Moop Mama is a brass band based in

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, Germany. The ten-person group includes two percussionists and a

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, and was founded in 2009. They describe their style as urban brass, mixing hip hop and the music of traditional

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s. The band has played at festivals, for television and film, and at political events, with a focus on spontaneous concerts in public space. Beginning in 2011, the band has recorded albums, singles and videos.

History

Moop Mama was founded in 2009 at the initiative of the saxophonist Marcus Kesselbauer, as a group of seven brass players, two percussionists and a rapper. Kesselbauer is also the band's composer and arranger. Their first "public rehearsal" was at Munich's

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in 2009. They became recognized for many short unannounced concerts in public space (''Guerilla-Konzerte''), such as pedestrian areas and parks, using a

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to amplify the rapper's voice. Sometimes the concerts were regarded as unwanted noise ('), causing conflicts with the police. The band appeared on television, such as ''

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'' and ' in 2011, and ' in 2012. They have performed regularly for the local ''Vereinsheim Schwabing'' of

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(BR). For the film ', they supplied part of the film score and appeared as actors. The band performed at festivals such as in 2012 at the

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in Lärz, the Splash! festival in

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, the in Switzerland, the in

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, the in Breitenbach am Herzberg,

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in Freiburg, and the festival in Hamburg. They also played in the program of the 2012 Champions League final in Munich, and supporting

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at the

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. They performed at the 2016 in Großpösna, at the in Horb the same year, and at the 2019

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in Neuhausen ob Eck. In September 2012, the band played on an invitation of Goethe-Institut in

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and

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. In September 2018, the band played a spontaneous concert at the

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to protest against its clearing by RWE. On 21 June 2019, they performed as part of a large demonstration of

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at the Aachen Tivoli for several thousand people. The band played a 10th anniversary concert at the Tollwood in the Munich Musik-Arena on 18 July 2019, announced as playing "no finished beats, no samples, no electronic instruments" and "brute loud and secretly quiet".

Discography

Albums

* 2011: ''Deine Mutter'' () * 2013: ''Das rote Album'' (Millaphon Records)''Moop Mama''
Millaphon. Retrieved 5 November 2013. * 2016: ''M.O.O.P. Topia'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2017: ''Live, Vol. 1'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2018: ''ICH'' (Mutterkomplex urban media) * 2020: ''Live Vol.2'' (Mutterkomplex urban media)

Singles

* 2011: ''König der Stadtmitte'' (Millaphon Records) * 2012: ''Liebe'' (Millaphon Records) * 2013: ''Party der Versager'' (Millaphon Records) * 2014: ''Stadt die immer schläft'' (Millaphon Records) * 2016: ''Meermenschen'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2016: ''Lösch das Internet'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2016: ''Die Erfindung des Rade''s (Mutterkomplex) * 2017: ''25/8'' (Live 2016) (Mutterkomplex) * 2017: ''Komplize'' (Live 2016) (Mutterkomplex) * 2018: ''Molotow'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2018: ''Nüchtern'' (Mutterkomplex) * 2018: ''Kapuze'' (Mutterkomplex)

Videos

* 2012: ''Liebe'' * 2013: ''Party der Versager'' * 2014: ''Stadt die immer schläft'' * 2016: ''Meermenschen'' * 2016: ''Lösch das Internet'' * 2016: ''Die Erfindung des Rades'' * 2016: ''Alle Kinder'' (feat.

) * 2017: ''Komplize'' (Live) * 2017: ''25/8'' (Live) * 2018: ''Molotow'' * 2018: ''Nüchtern'' * 2018: ''Kapuze''

References

External links

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