The worldly cosmopolitan living in Vienna, Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] who as DJ, soloist, producer and bandleader has set out a genuinely transglobal musical agenda and for over 15 years has been one of Europe's most innovative leaders of the electronic and world music scenes.Whatever the pulse of the current club music scene that inspires the DJ, the composer transforms it with his international band into contemporary musical statements about how WORLD | MUSIC sounds today: 15 languages on stage, transglobal sounds from oriental to western merge with electronic beats to form an intelligent and energetic mix and guarantee a passionate live experience.
Format:Intimate Concert , Club Show, Festival.
History:[dunkelbunt] has been a pioneer of the „Balkan Beat“ and „Electro Swing“ genres since 2001 . His international breakthrough came with the Balkan-Hip-Hop single „The Chocolate Butterfly“ ft. Raf Camora (2003) and the Electro Swing follow up hit „Cinnamon Girl“ (2007). The album „Mountain Jumper“ (2015) was awarded the ORF „Album of the Year 2015“. [dunkelbunt] + Band is a internationally booked live act in the genres of „World“, „Global“, „Club“, „Balkan Beats“, „Electro Swing“.
Current Project:EXODUS KOMPLEX is a series of 3 EP's that focusses on the development of [dunkelbunt]s transglobal electronic sound, while collaborating with the pool of the international musicians living in Vienna and enriching the palettes of language and soundscapes through the topics of „China“, „India“, „Maghreb“ and „„Urban Africa“. EXODUS COMPLEX is classic [dunkelbunt]: Eclectic, musically rich and very danceable.
Collaborations:Raf Camora, Anuradha Genrich, Kadero Rai, Lisa Cantabile, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Waldeck, Hari Stojka, Otto Lechner, Balkan Beat Box, 17 Hippies, 5'Nizza, The Cat Empire, A-WA, Chancha Via Circuito, and Sara Lugo.
Tourplan (excerpt):CitiesSydney - Melbourne - Toronto - Montreal - New York - San Francisco - L.A. - Washington - Honolulu - Chicago - Portland - Vancouver - Berlin - Hamburg - Cologne - Munich - Bonn - Frankfurt -Warsaw - Prague - Bratislava - Sofia - Bucharest - Timisoara, Budapest - Belgrade - Ljubljana - Novi Sad - Moscow - St. Petersburg - Zurich - Geneva -Copenhagen - Oslo - Stockholm - Vienna - Salzburg - Tel Aviv - Luxemburg - Paris - Barcelona - Madrid - Athens - Nairobi - London - Dublin - Glasgow -Trieste - Bolzano - Naples - Rome - Istanbul -Vilnius - Malmö – Cape Town - Johannesburg – Costa Rica– and more.
Festivals:
Roskilde Festival (Denmark) - NYC Gypsy Festival (USA) - Boomtownfair (UK) - Exit Festival (Serbia) - Earthdance (USA) - Balkanology (South Africa) - Ecstatic Dance (Hawaii) - Harvest Festival (Canada) - Solstice Festival (Australia) - Fusion (Germany) - Etnosur Festival (Spain) - Ariano Folk Festival (Italy) - Chicago Worldmusic Festival (USA) - Symbiosis (USA) - Ethnic Festival Kamwa (Russia) - Donausinselfest (Austria) - MS Dockville Festival (Germany) - Zorba Festival (Israel) - Istanbul Twilight (Turkey) -Beantown Backyard Festival (India) - Envision Festival (Costa Rica) – and more.