Tegel Boys

Das sagt der/die Künstler:in:

Joel, Jeremy, Alican, and Antonio are pilots. The four Tegel Boys. The flight is fancy and it’s a foolhardy insistence that a parallel world still exists. First-class dreams, tacky and louche, vinyl seats, sticky cocktails, giddy highs, and lusty stomp.

The Tegel Boys make modern disco body music, in- flight acid house, airport-blues-boogie, hi-fi dada-rap for those tuned-in psychic travelers. A locomotive and leaden groove onboard, a wink to the frequent flyers, a fountain of sample-delic digger knowledge and circus hijinks spill out on the active runway where the boys navigate it to cruising altitude. They are an amalgamation of talent bubbling forth from the Berlin underground channeling parallel lives in NYC-Loft- Manchester-Hacienda-Southside-Philly- Berghain-Berlin-Konono-Kinshasa-Acid-Istanbul and every other boogie-scorched molecule of human hip- shake. Obstinate, modern, deeply soulful and playful dance music from the family. The members of the Tegel Boys are all seasoned club veterans with an eye on the underground, but with a level of experience and sophistication for bringing music to any room and audience. Joel Black (Hazy Pockets) can be found making noise as resident DJ at the infamous Kater Blau club in Berlin, while booking and hosting notorious party series as far-flung as Tbilisi, Georgia, Zermatt Switzerland, and beyond with founding contributions and regular participation at the Garbicz Festival and PEOPLE Festival among others. Producer Jeremy Black is a prolific songwriter, studio-magician and producer with writing and collaborations spanning all modern genres (White Denim/ FJAAK) Included in the group are Turkish- psychedelic-rock legend, drummer and percussionist Alican Tezer (Insanlar, Ayyuka, etc.) and local guitar phenom and gourmand, Antonio Rilling. This lineup, and a mix of acoustic and electronic elements lends the Tegel Boys a unique ability to tune their show to specific club, party, and event stages. They lend their music and organizing support to local and international causes for equality and radical inclusion in the music scene. In addition to the live-band and deejaying activity the members are active prolifically as bookers, talent- buyers, and music-directors for numerous clubs, hotels, and gastronomic concerns worldwide.