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MAALO & THE FUNK FELLOWS

Funk, Soul, Groove... but not the music from back in the old days. MAALO creates fresh new material mixing European songwriting with American show elements. He is lead singer, keyboardist, composer and producer of his international award-winning album "soul stories". His lyrics focus on today's lifestlye and relationships as well as on the ecological situation of our planet. MAALO's live show with the Funk Fellows, a 9-piece band whose musicians have played with Falco, Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius and Jimi Tenor, combines extrovert funk performance on original 70s instruments with a powerful choir & horn section. Though founded upon traditional song structure, the group's varied live concerts give enough space for great instrumental solos and vocal features. One moment the band is inviting you to submerge into a seductive ambient atmosphere with dubby reggae-grooves, jungle jams and smooth R&B-styles; The next, its funkier, more disco-influenced tracks are filling the dancefloor. Since his childhood MAALO aka Albert O. Mair has been interested in sophisticated soul and pop music and has learned from the arrangements of great producers like Quincy Jones, Prince, Al Jarreau or George Michael. Join the GroovEvent!

press:
MAALO & the Funk Fellows, an international band from Europe, dished out some fabulous funk to promote their brand new "Soul Stories" album. Playing a mix of contemporary funk, soul and R&B with a good mix of up tempo numbers and ballads, they really got the crowd going. The cool vocal and horn arrangements enrich the music harmonically and rhythmically. The wah-wah guitar, Fender Rhodes piano and Moog synthesizer give MAALO's sound an authentic 70s touch. (prodosh.com)
The Funk Fellows put themselves into an unbelievable energy level on stage. Nobody remains seated, and no one did at the Porgy & Bess. At the end of the evening one thing was clear: You want more! More soul and above all more of MAALO! (Jazz Café)
"The Album represents perfectly produced mainstream soul/funk in the tradition of 70/80's westcoast supergroups like Maze feat. Frankie Beverly or Earth Wind & Fire." (Soulseduction)
"A great soul-musician, who creates R&B music of a special type." (Wieselburger Livemusik Festival)