Club des Belugas
Club des Belugas is one of the leading lounge & nujazz projects in Germany, perhaps in Europe.
They combine Contemporary European Lounge & Nujazz Styles with Brazilian Beats and American Black Soul of the fifties, sixties and seventies, using their unique creativity and intensity.
Club des Belugas started their career in 2002 with their first album "Caviar at 3 a. m. "
In 2003 they released their 2nd album "Minority Tunes", which included the German Club Charts no. 1 hits "hiphip chinchin" and "Gadda Rio".
In 2006 Club des Belugas enriched the world of music with a real masterpiece called "apricoo soul". The 12" vinyl "Wildcats gotta move" reached German Club Charts #3 and stayed in the
Top Ten for 8 weeks (march & april 2006)
The included Club des Belugas Remix of Dean Martin's "Mambo Italiano" is the first worldwide
legal remix of any Dean Martin track, authorized by Capitol/EMI and the Dean Martin Family
themselves!!!
Tracks of Club des Belugas have been licensed for compilations more than 220 times:
Hotel Costes 7, Brazilectro 6 & 8, Claude Challe presents, Martini Moods 3,
Man Ray 4, Klassik Lounge 3, 4 & 5, Paparazzi, Café de Paris… just to name a few.
Tracks of Club des Belugas have also been licensed for advertisement and TV commercials of
companies like:
Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus (Toyota), Ford Mondeo, Smart, KIA motors, Campari, Strenesse, The German National Soccerteam, Kaufhof, Burlington, Unilever, Telekom Germany, Telekom South Korea, IGEDO…. just to name a few.
Apricoo Soul has been chosen for "Best CD of the year 2006" by: http: //www. shirokko. de/
Discography
2002 Caviar at 3 a. m. (album)
2003 Minority tunes (album
2003 Hip hip chin chin / Gadda Rio (12" vinyl)
2006 Wildcats gotta move / Dibidy Dop (12" vinyl)
2006 Apricoo Soul (album)
2007 Skip to the Bip (Andreas Henneberg Remix / 12" vinyl)
2007 Moca - Post it (Club des Belugas Remix / 12" vinyl)
2007 Fred Astaire – Puttin on the Ritz (Club des Belugas Remix / 12" vinyl)
2007 The new album "SWOP! " will be released by end of November. Watch out!
Booking: For live gigs you can choose between several possibilities:
:
Club des Belugas Orchestra
10 musicians on stage: drums, percussion, bass, guitar, 2 keyboards,
saxophone, trumpet, trombone, vocals
Club des Belugas Quartet
4 musicians on stage: drums, bass, piano, vocals /
or 3 musicians plus DJ: bass, piano, vocals, DJ
Club des Belugas Sound System (represented by Maxim Illion and/or Ralf Ilgner)
For further details please contact:
martin@chinchin-records. com phone +49 – 2333 – 917056 mobile +49 – 172 - 9687255