RotFront (often prefixed with: "Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv") is a world music band from

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History

The group was founded in 2003 as '' Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv RotFront '' by Ukrainian Yuriy Gurzhy together with Wladimir Kaminer and Hungarian Simon Wahorn. Koncert2 Rotfront

Other artists occasionally performed with RotFront. The number of musicians on stage sometimes reached fifteen. Actress and singer

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is a former band member. The German World Music Award Ruth was awarded in 2010 to RotFront for their performance at folk music festival TFF Rudolstadt.Ruth 2010

Style and background

The band plays in various styles including

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, hip-hop, Dance Hall,

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ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

and a variety of folk backgrounds. Song lyrics are written in multiple languages, such as

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, Russian,

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and Hungarian.

Discography

Albums

* ''Emigrantski Raggamuffin'' (2009) * ''Visa free'' (May 2011) * ''17 German Dances (17 Deutsche Tänze)'' ( April 2014 )

Compilations

* ''B -Style'' ( compilation contribution to ''listen to berlin'' (Berlin Music Commission) 2009) * ''Ya Piv (Tiger Hifi Echo Mix)'' ( 2009) * ''Zhenya ( P-Town Remix)'' ( Compilation contribution to'' Kaffee Burger '' (Duplicate Records) 2006)

External links

Official Site

Myspace page of RotFront

'' Yuriy Gurzhy: 'Achtung! The party is Russian-rock-free' ''
Alexandra Belopolsky
'' Café Babel ''

References

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