The Torpedo Boyz are a German electronic musical duo founded by Kentastic (… Read Full Bio ↴The Torpedo Boyz are a German electronic musical duo founded by Kentastic (Ken Steen) and Rollin Hand (Holger Schumann) in 2004. They are signed on Lounge Music.
Their current line up is: ODD Daisuke (Daisuke Isomichi) on vocals, Kentastic (Ken Steen) on vocals and guitar, Johnny II on vocals and synth (since 2010), Kurtis Bo(sem) (Boris Nielsen) (bass) and Borat (Robert Memmler) on drums. Returner (Marc Fischer) has been a member until 2010 and passed away in 2011.
Album discography: Headache Music (2006), Cum on Feel the Boyz (2007), Funky Stuff on Vinyl! (2008), Return of the AuslΓ€nders (2010), Don't Cry (2015), Greatest Hits (2017), Greatest Remixes (2017).
Singles and EPs: Gimme a Bassline!, Are You Talking to Me??? (2004), Are You Talking to Me??? (Part 2) (2006), Japaneeze Boyz (2007), The Disco Song (2008), Back to the Beatz! (2009), Welcome to the Sugar Show (2010), Ich bin AuslΓ€nder (Leider zum GlΓΌck) (Download, 2010), Welcome to the Schoko Show (2011), Ich bin AuslΓ€nder (Leider zum GlΓΌck) (7", 2012), (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew (2014), Grlfrnd (2015), Bocadillo (2015), Roadside (2017), Any Trash Professor Abacus? Remix (2017), Are you talking to me??? Remix (2017).
Torpedo Boyz's Headache Music was nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for best Dance/Electronica Album of the year. In 2009, Torpedo Boyz won the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for best Dance/Electronica Album.
They've composed many songs for German and international commercials, TV series, trailers & moving pictures.
http://www.torpedo-boyz.com
http://www.torpedomusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/pg/torpedoboyz
"Berlin is not a place where things happen according to the normal rules. And Berlinβs Torpedo Boyz β winners of the 2009 Independent Music Award for best dance/electronica album for Cum On Feel the Boyz β are proof of that.
Just like the cityβs legendary nightlife β where fresh ideas instantly become clubland reality and the scene maintains its edge with shape-shifting spontaneity β the Torpedo Boyz came into existence as a spark of an idea and, as their new album, Return of the AuslΓ€nders, shows, they continue to constantly evolve. But weβre getting ahead of ourselves. It all began back in 2004. Thatβs when Kentastic β a pop DJ who also fronted an indie band β and former house DJ Rollin Hand began screwing around with some beats during a recording session and came up with the rowdy, rambunctious βGimme a Bassline!β Initially released as a one-off 12-inch, the track immediately struck a chord, quickly climbing into the Top Five of the German club charts. Soon after, New Yorkβs Ursula 1000 included the track on his Ursadelica compilation, released by Thievery Corporationβs ESL label, and Puma snapped up the tune for a major TV campaign.
Suddenly everyone wanted a piece of the Torpedo Boyz: Washington DCβs Fort Knox Five volunteered to remix the next single. Then as the ideas and tracks continued to flow, artists from Smoove, Skeewiff, and the Pinker Tones to Cubismo Grafico and Groove Allegiance lined up to re-rub a series of hit 12-inch releases, including βAre You Talking To Me???β, βJapaneeze Boyz,β and βThe Disco Song.β Still, as debut album Headache Music and the award-winning Cum On Feel the Boyz (both released on Lounge Records in Europe and Sounds From the Roof in the US) followed and demand for live appearances exploded, Kentastic and Rollin Hand decided they wouldnβt be happy performing as faceless knob-twiddlers. Instead, with vocalists Returner and Daisuke as well as with Kurtis Bo and Borat on bass and drums they gathered their merry gang of collaborators and formed a fully-fledged touring band. Why? Thereβs one constant with the Torpedo Boyz: Expect the unexpected.
Their musicianship, infectious energy, and zany outfits helped take what was already becoming a global phenomenon to the next level. In rejecting the rules of electronic-production-duo-by-the-numbers, the Boyz won over audiences everywhere they played, from Canadaβs Whistler to Moscow and back home in legendary Berlin venues like Tresor. Word of their incredible live show spread along with their tunes, and in 2009 the band was invited to tour Asia and Spain. Alongside these full-band gigs, Kentastic continued to spread the funk Torpedo style with DJ appearances, jetting around the world to spin in the UK, France, Israel, Portugal, Korea, China, Holland, Russia, Spain, Hungary, Japan, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Canada, and all across Germany. Which finally brings us up to the present, and the Torpedo Boyzβ third LP, Return of the AuslΓ€nders. The title is a rye comment on the Boyzβ all-encompassing philosophy, with their lyrics in Japanese, English and German, and their musical miscegeny blurring borders between genres.
The new record once again defies expectations, bringing in new soundsβlike Returnerβs Krautrock influenced βMaschinenweltβ and Daisukeβs exposing βIch bin AuslΓ€nderβ (βIβm a Foreignerβ). Davey Woodward from the Experimental Pop Band turns up on βThat Is So Beautiful.β The tune βYour Input Is Not Correct!β includes a sample of a Moscow hotelβs automated wake-up call system recorded while out on tour; In βFat Manβs Walkβ Returner celebrates a liberating rejoinder to Randy Newmanβs βShort People.β Sure, the Torpedo Boyz will always throw down plenty of danceable break beats, but their irrepressible sense of fun means youβll also hear totally unexpected sounds β a nod to Kentasticβs indie pop background here, the jarring cut nβ paste mania of βKokoro Ni RockβnβRollβ there. In short, the new album is anything but a half-assed return to the well.
