The Torpedo Boyz are Kentastic & Rollin Hand -
The Torpedo Boyz live band features Returner (vocals), ODD Daisuke (Japanese vocals), Hoffmann or Borat (drums), Kurtis Bo (bass) and Kentastic (vocals & guitars)
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Kentastic is also DJing and spreading the funky Torpedo word around the globe!
He already spun his records in Japan, the USA, Israel, Russia and all over Europe; from Portugal to Ukraine; from Spain to Germany; from Slowakia to Holland. *****
For booking requests please contact: frank@bureau45.com
Kentastic DJ mix is available here: www.torpedo-boyz.com
Influences
1000 Clowns,
A Tribe Called Quest,
AC/DC,
The Beach Boys,
The Beastie Boys,
Cornershop,
Daft Punk,
Dauerfisch,
Dee-Light,
Dr.Hook,
Elvis Presley,
Fat Boy Slim,
Gary Glitter,
Grandmaster Flash,
Kenny Dope,
Kiss,
Kurtis Blow,
Led Zeppelin,
The Pharcyde,
Run DMC,
Serge Gainsbourg,
Stetsasonic,
Ugly Duckling,
The Velvet Underground,
Wiseguys, The Zombies...
Sounds Like
Norman Cook, Dynamo Productions, Groove Allegiance, Shir Khan, The Streets, Fort Knox Five, Skeewiff, Boca 45, Beastie Boys, MC Solar, Wiseguys, Beck....and sometimes like Franz Schubert on Acid.
*****************************************The Disco Song*(2008)
**Gimme A Bassline!**LIVE! at the AC Lounge, Los Angeles/USA**(April/2008)
**introducing the "Human Robot" from Japan****************************
*****************************************AC-GUY (Live 2007)
****************************************JAPANEEZE BOYZ (Live 2007)
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Headache Music (2006), the debut from producer duo Kentastic and Rollin Hand is already a classic with it's completely crazy mix crossing all borders. Breakbeats meet Polka, French HipHop joins Japanese Electronica.
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Their 12s Gimme A Bassline! (2005), Are You Talking To Me??? (2006) and Start Being Nicer (2006) sold out immediately after release, all entered the Top 20 of the German Club Charts (DCC). Japaneeze Boyz (2007) even peaked at 3!
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With remixes by the likes of Skeewiff, Fort Knox Five, Pet, Smoove, Cubismo Grafico, The Pinker Tones, Groove Allegiance and The Killergroove Formula they gained worldwide attention on the dancefloors beyond the mainstream.
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Their track - Any Trash Professor Abacus ? - was chosen for the breakfast cereal advert Cheerios and is still being played on nationwide UK, Irish and Australian TV.
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You will find Torpedo Boyz on the playlists of DJs around the globe. Puma picked Gimme A Bassline! for their last MTV-TV-Spot in Germany, their tracks are featured on various Italian tv shows and various US-American tv series and movies!
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In 2006 and 2007 the Torpedo Boyz played their first live shows in selected European cities followed by a Russian tour. Watch out for their 5-piece live band! They are funky as hell! ***********************************************************************
Music From The Roof has released "Headache Music" in the US in 2007.
A Kentastic DJ tour through North America followed in autumn.
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The new Torpedo Boyz album "Cum On Feel The Boyz" is out now in Europe. Music From The Roof followed with a US release in February 2008.
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discography:
*Gimme A Bassline!!! (12" on Lounge)
*Are You Talking To Me???, incl. Fort Knox Five remix (12" on Lounge)
*Headache Music (12-track CD on Lounge)
*Start Being Nicer, incl. P E T remix (12" on Lounge)
*Are You Talking To Me??? Part 2 incl. Skeewiff remix (12" on Lounge)
*Torpedo Bootz (4-track 12" on Illegal Beats)
*Japaneeze Boyz, incl. Smoove & Cubismo Grafico remixes (12" on Lounge)
*Cum On Feel The Boyz (11-track CD on Lounge)
*The Disco Song, incl. Pinker Tones & Groove Alliance remixes (12" on Muto)
intro: snapshot - karminsky experience inc. 1.periwinkle pussycat - coconut monkeyrocket 2.lets go! bikini - lemon 3.birdy nam nam - tim wood 4.summer springs - chris joss 5.for the revolution (smoove remix) - malente 6.sunset groove - ed royal & dj enne 7.whole lotta love - the dynamics 8.i can't make it on time - torpedo boyz 9 la bombanera - boca 45 10.watermelon man - skeewiff 11.dusty fingers (feat. downsyde) - fdel outro: snapshot - karminsky experience inc.
Vielen Dank für's Adden. Guti Musi...endlich mal was anderes...gefällt mir. Und wie ich gesehen habe verschlägt es euch ja am Ende der Tour noch in meine Heimatstadt :-) Viele Grüße aus Hannover, Sandra
