17 Hippies

www.17hippies.com

BIOGRAPHY:

“… the 17 HIPPIES are one of the most exiting band that exist in Germany today. And if you miss them, it’s your own fault.“
Rolling Stone Germany

“ The 17 Hippies are ridiculously underrated. They should be in the front rank of European world music artists …”
Charlie Gillet, BBC London

Since 1995 the 17 HIPPIES have been playing their whirling, crashing, diving, bobbing and weaving mixture of music from around the world, all over Europe … and beyond.
Their energetic music is the distillation of many genres. The musicians’ musical backgrounds reveal influences from rock-pop to classical and jazz, and is reflected in the instruments they play: accordion, trombone, trumpet, violin, cello, woodwinds, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, Irish bouzouki, guitar, double bass, Indian harmonium and more …

What a tireless bunch of 13 musicians from Berlin! Their previous CD HEIMLICH caused an international sensation, leading to several tours both in America and England. Taking a look at their tour schedules one might ask oneself rather enviously: where on earth will they not be touring to. The press raves them as first rate globalists, the only true German ambassadors, the new Berlin Style mainly relating to their very special 17 Hippies sound, which ever so lively and totally with ease manages to walk across the bridge to the unusual. Taking no detours the 17 HIPPIES follow their path and there is absolutely no way they will be side-tracked from searching for that special something they might have found already. Their eyes light up with true passion when they do what they love doing so much: catching the metropolitan rhythm of Berlin to create new songs, over and over again. This is EL DORADO the place, where everybody is drawn to by the promise of pure fortune.

EL DORADO is their third studio album from altogether nine German Hippies CDs in total. This new album demonstrates perfectly how a band matures over time. Having played together for 14 years with 1500 concerts spread over 20 countries this fixed line-up of 13 musicians has found its very unique style. Whether influenced by Balkan music, American rock, British pop or even film music nevertheless, their own compositions and sophisticated arrangements enter a new realm, where the sum of what they do is more than the explicable components.

Always lead by energy and razor-sharp interplay, it still as they say boils down to plain dance music! Regardless of age or nationality, everybody around the world seems to get it, as proven by the international success of this Rock-the-world-Orchestra.