United Grooves of Lounge, Jazz, Funk, Trip-Hop, Dub and Reggae The name of this band is the name of the game: A solid rhythm basis of powerful bass lines and tight drumming, artistically complemented by trance keyboard pads, skillfully applied samples and scratches, tastefully decorated with improvisations by excellent soloists. Trance Groove is obviously inspired by bands like Can - the band members knew each other quite well -, and at the same time a mothership for bands like Nighthawks, Rainmaker and Trance Club among others. groove

orange (Westpark Music 87161)

Bernd Winterschladen sax DJ Heli turntables Thomas Kessler synth Helmut Zerlett keyb Jürgen Dahmen p, g, congas Discographie: Dal Martino b, keyb Solid Gold Easy Action (veraBra 1994) Stefan Krachten dr, perc Paramount (Call It Anything/Intuition 1996) musique legere (Call It Anything/Intuition 1999) Special Guests: Dominik v. Senger g Driving South (Call It Anything/Intuition 2000) Marion Rubina Klask voc Nico - Im Reich der Träume (Fünfundvierzig 2000) Sheldon Ancel voc meant to be like this (Intuition 2003) Reiner Linke perc

Westpark Music Special Bonus Track: Reich der Träume P.O. Box 260227, 50515 Köln Tel.: 0221 24 76 44 www.WestparkMusic.eu feat. Nico (voc) [email protected] Reiner Winterschladen (tp) Founding member Stefan Krachten (drums, percussion) is well known through Dunkelziffer, Walk of the Elephants and The Unknown Cases which had a major hit in 1984 with the dance classic “Masimbabele” - one of the first Worldmusic hits (remixed 1989 by Adrian Sherwood). Krachtens drum playing is based on the unique drum technique developed by Jaki Liebezeit (Can, Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, Brian Eno) in order to avoid usual stereotypes and 1. Time Square 7:07 play rhythms according to their origins (perfectly demonstrated on “koan” on the actual album). 2. Orange 6:44 Co-Founder and bass player Dal Martino’s other projects include Nighthawks and Phoenix. Trance Groove is completed by: Helmut Zerlett – 3. Serge Gainsbourg 5:22 keyb (The Unknown Cases, Dunkelziffer). Thomas Kessler - synth (Dissidenten), DJ Heli - turntables (Klaus Doldinger, Jean Park), Jurgen Dahmen - p, g, congas (Propaganda) and Bernd Winterschladen - sax (Talking Horns). 4. Sergio Leone 6:18

Being a big-name act in Germany since the release of their first album in 5. Clapham Grand 5:10 1994, Trance Groove soon gained worldwide recognition. The band became more than a welcome guest at festivals – Summer Jam, Bizarre Festival, the Spanish BAM in Barcelona among others. Their second album 6. Mitsukoshi 2:28 “Paramount” even achieved a nomination for the US-Indie Award of the local AFIM 1998 (in the field of alternative dance floor). Outside of Europe 7. Track Seven 5:08 the albums of the band have been released in the US accompanied by massive airplay on collage radio. 8. Burnout Paradise 5:26 “Orange” is the sixth album of the band and proves why a unique mixture of stylish club sounds, downbeat dance material, straight drive and atmospheric surroundings has become the synonym for Trance Groove. 9. Mystery 5:59 Guests on “orange” are: Dominik v. Senger – g (The Unknown Cases, Dunkelziffer, Phantom Band), Sheldon Ancel – voc (Holger Czukay, Phantom 10. Koan 6:14 Band), Reiner Linke – perc. (Dunkelziffer, Drums Off Chaos) and Marion Rubina Klask – voc (known through Walk of the Elephants and the highly successful album “Monchique”). encore: 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Nico (voice of Velvet Underground). As a bonus, her recording “Reich der Traume” is included on the “Orange”-album as special Trance Groove-remix version from 2000: 11. Reich der Träume 4:58 Trance Groove vs. Nico. (Nico vs. Trance Groove) The name “Trance Groove” is a tribute to the Ghanaian-Swedish percussionist Anthony „Reebop“ Kwaku Baah (Traffic, Can, Ginger Baker’s Produced by Air Force, Free ...// Solo-Album “Trance”, 1977 // died 1983). He played with Krachten and Zerlett in the early Eighties after the split of Can in the band Stefan Krachten & Dal Martino Dunkelziffer (Can’s Damo Suzuki joined this band as well) and Reebop, Krachten and Zerlett recorded as The Unknown Cases the clubhit © 2008 Westpark Music “Masimbabele“ re-released in July 2008 on a compilation record of the Rolling Stone-magazine and as 25th anniversary jubilee edition on 12 inch vinyl on the „sound leger“ label.