Club des Belugas is a lounge-nujazz project, founded by Maxim Illion & Kitty the Bill in 2002 .
CdB has released 5 albums so far: "caviar at 3 a.m." (2002), "minority tunes" (2003), "apricoo soul" (2006), "SWOP" (2008) and "Zoo Zizaro" (11/2009)
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The 12" "hip hip chin chin / Gadda Rio" climbed to number 1 of the German Club Charts in november 2003.
The 12" "Wildcats gotta Move / Dibidy Dop" reached number 3 in march 2006, and stayed in the TOP TEN for 8 weeks.
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Tracks from CdB have been licensed for compilations more than 630 times.
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Tracks from CdB have been licensed for advertisement and TV commercials of:
BMW, Honda Jazz, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Smart, KIA Motors, Jaguar, Nivea, LG Electronics, Samsung Mobile Phones, C&A, Landrover, Burlington, Hudson, Strenesse, The German National Soccerteam, CPD, Telekom South Korea.....
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The 3rd album "Apricoo soul" has been voted for "ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2006" by www.shirokko.de
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In summer 2007 Club des Belugas performed 89 gigs in China
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The 4th album "SWOP" has been voted for "ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2008" by www.shirokko.de
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The 5th album "Zoo Zizaro" has been released in November 2009. Including such great vocalists as Anna-Luca from Stockholm/Sweden, Brenda Boykin from San Francisco/California, Ferank Manseed from Newcastle/UK and 3 remixes from "Radio Utopia feat. Bajka", Les Baxter and Ella Fitzgerald.
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In May 2010 Club des Belugas will release a live 2CD album, recorded at the GRILLO THEATRE ESSEN / GERMANY and at the FORUM REX WUPPERTAL / GERMANY. Watch out!
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Hi Martin, I have a new little mix...DJ Jean Honeymoon, The Return of Miss Honeypenny and it kicks off with none other than Club des Belugas...who else! Thank you for the inspiration! Jean x
Hi, thank you very much. This sound is waaaay cooool! Great rhythms, varying and smart and great voices too. Please give track when you play around my neighborhood. All best wishes, LB
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I'm totaly delighted to show you a teaser to my upcoming video. An amazing artistical attack on your eyes. You will find this video in higher resolution on www.ben-zen-berg.com
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