Ballhaus Nuevo

Ballhaus Nuevo

Just another band from Cologne? Certainly not. An ensemble that draws from Dada, Tango, Brecht/Weill, French Musette, Tom Waits, improvised music, rock and music traditions from all over the world could be very intellectual – and potentially turgid too. But Ballhaus Nuevo, five top-notch musicians, are everything but. Serious songwriting along with tongue-in-cheek presentation makes for exquisite entertainment.
Among other awards they won the german musiccritic-award for their last album: Schade, Schade. Besides playing concerts all over Germany and abroad (France, Poland) they are also engaged in producing music for theater plays.

BALLHAUS NUEVO are:
Adrian Ils (music, lyrics) – vocals, accordion, guitar, violin, percussion
Verena guido (music, lyrics) – vocals, violin, accordion, guitar, flute
Roman D. Metzner – piano, trumpet, accordion
Bernd Keul – electric bass, double bass
Josef Kirschgen – drums, percussion

One of the jury members of the newcomers’ award from the SWR (a public radio station in the southwest of Germany) wrote about the band:
Then there was this dadaistic, angry, reggae stimulating first cut which deserves to be on the top of the charts. It left such a deep impact on me that I could not keep myself from sampling the other tracks, yet always returning and enjoying them in a second round of listening.

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