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Bam Bam’s Boogie

Band · Human Tree Records

Bam Bam’s Boogie

New-Age-Soul und Alternative Rock aus Berlin: Vintage Rhythm & Soul trifft kalte elektronische Architektur.

Erste Veröffentlichung2023
Releases3
Soundalternative · electronic · experimental
On tour3 Termine

Bam Bam’s Boogie is a new-age soul and alternative rock band born in Berlin, where vocalist Kiko King (Washington DC) met producer and multi-instrumentalist Jacopo Aluzzi in 2020. Two artists from completely different cultures, countries and musical traditions, colliding on purpose.

Their sound sits at the intersection of vintage rhythm & soul, gospel warmth, and the cold, synthetic architecture of northern European electronic production: what the band themselves call “New Age Soul”. The writing process is spontaneous, almost possessed: Aluzzi’s instrumental structures are interpreted and recorded by King in one uninterrupted creative flow.

The lineup has grown into a trio with the addition of Eric Oder on keyboards and synths, while drummer Sean Beatty (“Giotto Beattz”) remains a close, historic collaborator on stage and in the studio. Their sound has moved from the funk-psychedelic groove of their debut into darker, more industrial territory, always built for the floor and the stage in equal measure.

On stage, Bam Bam’s Boogie deliver powerful, high-energy performances that have already resonated across major European festivals and clubs, from Les Trans Musicales to Berlin’s Urban Spree: a live-first band whose obsessive grooves and breakbeat assault set the pace for the Human Tree Factory.

On tour

Bam Bam’s Boogie · liveMailand · Detune
Bam Bam’s Boogie · liveBologna · Frida Nel Parco
Bam Bam’s Boogie · liveTurin · Bocciofila Vanchiglietta

Die Band

Kiko King

Kiko King

voice

American, from Washington DC, raised in the gospel and Black music tradition: his mother directed gospel choirs and sang backing vocals for Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross. His father was among the founders of the original Black Panthers chapter in Oakland. King’s vocal approach is visceral and near-trance: “it’s like being possessed, for me it’s the only way I can function.”

Jacopo Aluzzi

Jacopo Aluzzi

production, bass, keys, synth, live looping

Italian, playing piano since childhood with an early psychedelic imprint from Pink Floyd. A multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer who performs entirely live, no DJ set. Co-founder of Transition Lab (label and festival in Puglia) and founder of Human Tree Records. Within BBB, he’s the sonic engine and director of the band’s videos.

Eric Oder

Eric Oder

keyboards, synths

Berlin-based Italian multidisciplinary artist. His solo project Eric Oder reads the present through dystopian literature, from Orwell to Huxley, and runs the SOMA Exhibition & Festival. In BBB he brings acid synths, hypnotic drones and co-signs the visual effects.

Stimmen

Selected among the “23 artists not to miss” at Les Trans Musicales 2023 by the Office de Tourisme de Rennes, filed under electro-soul; their full set was broadcast live by France Télévisions. Ghost Town is distributed physically as a 12” vinyl through OTG Distribution and listed on Juno Records (UK).

Bühnen

Les Trans Musicales, Rennes · Radio Meuh Circus Festival · Fusion Festival · Gipsyland · Seifest · Urban Spree, Berlin · Rough Trade, Neukölln

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