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Artist Info - Electric Brother
Electric Brother is Cristian Stefanescu. He is 30 years of age and he lives in Bucharest, Romania. He has studied classical guitar and played with different bands and in 1999 he started working on his solo project entitled “Electric Brother” – nu-jazz, downtempo, broken beat. His influences vary from Romanian ancient folk music to dub, and from the 70`s jazz rock to contemporary classical music.
His first band NSK, established together... Read moreArtist Info - Electric Brother
Electric Brother is Cristian Stefanescu. He is 30 years of age and he lives in Bucharest, Romania. He has studied classical guitar and played with different bands and in 1999 he started working on his solo project entitled “Electric Brother” – nu-jazz, downtempo, broken beat. His influences vary from Romanian ancient folk music to dub, and from the 70`s jazz rock to contemporary classical music.
His first band NSK, established together with Matze and DJ Vasile, won in 2000 the Radio France International “Prix - Nouvelles Decouvertes” for their album “Trebuie sa dansam!” NSK played in all major cities in Romania, being also invited to all electro festivals (supporting Faithless, Slacker, Weird Beats Collective) and also abroad in France, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain and Portugal (with Alex Gopher, Coldfinger, Readymade FC, Bossacucanova, DJ Patiffe).
In the meantime, Cristian`s solo project, Electric Brother, started developing an idea of combining classical and folk instruments with jazz and new electronic equipment. The result was an album full of jazzy chill-out pieces many of which have appeared on international compilations.
In 2002, Museu De Arte Moderna from Sao Paolo, Brasil released the compilation “Café MAM-SP volume 2” to which Electric Brother contributed with a song called “Tristete”. On the same CD there were other names like St. Germain, Alexkid, or Bugge Wesseltoft.
Electric Brother is also featured on the new “Paris Lounge – vol. 3” - the famous series released by Wagram.
In July 2003 Electric Brother`s debut album was released followed by a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival and also in Bucharest at Amsterdam Café.
Electric Brother, features live vocalist Marta Hristea and double bass player Vlaicu Golcea. In this way a small but resourceful group started to bring together ancient Romanian music with modern stylish beats and jazz improvisation. Their concerts in clubs around Romania are usually followed by a dj set performed by Electric Brother.
In February 2002, the collaboration with Vlaicu Golcea (double bass), Sorin Romanescu (guitar), Marta Hristea (vocals), Raul Kusak (keyboards) and Matze (samplers), led to the forming of a new band “Aievea” – oriented towards modern jazz and groove, trying to make the audience feel jazz in the feet rather than in the brain. The new mixture of classical themes, traditional lines and modern beats and breaks turned it into an interesting live act. Aievea was awarded the “2002 Best Romanian Jazz Band” by the Societatea Romana de Radiodifuziune ( The Romanian Society of Broadcasters)
In 2003 Aievea released the first album and performed in various clubs or during the most important multimedia events in Bucharest. Aievea also received the award for the best jazz album and some other prizes from Romanian magazines, radio stations, etc.
Following the collaboration with DJ Tom Wieland (Les Gammas – Vienna), Electric Brother has started to work on his new album. One of the first tracks from the forthcoming album has already been released on a compilation entitled “Panorama”. The compilation is mixed by DJ Tom Wieland and features electro artists from Eastern Europe.
In July 2004 Electric Brother won the “Heineken DJ & VJ contest” in Romania. Teaming up with VJ Casa Gontz, they have been awarded the First prize in the first edition of this competition.
Electric Brother`s_Discography____________________________
- Electric Brother - “Electric Brother – debut”, 2003
- “Electric Brother – debut” – Japanese edition released by Ward Records, 2004
- with Aievea - “Scared Of Jazz”, 2003 (winner The Best Jazz Album in Romania 2003)
- with NSK - “NSK Paris – Lisbon” – live in 2000
- “Trebuie sa dansam!”, 2000 (winner of “Prix RFI Nouvelles Decouvertes 2000”)
- “Green Project”, 1999
- “A fost odata ”, 1998
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Compilations:
- Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape 07 - Mercedes Benz, 2005 (Germany)
- Nu.Sound volume 1 - MCD World Music, 2005 (Brazil)
- Female Future – Phazzadelic Records, 2005 (Germany)
- Ibiza Fever vol 4 – Wagram, 2004 (France)
- TM04Base - TM Base, 2004 (Romania)
- Chills & Thrills Bucharest - La Strada Music, 2004 (Romania)
- Besame vol. 4 - Universal/Popup Records, 2004 (Germany)
- 2 x 45” vinyl – Phazzadelic Records, 2004 (Germany)
- New Sound Theory vol. 3 – Basic Lux Records, 2004 (USA)
- Citta de Vista – Ward Records, 2004 (Japan)
- Panorama – Perfect Toy Records, 2004 (Germany)
- Paris Lounge vol. 3 – Wagram, 2003 (France)
- Holiday Remixed – Basic Lux Records, 2003 (USA)
- Café MAM Sao Paolo vol. 2 – MCD World Music, 2002 (Brazil)
- Dynamik - Vitalsong, 2001 (France)
- Datcha Studio - Le Maquis Music, 2001 (France)
- Besame vol. 3 - Universal/Popup Records, 2002 (Germany)
- Besame vol. 1 - Universal/Popup Records, 2001 (Germany)
- Endless Zone - 2000, (Romania)
- Couleurs De Bucarest - Radio France International, 2001 (France)
- Avant Tout - Delta / RFI, 2000 (Romania)
- TM Base 00 - 1999, Romania
- Star Station ProFM - Media Pro Music, 1999 (Romania)
- Undergroove vol. 1 - Yama Studios, 1999 (Romania)
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Soundtracks:
- “The Playboy of the Western World” – by J. M. Synge, directed by Nona Ciobanu for the Bucharest National Theatre, music written by Electric Brother and performed by the actors, 1999.
