REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2024: TBA + RIVAL CONSOLES + JESPER MUNK

TBA

21:35 Uhr – 22:50 Uhr RIVAL CONSOLES

23:50 Uhr -00:50 Uhr JESPER MUNK

RIVAL CONSOLES: As a wanderer between club cultures, a style innovator, and an all-too-often-unrecognised production giant, Ryan Lee West has left virtually nothing to be desired over the last two decades. Time and time again, the Londoner has managed to produce great hits of almost Olympic quality, for which he has been celebrated across Europe by the arts pages and freaks of various genres alike. Even picky crate-diggers get tears in their eyes when West drops the next hammer as Rival Consoles. What he touches – and how he does so – is never really predictable, but everything seems to turn into shimmering audio gold thanks to the artist’s intuition and measure. Whether it’s a shimmering electro trip, such as “Kid Velo” (2011), the cinematic sampling artwork of “Overflow” (2021), mystical microhouse on “Persona” (2018), or hypnotic ambient techno in the haze of “Now Is” (2022): It’s not without good reason that this man is regarded as one of the leading minds in the world of electronic music. A producer’s producer, some say. If you don’t believe it, take an evening off in September and come to St. Pauli to see for yourself.

Underestimated and underchallenged, JESPER MUNK began his career as a bassist and backing vocalist in a school band – just before taking his final school exams. He taught himself to play the guitar back then, and was born and blessed with a great voice. After leaving school, he released his first full-length album and it promptly became a sensation for the German-Dane, who, after „For In My Way It Lies“ (2013) and no later than his second album „Claim“ (2015), held the title of Germany’s best crooner. Munk’s meteoric rise is due less to social media mobilisation than to his unique vocal prowess. His off-the-cuff repertoire ranges from thumping rock’n’roll and blues standards to sensual soul and jazz, which he loosens up with a balanced dose of pop appeal on his latest album „Taped Heart Sounds“ (2022). Munk now blends his raspy voice and falsetto, musical sophistication and catchiness with greater virtuosity than ever before. He discovered himself and his style once he stopped searching.