RALF GUM

Ralf GUM´s career in the music biz started in 1990, as a DJ. Since 1993 he is producing. Always staying true to what he really feels, his sound managed to get a widely reknown trademark.

Harmony & Soul & Groove – just some aspects of Ralf´s typical music. At SUGAR BEAT he adds his love for a slick production. Wheater just giving the right touch of sound, maybe adding the right percussions, but surely freaking out his unique effects.

After various resident-clubs in the south of Germany Ralf deejays at two spots regularly at the moment. The "Airport" (Wuerzburg /Germany) got the living-room for his interpretation of house in 1998. Since 2002 you can enjoy Ralf´s NewGenerationSound at "Studio-Lounge" (Wuerzburg) as well. Besides the possibility to catch him on one of his steadily gigs all around.

To date Ralf GUM is one of the most popular German house artists and one of the few who also enjoys international popularity. Not only because of his productions for labels like Tommy Boy, Peppermint Jam, Flamingo or Infracom, but also with his own label GOGO Music, he receives good reputation worldwide.

CRISP

CrisP is always aiming to combine body & soul to a compact entirety. Whether there´s the need for some rolling & ruling basslines, funky guitars or groovy keys embedded in floating full-flavour harmonies,
decorations with energetic brass-arrangements & full string support, or just a digging hooktheme -
he is able to deliver it.

From day one, CrisP's world only was spinning because of music.
Early he studied several instruments in the classic way.
As a teenager he educated himself first in guitars, later in bass & drums and spent most of his time in his jam-room with writing & recording, preparing for gigs, or just jamming with friends to explore new shores.

In the last few years CrisP has dedicated all his inspirations to computer-based music.
His distinctive style joins influences from most different sides - a unique composition reaching from the early Lenny Kravitz & Jamiroquai over deeper House to the grand masters of Swing & Bossanova.

But even when CrisP´s productions are stamped by various kinds of artists, he's always able to find
his very own musical language.

STEFFEN MEDER

Steffen Meder started to play drums with the age of 10. He grew up in the live-jazz, funk- and world-music-scene and played with very good musicians from germany, brasil, amerika, africa and poland. Later he turned more towards club-music.

In the nineties Steffen played countless international gigs and tours with several bands. Soon he recognized the vast potential, offered by the combination of live drums with electronics and programming. Developing new ideas throught the use of, sometimes limiting, new technologies fascinates him.

Steffen studied all kinds of different musical forms extensively without ever loosing his instinctivly style of drumming. His influences reach from drummers like Manue Katchè (Sting, Peter Gabriel), Jeff Porcaro (Toto) and acts like Miles Davis, Chick Corea to 'electronic-music-artists' like Jazzanova, Rainer Trüby or NuYorican Soul.

Provided with an inexhaustible background, Steffen developed his incomparable style to play drums.

At the moment he is also playing with the real interesting modern funky band of Eugen De Ryck.