus responsible for strategic groove development: a drummer of a high technical level, but above all with just as much charisma and irrepressible spontaneity. For the upcoming album, the band can rely on collaborations with like-minded Berliners: Just like "Hidden", it is to be mixed by Tilman Hopf (Bukahara, Jose Gonzales & String Theory). The new tracks will be tested in Berlin clubs (Sisyphos) as well as at the Südtirol Jazzfestival, XJAZZ Festival and Zappanale Rostock before the recordings are made.

Line-up: Lutz Streun (b, cla, fx); Oleg Hollmann (bsax, fx); Nico Stallmann (dr, fx);