Artist description Doschh The ultimate laptop duo from Berlin. Excerpt from a statement by Joe Freed (USA) , manager of Blue Note ArtistsI have been active in the music business for almost 30 years, which has taken me to numerous cities of the world. When I am not busy with a production, I take the opportunity, as often as possible, to visit clubs and to follow new trends there. Of course, I then also allow these influences to slip into my productions in order to keep up with the times.In May 2000 I was staying in Montpellier in southern France and, as always on my last evening, went to visit a club (Catbone Club), which was quite dubious-looking. The DJ of the evening seemed to be very experienced and made sure the changeovers were perfect. But the triphop played wasn’t quite my taste. So, after a couple of hours I decided to leave. I had barely reached the exit when I suddenly heard the DJ cry: “Ladies and gentlemen, here they are - Doschh.”An old-fashioned form of introduction, as in Beatles’ times, I thought. I turned round to see the curtain go up, after having wondered all evening what could be concealed behind it. Then a sound hit my ears which made me return straight away to my seat at the bar. Two interesting guys were standing on the stage, one in a cowboy hat, the other with an Elvis quiff. At first they remained behind their laptops from which driving big beats rang out, both shouting almost aggressively “Party - we are the party”.“Fantastic,” I said to the barkeeper and ordered another glass of red wine. Guitars, keyboards and amplifiers were set up around them. Aha, I thought, so there will also be some real live music, not often the case nowadays. And they really could play...The guitar often made rock-like distorted sounds or tended towards rock-a-billy/beat. Cool riffs came from the keyboard, in part with Fender Rhodes, Clavinet and Hammond sounds. You could feel that real live-musician blood flowed through their veins, especially with the longer solos. Even a bozouki was used and they were shouting again - this time only “Asia!”. But also monotone song lines, “Yeah, alright” phrases thrown in, or short sentences such as “Is there a toilet anywhere?”, were sung in a sceptical manner. With bold beats, scratches and groovy bass tones, they often used or combined elements from beat, rock, surf, hiphop, soul, rock-a-billy, reggae, western, disco/house or ska. Even oriental sounds were processed now and then. The whole lot was then mixed with samples, effects and bold analog sounds, chopped up and cut - finished! I was especially fascinated by the fun they had playing and by the original combination of the different styles of music which, judging by what I saw, went down very well with the ecstatically dancing audience. In any case, I will keep an eye on the Doschh boys and follow their further musical career with great interest. After their unforgettable performance, I talked with the lads for a long time, which was really good fun.Joe Freed

Music Style Big Beat

Musical Influences Ernie and Bert

Similar Artists Fatboy Slim

Group Members Marco KielmannThanasi P.

Instruments PC,Keyboards,Guitars

Location Berlin, Europe - Germany

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