Beat Funktion is a Swedish jazz fusion band. The band's music is a mix of
jazz
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,
funk
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,
R&B,
disco
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,
soul
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and
afro-beat
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, fundamentally instrumental but occasionally with vocal guest performers. The band consists of the six members Karl Olandersson on trumpet, Olle Thunstrom on tenor sax, Johan Oijen on electric guitar, Daniel Lantz on keyboards, Pal Johnson on electric bass and Jon Eriksson on drums. Daniel Lantz writes the majority of the band's music.
The band has released eight studio albums, six of which have received international acclaim outside of the band's native Sweden and high list placements on radio charts in the United States and Canada. The group's third album ''Voodooland'' was licensed to Japanese label P-Vine and also hit #1 on the American CMJ Jazz Charts for three consecutive weeks, becoming the ninth most played jazz album on those charts in 2014. The band was signed to management by Las Vegas-based agency Eggman Global Artists and consequently toured the US between Chicago and Los Angeles in the fall of 2014. Their fourth album ''Mandy's Secret'' became a first collaboration with rock producer
Mats Björke
Mats Anders Björke (born 10 June 1982) is a Swedish musician (keyboard) and producer. From 2004 to 2014, he was a member of the Swedish band Mando Diao.
Biography
Mats Anders Björke was born on 10 June 1982, in Falun, Sweden.
In 2002 he mov ...
, known from rock group
Mando Diao
Mando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album '' Hurricane Bar''. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. Band members are Björn ...
. It hit #1 on the Canadian Earshot Charts, #2 on the American charts where it lingered for 21 weeks. Even their fifth album ''Olympus'' hit #1 on the Canadian charts, hit #2 on the American charts and presented guest artists South African singer
Sani Gamedze
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* Sani (surname), a list of people
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and Swedish singer
Rebecca Laakso, as well as American rapper
Damon Elliott
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(
Dionne Warwick
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's son, Grammy-winning performer and producer of pop artists
Beyoncé
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,
Gwen Stefani
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Stefani rose to fame as a member and lead vocalist of the band No Doubt, whose hit singles include " Just a Girl", " Spiderwebs", an ...
,
Pink
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a o). ''Olympus'', a concept album based on Greek mythology, became the 12th most played jazz album on the CMJ Jazz Charts in 2015 and was nominated in four categories for the Scandinavian Soul Music Awards 2016: Best Band, Best Album, Best Producers (Daniel Lantz & Mats Bjorke) and Best Newcomer.
The band's sixth album ''Green Man'', the third collaboration with Mats Bjorke, saw a Swedish release in the fall of 2016 and another in the US, Canada and the rest of the world in the spring of 2017, and featured several guest vocalists:
Viktoria Tolstoy
Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which cor ...
,
Jasmine Kara
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,
Damon Elliott
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,
Claes Janson,
Matilda Gratte
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(Swedish Idol 2014)
AdéeAlicia Olatuja
and Deodato Siquir.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''The Plunge
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'' (2010)
* ''Moon Town
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'' (2013) (US #4)
* '' Voodooland'' (2014) (US #1, Canada #1)
* '' Mandy's Secret'' (2014) (US #2, Canada #1)
* ''Olympus
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Mountains
In antiquity
Greece
* Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
* Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Lesbos
* Mount Olympus (Euboea) ...
'' (2015) (US #2, Canada #1)
* ''Green Man
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'' (2016/2017)
* ''Roots'' (2019)
* ''Skywards'' (2023)
Live albums
* ''Live At The Red Horn District (ft. Natascha Flamisch) (2019)'' (2020)
* ''Live At The Baked Potato '14'' (2021) (US #4)
* ''Live At Fasching '14'' (2021)
*''Live At Nefertiti'' (2021)
* ''Live At Katalin '16'' (2021)
Singles
* " Maja" (2017)
* " Hayweather" (2017)
* "Rio
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" (2017)
*"Roots" (2019)
*"Pugnose" (2019)
*"Leave Me" (2019)
References
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External links
Official Website
Swedish jazz ensembles
Musical groups from Uppsala