The title “Move feat. Mariko Kiyose” has been on the playlist of Best of the Sunday Alternative 2011 (25/12/2011 and 1/1/2012)  - Ambersound 107.2 fm Ripley Derbyshire UK). Its a great selection of tunes played on the weekly radioshow presented by Les “Lofty” Wright in the past year.

Here is the whole playlist:

 

 

20. Januar 2012 in General by Stefan  |   Keine Kommentare »

“RemixVirus01-EP” entered the market 1 month ago. During this time i did some promotion-work, talks and interviews and the stats tell me, that it is played in over 70 radiostation all over the world.

Here are some quotes and comments from people working in the music-industriy:

Name: DJ Chang Bang

Organisation: Red Bull Music Academy

Country: USA

Comments: like the various sounds incroporated on this one.

 

Name: David Bassin

Organisation: Freefall weekly radio show – KUSF in Exile /RadioPellenera / Space Invader Radio / Live1.FM

Country: USA (San Francisco)

Comments: Fly5 is the joint, but Reflex Action also commands my attention.

 

Name: Mario Lovakovic (Umbo)

Organisation: Timewarp Music / Goodgroove Records / Bombastic Jam

Country: Croatia

Comments: lovin the fly5 track!

 

Name: Art-D-Fact

Organisation: Art-D-Fact Online Web-Zine / Reviewer

Country: Holland

Comments: nice release

 

Name: Cedric

Organisation: One Summer Web Radio

Country: France (Bordeaux)

Comments: Thank you for the new promo. the sound i love. I will play it on the radio. thanks for the good vibes.

 

Name: Ulf Engelmayer

Organisation: StadtRadio Göttingen / Radio Lounge

Country: Germany

Comments: tracks for the radio lounge

 

Name: Paddy Freeform

Organisation: Universal Vibes Radioshow / SSRadio / Life FM

Country: England

Comments: good stuff, radio support guaranteed

 

Name: Edground

Organisation: Grooveland Music / 99 FM

Country: Brazil

Comments: Dope EP. All tracks are fantastic. Grooves for the dancefloor.

 

Name: Dirk Habenschaden

Organisation: w-id.net Online Magazine

Country: Germany

Comments: Ouh Yeah, that kills me!

 

Name: Clairvo

Organisation: Tilos Radio FM90.3 / Jazz Drive On Pulse Radio /Freelance Reviewer

Country: Hungary

Comments: clean and brave!

 

Name: Matthew Chicoine (Recloose)

Organisation: 98.6FM George FM / Hit And Quit It Radio /Peacefrog

Country: New Zealand

Comments: Properly oddball dopeness.

 

Name: Kerem Gokmen

Organisation: Dubmission Radioshow (WYEP FM) – weekly

Country: USA (Philadelphia)

Comments: Nice little remix package here, glad to see Stefans efforts getting some edit action, aside from his own remixes Pete Fletchers stands out the most.

 

Name: Emmet & Ali Hand

Organisation: Up And Down Radio Show / 103.2 Dublin City FM

Country: Ireland

Comments: Very deep, love the drumworx remix

 

Name: Genetic druGs

Organisation: Cyberjam Show: WDR Radio (Cologne) /RBB Radio(Berlin) / Funkhaus Europa

Country: Germany (Berlin)

Comments: funky progressive stuff here

 

Name: Craig Bartlett

Organisation: LAMERICA / Tilllate Magazine (reviewer)

Country: Wales

Comments: love this

 

Name: ALTZ

Organisation: Altzmusica /Bear Funk / DFA

Country: Japan

Comments: Black Alley`s version like underwater

 

Name: Matthias Kirsch

Organisation: JazzRadio 106.8 FM (Head Of Music)

Country: Germany (Berlin)

Comments: Fresh take on a jazz classic. Fits perfectly to our programming. Great to start the night out.

 

Take a listen in itunes or amazon and download your own package.

regards stefan

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Dezember 2011 in General by Stefan  |   Keine Kommentare »

great pleasure for me to read this article about my album “Journey_Man” in AllAboutJazz, one of the leading online jazz-magazines.

 

Keyboardist Stefan Oberthaler explores creative possibilities of Nu Jazz on latest release

The creative possibilities of jazz are still being explored. That Stefan Oberthaler should name his new album Journey Man has a deeper meaning. As a musician, Oberthaler is an adventurer, one who is fearless in stitching together old and new elements of jazz for experiments in reinventing pop music for the 21st century. It’s a seemingly uphill climb; there’s been so much that has been done before, even in the area of the avant-garde. But what Oberthaler manages to do is not only reconstruct jazz; rather, he uses jazz as the foundation for which he drops layers of electronic, funk, and lounge music. The results are surprisingly accessible.
Hailing from Vienna, Austria, there is a distinctly European perspective to Oberthaler’s take on jazz. For example, the jazz community in America largely does not have an openness to synthesized beats, especially those inspired by house music. “Move” is aptly named; Oberthaler’s high-speed keyboards generate infectious energy. It also has a truly funky vibe that vocalist Mariko Kiyose latches onto, transforming it into a clash of R&B, dance, and jazz that is utterly irresistible. The title track, on the other hand, reveals Oberthaler’s affection for spaced-out scores.

Oberthaler’s commitment to progressive jazz sounds extends beyond his own work. He has also formed his own record label, Killervirus-Audio, that will explore the various offshoots of Nu Jazz. Oberthaler is basically continuing the pioneering experimentations with jazz that Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock broke ground with decades ago. The commercialization of the genre, with the proliferation of smooth jazz radio causing much of the damage, has created a generation gap in the audience. Oberthaler’s innovative compositions help ensure that jazz will be appreciated by younger listeners in years to come.

link to article

11. November 2011 in General by Stefan  |   Keine Kommentare »