Querbeat

Querbeat is a German brassband, which is active in the Cologne Carnival and became popular with a mix of Carnival-Songs and Samba-rhythms. Since 2016, the band is writing and playing their own songs.

Querbeat
Background information
OriginCologne and Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
GenresColognian Dialect and Karnevalsmusik, Brass music
Years active2001–present
Websitewww.querbeat.info
Members
  • Jojo Berger
    Electric guitar, Vocals
  • Daniel Breidenbach
    Trumpet
  • Valentin Marsall
    Trumpet
  • Philipp Mull
    Trumpet
  • Stephan Gerhartz
    Trumpet
  • Lenny Michaelis
    Helicon
  • Sebastian Schneiders
    Trombone
  • Hubertus Gierse
    Trombone
  • Andy Berger
    Bass guitar
  • Carlos Kurschilgen
    Mellophone
  • Christian Clever
    Drum kit
  • Janine Dornbusch
    Saxophone
  • Raoul Vychodil
    Saxophone

History

Querbeat was founded in 2001 by Erhard Rau as a school band of the Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn-Beuel. In the first years, the band played on city events mainly in Bonn and the area around Bonn. 2007, they started to play in the Colognian Carnival. Querbeat became known by playing on Carnival sessions of the WDR radio and television and at the proclamation of the Cologne Dreigestirn.[1] In the session 2017/18, the band had 180 gigs.[2]

In November 2010, Querbeat published the first song Colonia Tropical, followed by Allez Olé Alaaf (2011), Stonn op un danz (2012), Hück oder nie (2013) and Nie mehr Fastelovend (2014). The first album Cuba Colonia was released in 2014, which contains Cover versions of famous Carnival songs in latin american style. The first album with own songs was Fettes Q in 2016. Since 2017, this album is available as a live DVD Fettes Q: Live im Palladium.[3] In the same year, the band started their first tour through Germany.[4] On 12 October 2018, the second album Randale & Hurra was released.[5]

Querbeat live at Leverkusener Jazztagen 2019

Discography

Albums
  • Cuba Colonia (2014)
  • Fettes Q (2016)
  • Randale & Hurra (2018)

Songs
  • Colonia tropical (2010)
  • Allez Olé Alaaf (2011)
  • Stonn op un danz (2012)
  • Hück oder nie (2013)
  • Nie mehr Fastelovend (2014)
  • Tschingderassabum (2015)
  • Dä Plan (2016)
  • Guten Morgen Barbarossaplatz (2017)
  • Randale & Hurra (2018)

References
  1. Dietl, Heinz (1 January 2017). "Querbeat im Interview – Ehemalige Mitglieder einer Bonner Schüler-Big-Band erleben großen Durchbruch" [Interview with Querbeat – Former members of a Bonn school big band are experiencing big breakthrough]. General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Bonn: Bonner Zeitungsdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt H. Neusser GmbH. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. Bartsch, Simon; Dyck, Andreas; Heinz, Johanna (6 February 2018). "Der Ovend is dud, lang lääve der Morgen – Eine Nacht unterwegs mit Querbeat". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Bonn: Bonner Zeitungsdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt H. Neusser GmbH. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. Fettes Q: Live im Palladium, Rhingtön (Universal Music), 8 December 2017, retrieved 17 February 2018
  4. "Querbeat – About". facebook.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. "Bonner Band im GA-Interview – Querbeat hat einfach "Bock auf alles"". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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