Television debut @ BR Puls
We made our television debut! BR Puls named us Band of the Week along with an invitation to their studio to do an interview and to shoot two live performances (and let us drink impressive amounts of coffee)!
By the way, we easily set a new record by cramming 18 musicians and visual artist Sascha Bank into the recording studio and beat German rap veterans Blumentopf by
doing so… 
You can watch the results on the BR Puls site or on Youtube. Have fun!
see you soon,
Monika und Bigband
June Tour!
June is packed!
On Saturday we kicked off our summer tour with an open air concert at Munich Marienplatz, heart and center of the city. But already on Friday we are heading to Berlin, our first time in the capital, to play a double gig (June 22 and 23) at the B-Flat!
For our last summer gig in Munich we will be returning to the wonderful Milla Club, that already hosted us in May. We immediately felt at home there and the acoustics were fantastic, so we are really looking forward to playing there again on June 23!
Once again we are headed north, playing Fusion Festival on June 26! How great is that? Sadly we cannot stay to see some other acts, but Alto Adige Jazz Festival in Italy is waiting, a truly one-of-a-kind festival with loads of fresh and exciting bands doing insane stuff. I already had the chance to visit Bolzano last week, one of our two festival-stops there, and it is such a gorgeous city!
We can’t wait to play all these concerts and hope to see you there!
Cheers
Monika and Bigband
CD-Review in “Le Monde”!
We are happy to present to you our first CD review from France! It’s “Le Monde”!!!
Bisous,
Monika et Bigband
“Chanteuse et guitariste allemande, Monika Roscher, 29 ans, est à la tête d’un formidable orchestre, à la fois classiquement dans l’instrumentation du big band et groupe de rock par l’apport de sonorités électrico- électro et une manière de pousser la rythmique vers le binaire. L’écriture de Monika Roscher est aussi pour une part nettement inscrite dans la culture pop-rock. Son chant sera parfois évocateur de celui, voilé, de l’Islandaise Björk. Avec un grand plus de chaleur et de naturel en faveur de Monika Roscher. Cet orchestre, issu d’un projet de fin d’études de la jeune femme au conservatoire de Munich, et sa musique sont une superbe découverte. Une grande claque même. Avec dans les parties chansons (Future3, Human Machines…) de quoi en remontrer à des groupes pop bien plus en vue, et dans les parties instrumentales, une inventivité constante pour une musique de pleine expressivité.” Sylvain Siclier
Editors Pick at the Downbeat Magazine
Our CD ” Failure in Wonderland” was chosen for the editors pick in the
US Jazzmagazine “Downbeat” in April. You can find the whole editors pick here under “reviews”.
Cheers, Monika und Bigband
Hafensommer Wuerzburg 09.08.
We are going to play at ” Hafensommer Wuerzburg” on August 9th. It will be a double show with Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN. Bring your goggles, fins and swimming trunks, because it’s a floating stage…we already prepare for a stagedive during our song “die Parade” which is about a collective jump off a cliff!:)
Thank you, Initiative Musik!
We are happy to announce that the national artist support program “Initiative Musik” is supporting our 2013 tour!
Thank you very much, you’re great!
White Noise /Black Silence Festival in Munich
It was wonderful in Munich at the White Noise/Black Silence Festival!
Our live-video of that show will be coming out soon, cheers!
Tourstart in Nuremberg
Thanks to all of you who where at the soldout MUZ
in Nuremberg, we had such a great time with you! Thanks a lot!:)
We are looking forward to play in Munich on Sunday at the White Noise and Black Silence Festival at Gasteig,
See you soon!
Monika and Bigband
Interview with Bushwah!
This news is a little belated, but definitely worth a post! Wilhelm Wisenheimer from bushwah.com did this wonderful interview which you can read below. Be sure to check out his blog, too!
Concerts in March: Nuremberg and Munich
On March 27th we are playing at Musikzentrale in Nuremberg, doors open at 8pm.
On March 31st, Easter Sunday, we are playing the White Noise/ Black Silence Festival at Gasteig, Munich. We are happy to be sharing the stage with Moop Mama. So when you have finished (or frustratedly called off) your Easter Egg hunt, head over to the Gasteig!
Here’s the trailer for the festival!
White Noise / Black Silence-Festival Trailer 2013 from Open Video Medien Labor on Vimeo.
New concerts confirmed and US-release!
We are happy to play Bezau Beatz, Austria, Lott-Festival near
Koblenz, Bluval Festival in Straubing and we are looking forward to returning to Langenzenn in September, home sweet home!:) For more details check out “gigs”.
You can still order our new record here on our site, (“shop”) and support us directly as a band.
The US-release month is March, but if you want to be faster, send us an e-mail.
Cheers,
Monika Roscher
Prize at the BuJazzO competition 2013
We’ve been awarded the third prize for “Schnee aus Venedig” (Snow of Venice) at the Federal Jazz Orchestra of Germany (BuJazzO) Composition Contest 2013! I’m looking forward to the rehearsal in march and am curious how this great band’s interpretation of our piece will sound like. See you soon!
CD Release Concert
Happy New Year everyone!:)
We had a great CD release concert at the sold out Atomic Cafe, Munich. You can check out some pics in the gallery.
During the coming weeks we will be working on new material and are planning concerts for summer. Already confirmed is a double-gig on June 21./22. in Berlin and we are really looking forward to visit the capital!
Hope to see you around sometimes,
Cheers,
Monika
Youtube-Video Live and in Color
Here is a video collage accompanying our song “Human Machines”, impressions of our release concert and our rehearsal, enjoy:)
Our CD is finally released!
It’s a digipack and has more than 60 minutes of music on it. I hope you e
njoy it and if you are interested in ordering one, you can find it under “music”.
Thank you for your support!
Monika and Bigband