Itβs an upbeat, breaktastic record ready to get the party started on your blockβwhether your block is in Brooklyn, Bristol, or Beijing"
Their current line up is: ODD Daisuke (Daisuke Isomichi) on vocals, Kentastic (Ken Steen) on vocals and guitar, Johnny II on vocals and synth (since 2010), Kurtis Bo(sem) (Boris Nielsen) (bass) and Borat (Robert Memmler) on drums. Returner (Marc Fischer) has been a member until 2010 and passed away in 2011.
Album discography: Headache Music (2006), Cum on Feel the Boyz (2007), Funky Stuff on Vinyl! (2008), Return of the AuslΓ€nders (2010), Don't Cry (2015), Greatest Hits (2017), Greatest Remixes (2017).
Singles and EPs: Gimme a Bassline!, Are You Talking to Me??? (2004), Are You Talking to Me??? (Part 2) (2006), Japaneeze Boyz (2007), The Disco Song (2008), Back to the Beatz! (2009), Welcome to the Sugar Show (2010), Ich bin AuslΓ€nder (Leider zum GlΓΌck) (Download, 2010), Welcome to the Schoko Show (2011), Ich bin AuslΓ€nder (Leider zum GlΓΌck) (7", 2012), (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew (2014), Grlfrnd (2015), Bocadillo (2015), Roadside (2017), Any Trash Professor Abacus? Remix (2017), Are you talking to me??? Remix (2017).
Torpedo Boyz's Headache Music was nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for best Dance/Electronica Album of the year. In 2009, Torpedo Boyz won the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for best Dance/Electronica Album.
They've composed many songs for German and international commercials, TV series, trailers & moving pictures.
http://www.torpedo-boyz.com
http://www.torpedomusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/pg/torpedoboyz
"Berlin is not a place where things happen according to the normal rules. And Berlinβs Torpedo Boyz β winners of the 2009 Independent Music Award for best dance/electronica album for Cum On Feel the Boyz β are proof of that.
Just like the cityβs legendary nightlife β where fresh ideas instantly become clubland reality and the scene maintains its edge with shape-shifting spontaneity β the Torpedo Boyz came into existence as a spark of an idea and, as their new album, Return of the AuslΓ€nders, shows, they continue to constantly evolve. But weβre getting ahead of ourselves. It all began back in 2004. Thatβs when Kentastic β a pop DJ who also fronted an indie band β and former house DJ Rollin Hand began screwing around with some beats during a recording session and came up with the rowdy, rambunctious βGimme a Bassline!β Initially released as a one-off 12-inch, the track immediately struck a chord, quickly climbing into the Top Five of the German club charts. Soon after, New Yorkβs Ursula 1000 included the track on his Ursadelica compilation, released by Thievery Corporationβs ESL label, and Puma snapped up the tune for a major TV campaign.
Suddenly everyone wanted a piece of the Torpedo Boyz: Washington DCβs Fort Knox Five volunteered to remix the next single. Then as the ideas and tracks continued to flow, artists from Smoove, Skeewiff, and the Pinker Tones to Cubismo Grafico and Groove Allegiance lined up to re-rub a series of hit 12-inch releases, including βAre You Talking To Me???β, βJapaneeze Boyz,β and βThe Disco Song.β Still, as debut album Headache Music and the award-winning Cum On Feel the Boyz (both released on Lounge Records in Europe and Sounds From the Roof in the US) followed and demand for live appearances exploded, Kentastic and Rollin Hand decided they wouldnβt be happy performing as faceless knob-twiddlers. Instead, with vocalists Returner and Daisuke as well as with Kurtis Bo and Borat on bass and drums they gathered their merry gang of collaborators and formed a fully-fledged touring band. Why? Thereβs one constant with the Torpedo Boyz: Expect the unexpected.
Their musicianship, infectious energy, and zany outfits helped take what was already becoming a global phenomenon to the next level. In rejecting the rules of electronic-production-duo-by-the-numbers, the Boyz won over audiences everywhere they played, from Canadaβs Whistler to Moscow and back home in legendary Berlin venues like Tresor. Word of their incredible live show spread along with their tunes, and in 2009 the band was invited to tour Asia and Spain. Alongside these full-band gigs, Kentastic continued to spread the funk Torpedo style with DJ appearances, jetting around the world to spin in the UK, France, Israel, Portugal, Korea, China, Holland, Russia, Spain, Hungary, Japan, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Canada, and all across Germany. Which finally brings us up to the present, and the Torpedo Boyzβ third LP, Return of the AuslΓ€nders. The title is a rye comment on the Boyzβ all-encompassing philosophy, with their lyrics in Japanese, English and German, and their musical miscegeny blurring borders between genres.
The new record once again defies expectations, bringing in new soundsβlike Returnerβs Krautrock influenced βMaschinenweltβ and Daisukeβs exposing βIch bin AuslΓ€nderβ (βIβm a Foreignerβ). Davey Woodward from the Experimental Pop Band turns up on βThat Is So Beautiful.β The tune βYour Input Is Not Correct!β includes a sample of a Moscow hotelβs automated wake-up call system recorded while out on tour; In βFat Manβs Walkβ Returner celebrates a liberating rejoinder to Randy Newmanβs βShort People.β Sure, the Torpedo Boyz will always throw down plenty of danceable break beats, but their irrepressible sense of fun means youβll also hear totally unexpected sounds β a nod to Kentasticβs indie pop background here, the jarring cut nβ paste mania of βKokoro Ni RockβnβRollβ there. In short, the new album is anything but a half-assed return to the well.
Itβs an upbeat, breaktastic record ready to get the party started on your blockβwhether your block is in Brooklyn, Bristol, or Beijing"
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