Moop Mama

German brass band

Hip hop
brass

Years active2009 (2009)–presentWebsitewww.moopmama.com

Moop Mama is a brass band based in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The ten-person group includes two percussionists and a rapper, and was founded in 2009. They describe their style as urban brass, mixing hip hop and the music of traditional marching bands. 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.^[1] Kesselbauer is also the band's composer and arranger.^[2] Their first "public rehearsal" was at Munich's Englischer Garten in 2009.^[1] They became recognized for many short unannounced concerts in public space (Guerilla-Konzerte), such as pedestrian areas and parks, using a megaphone to amplify the rapper's voice. Sometimes the concerts were regarded as unwanted noise (Ruhestörung [de]), causing conflicts with the police.^[2]

The band appeared on television, such as Inas Nacht^[3] and ttt – titel, thesen, temperamente [de] in 2011,^[4] and Checker Can [de] in 2012. They have performed regularly for the local Vereinsheim Schwabing of Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). For the film Vatertage – Opa über Nacht [de], they supplied part of the film score and appeared as actors.^[5]

The band performed at festivals such as in 2012 at the Fusion Festival in Lärz, the Splash! festival in Ferropolis of Gräfenhainichen,^[6] the Open Air Gampel [de] in Switzerland, the Taubertal Festival [de] in Rothenburg ob der Tauber,^[7] the Burg Herzberg Festival [de] in Breitenbach am Herzberg, TFF Rudolstadt, Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg, and the Elbjazz [de] festival in Hamburg. They also played in the program of the 2012 Champions League final in Munich, and supporting Jan Delay at the Tollwood Festival.^[8] They performed at the 2016 Highfield Festival [de] in Großpösna, at the Mini-Rock-Festival [de] in Horb the same year, and at the 2019 Southside in Neuhausen ob Eck.^[9]

In September 2012, the band played on an invitation of Goethe-Institut in Thessaloniki and Athens. In September 2018, the band played a spontaneous concert at the Hambach Forest to protest against its clearing by RWE.^[10] On 21 June 2019, they performed as part of a large demonstration of Fridays for Future at the Aachen Tivoli for several thousand people.^[11] 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".^[12]

Discography

Albums

2011: Deine Mutter (Millaphon Records [de])^[2]
2013: Das rote Album (Millaphon Records)^[13]
2016: M.O.O.P. Topia (Mutterkomplex)^[14]
2017: Live, Vol. 1 (Mutterkomplex)^[15]
2018: ICH (Mutterkomplex urban media)^[12]
2020: Live Vol.2 (Mutterkomplex urban media)^[16]

Singles

2011: König der Stadtmitte (Millaphon Records)
2012: Liebe (Millaphon Records)^[13]
2013: Party der Versager (Millaphon Records)^[13]
2014: Stadt die immer schläft (Millaphon Records)^[17]
2016: Meermenschen (Mutterkomplex)^[18]
2016: Lösch das Internet (Mutterkomplex)^[19]
2016: Die Erfindung des Rades (Mutterkomplex)^[20]
2017: 25/8 (Live 2016) (Mutterkomplex)
2017: Komplize (Live 2016) (Mutterkomplex)
2018: Molotow (Mutterkomplex)
2018: Nüchtern (Mutterkomplex)
2018: Kapuze (Mutterkomplex)

Videos

2012: Liebe^[21]
2013: Party der Versager^[22]
2014: Stadt die immer schläft^[23]
2016: Meermenschen
2016: Lösch das Internet
2016: Die Erfindung des Rades^[24]
2016: Alle Kinder (feat. Jan Delay)^[25]
2017: Komplize (Live)
2017: 25/8 (Live)
2018: Molotow^[26]
2018: Nüchtern^[27]
2018: Kapuze^[28]

References

^ ^a ^b "Vorgestellt / Moop Mama / Ruhestörung als Prinzip". BR. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hörmann, Andi (24 October 2011). "Guerilla-Konzerte im Stadtraum / Der Musiker Marcus Kesselbauer und seine Band Moop Mama". Deutschlandradio (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Inas Gäste und Songs, Folge 10" (PDF). NDR (in German). 19 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ Rückschau: Die urbane Blaskapelle / Wie "Moop Mama" als Musikguerilla die Straße rockt ARD. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ "Vatertage - Opa über Nacht". Studiocanal (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ splash! 2012 Line Up Splash! Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ Taubertal Festival 2012 / Programm Taubertal Festival. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ Kubitz, Eveline (1 July 2012). "Jan Delay auf dem Tollwood - "Ihr steht voll im Saft, ne?!"". kultur-vollzug.de (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ Das war das Southside Festival 2019 (in German) southside.de 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Ticker 25.9 – 1.10". hambachforest.org. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Klimastreik am Freitag". ac2106.fridaysforfuture.de (in German). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Moop Mama / jubilee concert 10 years Moop Mama". tollwood.de. 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Moop Mama. Millaphon. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
^ "Moop Mama – M.O.O.P.Topia – (CD)". Saturn.
^ "Live, Vol. 1". 2017-10-06.
^ "Live Vol.2". 2020-08-26.
^ "Stadt die immer schläft". 2014-04-18.
^ "Meermenschen". 2016-04-08.
^ "Lösch das Internet". 2016-04-08.
^ "Die Erfindung des Rades". 2016-05-13.
^ "Liebe" [Love] (in German). 2012. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Party der Versager" [Loosers' party] (in German). 2013. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Stadt die immer schläft" [City that always sleeps] (in German). 2014. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Die Erfindung des Rades" [The invention of the bicycle] (in German). 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Alle Kinder" (in German). 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Molotow" (in German). 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Nüchtern" (in German). 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Kapuze" (in German). 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-24.