Eastenders

Eastenders Once You Met Him Or Heard About Him You Won’t Be Able To Get A Guy Like DJ Eastenders Aka Stefan Mueller Out Of Your Head. Need A Proof? Here’s A Story Two Years Ago I Was Trying To Talk Drum’n’Bass Legend Peshay Into Doing A Station-Id For My Fellow Radio Colleague Eastenders. Hearing The Name Peshay Was Cracking Up On The Spot. Why On Earth Should A German DJ Name Himself After The Eastern Part Of London Or Even Worse Use The Same Name As A Very Famous British Long-Term TV Soap? Well Eastenders Simply Did. I Described Him To Peshay As One Of My Homies Being On A Serious “global Beats” Mission. With The Name Paying Tribute To Eastern-Style Musical Influences Indian Vibes That Sort Of Thing. “I See...“. Even After Peshay Stopped Laughing He Still Mumbled Something Like „Can’t Get Bloody Eastenders Out Of My Head“... Without Knowing How Prophetic He Was. Thinking Of This Story Makes Me Smile Especially Now That I Am Finding My Way Into The Sheer Deepness Of Eastenders Longplay Debut. Eastenders Are The Music Journalist And DJ Stefan Mueller Aka DJ Eastenders And His Production Partner Cem Buldak Aka Afrit . Their First EP “Original Style” Impressed Their Role Models Badmarsh & Shri And The Underwolves JazzanovaCompostRec. So Much That They Immediately Offered To Remix The Darbuka Track With Its Characteristic Didgeridoo Breaks! The Latest 12“ “Misterio” – That Combines A Fresh & Serious Dancehall-Riddim With Oriental Strings And Features The Brilliant Reggae-Vocalist MC Markie J Of Riddim-Wize-Fame – Was Also A Big Success And Went Straight To #1 In The German DJ Club Charts! The Tune Is Still A Big Fave Of World / Fusion DJ´s Like Martin Morales Outcaste Pathaan Stoned Asia And The Future World Funk DJ´s. Beside This Productions DJ Eastenders Has Compiled The „Orientation“ Series For The Poets Club Records Label. „Orientation“ Features Music Producers And Artists From All Over The World In Order To Fuse Traditional Middle Eastern And Asian Sounds With Western Electronic Club Music. He Has Taken And Spread His Musical „Orientation“ To London Moscow Budapest Istanbul And Malaysia. Already In 1997 DJ Eastenders Launched “Indian Vibes” In Frankfurt. The Mixed Crowd Going To This Club Night Was Fascinated Over And Over Again By Its Special Atmosphere To Which The Visual Concept Of Showing Bollywood Films Contributed Substantially – This Was Also The Starting Point For His „Orientation“ Concept. DJ Eastenders Created „Along The Path“ As A Joint-Venture With A Friend Of Him Called Afrit A Highly Talented Producer / Musician With Turkish Roots. Also A Lot Of The Featured Musicians Contributing To The Album Hailing From Countries Like Morocco Romania Egypt Or From Elsewhere On The Planet. 10 Tracks Tell Different Stories From The Not-So-Far Eastern Region Of The World. Now What Have We Got Here... World Music? Yes And No. Eastenders And Afrit Agree On The Fact That Any Pigeonhole Won’t Really Work For Their Music. The Special Thing About Their Sound Is The Healthy Combination Of Traditional Means And Instruments With The Latest And Up-To-Date Production Method. This Album Tickles Your Eardrums With A Huge Amount Of Strange Grooves That Easily Transform Into Or Sort Of Co-Exist Besides Contemporary Club Rhythms Like House Or Drum’n’Bass Even Downbeats At Times. „Along The Path“ Is Brought To Life By The Featured Guest Artists Who All Contribute Their Unique Story Turkish Rap Celebrity Sultan Tunc For Example Is The Featured Vocalist On The Hypnotic Downtempo Nightride “Taxici”. But Of Course He Is Not The Only Secret International Superstar On “Along The Path”. Shady Sheha A Young Egyptian Man Was Being Featured On Germany’s No. 1 Casting Show „Pop Idols“ And That’s Why Germany’s Most Important Political News Mag „Der Spiegel“ Wrote About His Story Reaching Millions Of Readers. The Strong Housedriven Eastenders Song “On The Ride” Is A Much Better Option For Shady’s Talent Than Any “Pop Idol” Cheapness. His Gifted And Unique Vocals Fuel A Wild Stampede Of Beats That Should Rock Any Dancefloor Around The Globe. The Acoustic Road Movie „Hai Cu Totii“ Features Afrit’s Roma Gypsy Friends From Romania. The Street Musicians Were Constantly Performing On The Street In Front Of Afrit’s Window Until Finally He Asked Them Into His Recording Studio. A True Story About Friendship Told In A Bittersweet Language By A Clarinet And An Accordion. Hamid Kouicem An Algerian Singer Quite Famous In France E.G. Crowns The Moroccan Gnawa Beat On „Allez Allez“ Putting Everybody Listening In A Serious Trance. Singers And Instrumentalists From All Sorts Of Foreign Countries The Organic Sounds Of All Those Traditional Instruments Those Beats And Grooves Full Of History Present Tense And Future It’s All For Real On “Along The Path”. The Darbouka The Tampur The Tablas The Kanun Flute They All Have Been Played Live And By Real Masters For This Special Occasion. For Eastenders And Afrit Really The Only Way To Transport The Full Blown Passion Of The Music They Love So Much. The Decent Sexy Feeling Of Bellydancing The Perfect Relaxation Promised By A Turkish Steam Bath Dancing Under Palmtrees After Excessive Consumption Of Sweet And Strange Alcoholica... All This And More Hides Behind The Secret Sesame Doors Of This Album. Open Them. This Especially Counts For My Personal Album Track Favourite „Vino Vino“ A Perfect Song For Those Hours Of “letting Go”. The Sort Of Drunk Drum’n’Bbass Smash Hit Is Ready To Knock Out Any Dancing Crowd Like That Famous “uh-Oh One Too Many” Glass Of Strong Red Wine During An Extensive Night Of Celebration And Party. Eastenders’ Tracks Will Probably Never Be Recognized Within Those Diverse “electronic Scenes” But Somewhere In Between And Beyond Instead. This Music Walks On So Many Paths – Way To Many For Only One Single Direction Only. And Surely There’s More Than One In There For You... Somewhere “Along The Path”. Text Frank Eckert read less