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(, stylized as MEUTE, German for "pack", "rout" or "crowd") is an eleven-piece self-described
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from Germany. The band arranges techno,
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and
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works by well-known DJs, augmenting them with electronic beats created by marching band instruments. In doing so, they seek to "
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a new genre by combining hypnotic driving techno and expressive brass band music", thereby "detaching electronic music from the DJ desk." Meute have toured Europe, the United States, and southern Africa, and have performed in a variety of venues, including city streets, music festivals, and classical concert halls.


Band history

Meute was founded by trumpeter Thomas Burhorn in
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in 2015. The band had their breakthrough in early 2016 when their video for the song "Rej" by Berlin DJ duo
Âme Âme is a German house/techno duo consisting of Kristian Beyer and . The duo started making tracks in 2001. Beyer and Wiedemann first met in 2000 in Beyer's record shop in their hometown of Karlsruhe. As they both liked Chicago house and Detroit ...
became a viral hit on
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. Within a week, their interpretation of the
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song received more than 400,000 views on
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. After the release of their debut album, ''Tumult'', in mid-2017, Meute toured music clubs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Luxembourg. In total, the band gave more than 150 concerts in their first two years of existence. In 2018, Meute participated in the showcase festivals ESNS and
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, ending the year as one of the most booked festival bands in Europe. In addition to formal gigs, Meute has given unannounced concerts in several cities. In June 2018, one such performance in Berlin gained widespread attention when a video of the band performing its song "You & Me (
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Remix)" went viral. , the video has had over 72 million views on YouTube making it the band's most widely viewed to date. Meute's unannounced October 2018 appearance in Rome drew attention to their single "Hey Hey (
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Remix)" in a similar fashion. Meute's arrangements have earned recognition from their original artists. In 2017, Meute and
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, whose song "The Man with the Red Face" the band had prominently covered, made a joint stage appearance at the 2017 Festival Yeah! in France. In 2018, Meute and
Stephan Bodzin Stephan Bodzin (born 4 August 1969 in Bremen) is a German DJ, techno and trance producer, and record label owner. Later that same year, the band played concerts in
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and
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with the help of the
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. Meute undertook their first North American tour in October 2019, with 14 performances in the United States and Canada. In October 2019, Meute released their first live album, ''Meute Live In Paris'', which they recorded in March 2019 at Le Trianon in Paris. The collection consists of 14 previously released songs as singles or on album, as well as three previously unreleased tracks. Additionally, Meute supports projects by Musicians without Borders with the help of Musik Bewegt, a German philanthropic organisation seeking to use music to make a difference in education, integration, health, and youth. In 2023 they appeared at
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in Australia. In April 2025, Meute performed at the
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in California.


Style

Meute's music is based on
techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...
,
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and
deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ...
hits. They call their covers or arrangements "reworks". These works are rearranged by the Hamburg musicians and adapted to the instruments of the band. Meute's combination of techno and acoustic brass band instruments is described in a ''
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'' article as "thrilling in ways both electronic music fans and live music aficionados alike can get behind." ''
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'' describes the band as placing a unique twist on the genres, in that " e hypnotic monotony of the electronic music is retained, but the sterile sounds from the machine are replaced by the warmer-sounding wind instruments." According to the ''
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'', the result sounds "Symphonic. Hymnlike. Orchestral." The band plays acoustic or amplified on major festival stages, in techno clubs, and on the street. Their cross-genre appeal has also led Meute to perform in classical settings such as the
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and Vienna Concert House.


Discography


Albums

* 2017: ''Tumult'' * 2019: ''Live in Paris'' * 2020: ''Puls'' * 2022: ''Taumel'' * 2024: ''Empor''


Singles

* 2016: "Rej" (
Âme Âme is a German house/techno duo consisting of Kristian Beyer and . The duo started making tracks in 2001. Beyer and Wiedemann first met in 2000 in Beyer's record shop in their hometown of Karlsruhe. As they both liked Chicago house and Detroit ...
) * 2016: "Mental Help" (
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) * 2016: "Kerberos" (
Stephan Bodzin Stephan Bodzin (born 4 August 1969 in Bremen) is a German DJ, techno and trance producer, and record label owner.Nick Curly /
Dennis Ferrer Dennis Ferrer (born December 26 1970) is a New York–based DJ, producer and remixer. He currently resides in Union City, New Jersey. A veteran of soulful house music production, he has worked with the likes of Masters at Work (MAW), Little Loui ...
) * 2017: "The Man with the Red Face" (
Laurent Garnier Laurent Garnier (born 1 February 1966), also known as Choice, is a French electronic music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJing in Manchester during the late 1980s. He became a producer in the early 1990s and recorded several albums. Early influe ...
) * 2017: "Acamar" ( Frankey & Sandrino) * 2018: "Miss You" (
Trentemøller Anders Trentemøller (; born 16 October 1972) is a Danish indie artist , producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. History Trentemøller started music in the late 1990s with different indie rock projects. In 2006, follow ...
) * 2018: "You & Me" (
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,
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Remix) * 2018: "Hey Hey" (Dennis Ferrer) * 2019: "Gula" (
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) * 2019: "Araya" ( Fatima Yamaha) * 2019: "Customer Is King" ( Solomun) * 2018: "You & Me" (live) * 2019: "Rushing Back" (
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, featuring
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) * 2019: "Panda" ( Oscar House) * 2020: "Slip" (
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) * 2020: "What Else Is There?" (
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) * 2020: "Zig Zag" (NTO) * 2020: "Unfolding" (
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) * 2020: "Raw" (original composition) * 2020: "Holy Harbour" (original composition) * 2021: "Weirdo" (original composition with ÄTNA) * 2021: "Intentional Dweeb" (Eddie) * 2021: "Expanse" (original composition) * 2022: "Peace" (original composition) * 2022: "Places" (
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) * 2023: "Sail" ( AWOLNATION) * 2023: "Verden" (with Pølaroit) * 2023: "The Coup" (with
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) * 2023: "Come Together" (featuring The Young ClassX) * 2023: "Hypnose" (Future Edit) * 2023: "Loss of Hope" * 2023: “LoCKDoWN2”


References


External links


Official website
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''Rooftop Session''
a live concert on the rooftop of the former , now fux eg, Hamburg-Altona, Germany, 2020-09-12 6:20
''Elbphilharmonie Sessions''
a live concert on the rooftop of the
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