- “Furia” – feature film directed by Radu Muntean, soundtrack written and performed by Electric Brother and Vlaicu Golcea, produced by Media Pro Pictures, 2002.
- “Histories 2” – short film by visual artists Dilmana Iordanova and Mihaela Kavdanska, soundtrack by Electric Brother, produced in 2002.
- “ quite close, same city, same streets ” - short film by visual artists Dilmana Iordanova and Mihaela Kavdanska, soundtrack by Electric Brother, produced in 2003.
- www.adidas.com – adidas licensed one song written by Electric Brother for the Adidas corporate website, 2004.
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Concerts:
- with NSK – all major cities and festivals in Romania, Novisad (Yugoslavia), Paris (France), Lisbon (Portugal), Huesca (Spain), performing live for fashion shows (Max Mara and Pal Zileri).
- with Aievea – the most important jazz festivals and clubs in Romania, also took part to special multimedia events, corporate events (Peugeot, Honda, , laser shows.
- Electric Brother – in 2003 - Montreux Jazz Festival, concerts in Bucharest, in 2004 in Budapest (Hungary) at the Central European University and also in the Kultiplex club, in the Baba Vida Castle in Vidin (Bulgaria).
- in 2004 – TM Base 04 festival, Bad Man Jazz Festival, Green Hours jazz club, Web Club, etc.
- in 2005 – live in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest
- live concert in the Baba Vida Castle in Vidin (Bulgaria)
- Troyer meets Electric Brother – Aug - Sept 2004 – 2 concerts – in Bucharest during the Vienna Cultural Days and one in the Kunsthalle in Vienna.
- Electric Brother meets Dorit Chrysler – Sept 2004 – live performance in Kunsthalle in Vienna during Bucharest Cultural Days.
- Electric Brother in Bulgaria (with Vlaicu Golcea and VJ Dilmana) – May 2005 – Bulgaria, Vidin, Baba Vida Castle.
- Electric Brother live in Rome (with Vlaicu Golcea and Marta Hristea) – June 2005 – Italy, Rome – during the Spazzi Aperti cultural week.
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DJ set:
- Opening of the National Museum of Modern Art – 2004
- Heineken dj tour of Romania (8 parties in different cities)
- winner of the Heineken DJ/VJ contest - Romania 2004 (with VJ Casa Gontz)
- resident dj in Amsterdam Café, Bucharest – 2002 – present
- the Web Club, Bucharest – 1999 - present
- Green Hours jazz club, Bucharest – 2000 - present
- Coop 2 – 2003 - at the Museum of Contemporary Art / Kalinderu Medialab Bucharest – project conceived together with the Romanian visual artists - projections of media art, installations, live sessions, sound and audio experiments.
- Afterimage – 2004 - multimedia show at the Bucharest University of Arts.
- during the Sibiu International Theatre Festival 2005
- during the Student Fest 2005 in Timisoara.
- performance with Dumitru Gorzo (famous Romanian painter) – F.A.C.E. (Festival of Alternative Creative Exchange) Belgrade / NoviSad 2005.
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Quotes on Electric Brother:
- Tom Wieland (Les Gammas/ Compost Records - Germany) - " this is the future sound of Bucharest: jazzy, deep, and mellow. Check him when you can!"
- Philippe Cohen Solal (Gotan Project/ Ya Basta - France) - “Electric Brother is electronic, eclectic, romanik and jazzistic. This brother brings emotion and spirituality to electronica and that`s just what we need...”
- Stefan Swoboda (Soulseduction - Austria) – “With his debut album Electric Brother seduces with sentimental Romanian melodies embedded in chilling downbeats spiced by awakening breaks. His tunes show the very essence of present-day Romania: a tasty blend of rural medieval fairies and urban modern spirits”.
- Hide Tanaka (Ward Records - Japan) - "KILLER!! Nobody reach to Electric Brother's world!!!".
- DJ Bemsha (Tokyo - Japan) - "Within Electric Brother's creations, one can hear new and exciting possibilities in music".
- Simon Houghton (Fingathing/ Grand Central Records - UK) - " ... wicked! ... right up my street ... groovy as fuck!".
- DeAnna Cool (Basic Lux Records - USA) - "Pay close attention as Electric Brother crafts cinematic soundscapes that are hauntingly beautiful".
- Paul Gamblin (Black & Blue radio Show – Australia) – “ Bucharest`s very own Electric Brother comes in big and lovely with the jazzy stepper of “Tinkle Bells”. Show less
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