paloma from berlin - regarded as one of germany's most talented
and outstanding electronica acts, also known for their impeccable live
performances released heir second album "sometimes we love you
truly" on fabrique records.
hanno leichtmann (aka static - releases for example on sonarkollektiv,
charhizma, city centre offices) and hannes strobl (aka bassman)
founded the group "paloma" in 1996. both started working in the "free
jazz scene" and spent all their free time in jam sessions and simultaneously
absorbed the electronic- and club music-sound around them. since 1997
their music has combined electronica, downbeat, live instruments, house,
jazz-harmonies and even drum ´n´ bass.
extensive tours and festivals in europe followed sharing stages/festivals
with the likes of k & d, einstürzende neubauten, mouse on mars, shantel
and so forth. initially their musically direction was entirely based on
live performances before recording their first single "luxury car" (bits
and pieces).
1997 saw the release of the ep "projections" on mehrwert records
followed by a full-length album entitled "directions in music".
most of the tracks were produced while paloma were still on tour. boosted
with the positive reviews they received by the national and international
press they set their sight on producing more tracks and spending more
time in the studio, which resulted to the emergence of various solo projects.
hanno leichtmann finally started producing for jazzanova's sonarkollektiv/mermaid
label & the berlin based city centre offices label as static. hannes
strobl laid grooves under the name of bassman entertaining crowds
both in europe and the usa with energetic live performances and being
in steady demand for radio, theatre, dance and film as well as collaborating
with various international artists such as sam auinger, isabella bordoni,
scanner, markus binder, hans platzgummer, toshi nakamura, rupert huber
(tosca/g-stone recordings), bruce odland, rachel de boer and many others.
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