Artist description Pulling strands from Bach to Zappa, Hancock to Fat Boy Slim with some deep groove fractal house, Rick drives for the pulse and finds it in fertile compost obsessively driven on vintage gear. The result is pure process, Gaia promise, hard driven on the edge raw soul precision. Ain't no Wonder his nanny called him Dickie.

Music Style organic funk technology

Musical Influences Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, Frank Zappa, Brand New Heavies, Towa Tei, Fat Boy Slim, funk, acid jazz, acid house

Similar Artists Groove Armada, Fila Brazillia, Propellerheads, Fat Boy Slim, Herbie Hancock, Brand New Heavies, Towa Tei

Artist History Rick has played keyboards in various Chicago funk bands since moving there in the early 90's.Currently he can be seen with Chicago legends Poi Dog Pondering, Peven Everett's ("Watch them Come", "Gabriel") Seance Divine, and the Robert Cornelius 7. Having recently completed PDP tours to the east coast and Hawaii, he returned to the studio to finish and produce his solo debut under the alias Mr. Egg Germ, "an edge cutting compilation with tracks laid out like the words in one cool sentence."Joining Rick on "Party Rat" is singer Typhanie Coller, aka Vertex who also leads the acid-jazz group Peking Turtle.

Group Members Rick Gehrenbeck as Mr Egg Germ; Typhanie Coller as Vertex

Instruments fender rhodes, hohner clavinet, hammond b-3, nord lead2, se-1, prophecy, dw-8000, ts-10, acid, cubase vst, stomper

Albums Party Rat in a Sanitary Trap

Press Reviews "Rick Gehrenbeck aka Mr. Egg Germ released this first album on the prolific Plate.Tec.Tonic imprint out of Chicago, and it is a beauty. Y'all know that I love deep vibes and soulful melodies paired with infectious grooves, and I promise you will get truckloads of these essential ingredients when listening to this great CD. Some tracks almost reminded me of Abstract Truth-type of acid jazz, like "Bring Me Life" featuring the gorgeous vocals of Typhanie Coller. Other songs, like "Slo Ride", had me grooving to Rick's incredible jamming keyboard sounds. Mr. Egg Germ (by the way, a palindrome, as many of his song names incl. the title of this CD) put an amazing number of different styles on his first album - downtempo, house, funk and even jungle - which all represent what he calls "organic funk technology", and I wouldn't hesitate to put the word quality somewhere into this phrase as well." from: http://www.undergroundfiles.com/bassics/reviews.html

Location Chicago, Illinois - USA

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