GRUPPA KARL-MARX-STADT in Leipzig!

In the organizer's words:

GRUPPA KARL-MARX-STADT invites you to a Balkan party!

The first notes from the trumpet and saxophone give the starting signal, the drums and a huge bass balalaika get the first dancing legs shaking. Balkan fever rises in the audience: Logically, because the GRUPPA KARL-MARX-STADT is in the house! Frontman Alexey performs both his own banging compositions and tried-and-tested feel-good songs - always with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a charming accent. Whether ska-punk, punk-rock or electro-pop - no rhythm on this globe is safe from the fiery drive of Gruppa!

Short version
Fat brass sections and driving rhythms combine to create Balkan ska in a class of its own: Gruppa Karl-Marx-Stadt is in the house! Dance orgies and a sweaty audience are of course included!

Biography
Turn off your head and let your legs take control - GRUPPA KARL-MARX- STADT introduces itself: What started in January 2013 in Chemnitz has become a five-piece combo dedicated to "Balkandisko" and influenced by rock, pop, ska and electro.

Alexey is the band's frontman and guitarist, whose lyrical jokes immediately resonate with the audience thanks to his charming accent. Tom and Sebastian form the horn section and burn themselves into the audience's memory with a fat brass sound. Tobias and Stephan bring the bodies into ecstasy with the bass balalaika and the drums.

It all started with cover songs, but gradually more and more of their own songs were added. Their first album BUDEM WESELITSJA was released in 2015, followed by DISKO in 2017. Their third album MAGNITOLA (2020) is a new collection of their own compositions that sing about the car radio - that's the literal translation of the album title - with a lot of power and groove. Everyday life is lovingly sung about with a musical variety ranging from rumba to electro-pop: The vodka-hardened babushka who likes to fight in the club, or the "I don't care" mood when you come home with empty pockets after a visit to the casino.

While the band got its start in "Karl-Marx Stadt", today's Chemnitz, concertgoers all over Germany and some neighboring countries have their ears blown by the turbulent horn section of "GRUPPA".

A characteristic mix of sounds accompanies GRUPPA when they take to the stage. And then, ideally, it goes like this: "The audience sweats, we sweat and everyone has fun".