ALFA KAY - e-piano, piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums, vocals & all other programmings, arrangements & production
STEFAN "BOHEMIAN" BÖHMER - add. bass & co-production
PETE DEAL - additional guitars
DUYGU CINGAR (Istanbul, Turkey) - vocals
CHRISTINE LUNAIRE (Austin, USA) - vocals
BERNADETTE NOIR (Paris, France) - vocals
JANEA (Cologne, Germany) - vocals
LALAH (Los Angeles, USA) - vocals
ELINA JAIDEN (Los Angeles, USA) - vocals
CRYSTIN (Düsseldorf, Germany) - vocals
LUDMILLA (Krakow, Poland) - vocals
KARO (Schweinfurt, Germany) - vocals
IRIS ANEAS (Barcelona, Spain) - vocals
JACQUELINE BIEZE (Haarlem, Netherlands) - vocals
NIKI CARRERA (Milan, Italy) - vocals
LA MEDUZA (Geneva, Switzerland) - vocals
TONJE TERESE (Arhus, Denmark) - vocals
HANNA (Cologne, Germany) - vocals
YANINA BILYK (Ukraine) - vocals
GÖKHAN ÖZYAVUZ - add. guitar
BIG AL DILLY - guitar ("Moody")
CYBORG HAINES - bass ('Blow Up')
Influences
There are sooooo many. But wait: BURT BACHARACH, DAVID BOWIE, SERGE GAINSBOURG, JONI MITCHELL, HENRY MANCINI, ENNIO MORRICONE, PETER THOMAS and all the wonderful european 60s/70s moviescore composers, BRIAN ENO, CHET BAKER, MILES DAVIS, MARVIN GAYE, MARCOS VALLE, NINA SIMONE, KRAFTWERK, CURTIS MAYFIELD, BOOKER T. & THE MGs, WES MONTGOMERY, GRANT GREEN, PAUL WELLER, ISAAC HAYES, STEVIE WONDER, ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, ASTRUD GILBERTO, BILLIE HOLIDAY... and even Bach, Debussy, all things soulful, groovy, funky, mod.
My heroine: Carol Kaye
Mr. Alfa is the nickname of producer, DJ and composer Alfa Kay. Known
as one half of Germany's POPSHOPPERS, Alfa produces rather different music
when doing it all by himself. Quite melancholic sounds somewhere in between
the stylistic landmarks of Jazz, Downtempo, Soul, Pop and Electronica.
VENUS INTERNATIONAL Together with great female singers from (nearly) all over the world Alfa started VENUS INTERNATIONAL. The first selftitled VENUS INTERNATIONAL album has been released in August 2008 (by Phazz-a-delic New Format Recordings). And some weeks later another complete album "The Virtual Diamond of Virgo" came out (download only iTUNES etc.). In summer 2008 followed the third Venus album "Pléyades".
Alfa plays nearly all instruments and the wonderful female vocals are by Duygu Cingar (Antalya, Turkey)
Christine Lunaire (Austin, USA)
Lucy Karashigo (Cologne, Germany)
Lalah (Hamburg, Germany and Los Angeles, USA)
Bernadette Noir (Paris, France) Karo (Schweinfurt, Germany) Jacqueline Bieze (Haarlem, Netherlands) Crystin (Düsseldorf, Germany) Iris Aneas (Barcelona, Spain) Niki Carrera (Milan, Italy) Ludmilla (Krakow, Poland) La Meduza (Geneva, Switzerland and Liverpool, UK) Tonje Terese (Arhus, Denmark and London, UK) Hanna (Cologne, Germany) Yanina Bilyk (Ukraine).
VENUS INTERNATIONAL discography
"Venus International" (album, 2008, CD and download, Phazz-a-delic New Format Recordings)
"The Virtual Diamond of Virgo" (album, 2008, download only, Phazz-a-delic New Format Recordings)
"Think Forvert Vol. 2" compilation (track: "Deadly Sapphire", 2009, download only, Hooded Records)
"Pléyades" (album, 2009, download only)
JANEA et ALFA
(Frenchpop, first release on 'French Cuts III'),
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (60s Pop, Beat),
CINEPHONIC (Electronic music for Silent Movies in team with Marsen Jules).
As a DJ you can see Alfa as a part of POPSHOPPERS DJ-TEAM (Funk, Soul, Latin,
Disco, ... with Senor 45)
or as a part of SEXY STUDENTENFUTTER
DJ-TEAM (Super freestyle-laissez-.faire Rock'n'Elektro with Suzie Kerstgens [Klee]).
or as a part of IN BED WITH DJ-TEAM with Miss Stereo.
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Mr. Alfa (Venus International)'s Friend Space (Top 40)
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"urie et urie."
