on bayern 3, a radio station under public law! playing mostly standard soul and funk tunes, sometimes I heard those so-called "rare groove" tracks. I remember exactly when he said: "there is a new compilation out there called the sound of funk, vol. 1." the song he played from it was no other than leroy & the driver's "sad chicken." I was like..."damn, what the f**k is this!? I must get this compilation." I bought it only a few days later. immediately after getting it home, I was hooked to the rare groove sound. I couldn't believe there were so many good tracks on one album. damn! Over the next three years, I bought every compilation released; sound of funk, luv 'n' haight, not forgetting all the bootleg comps, too.

all of these people (my brother, fritz egner, the desco crew and others) have influenced me regarding the style and quality of how good funk should sound. I remember well when I bought 'the meters' "people say" 7" for 12 deutsch marks (about $8.) After leaving the shop with the 45 in my hands, I kept thinking how crazy I was to buy a 7" single for 12 deutsch marks! funny, ain't it? and that was only the beginning...

most of my knowledge regarding soul/funk 45s and albums came from those compilations. you can imagine that that became costly, but now, several years later, I am very happy that it happened like that.

I am running my own monthly club night here in munich called "shake-a-leg" together with jerker kluge, beside that I spin in several bars/clubs in germany, england, france, spain etc. my musical interests have developed over the years so that now I am also collecting funky breaks, drum'n'bass, afro beat etc. I founded tramp records in late 2003. so far I have released more than 60 45RPM singles (including 35 re-issues) as well as several compilations incl. "movements vol.1" (2005), "movements vol.2" (2006), "movements vol.3" (2010), "movements vol.4" (2010), three albums in the "contemporary..." series ("contemporary funk" 2009, "contemporary jazz" 2010 and "contemporary afro beat" 2011). artist albums incl. kaleta & zozo afrobeat (2008), "the hi-fly orchestra" (2007/2009), "the qualitons" (2010), "lucky brown & funk revolution" (2011) and "jaribu afrobeat arkestra" (2012). the next projects to be released are two albums in the "the story of..." series as well as more compilations and artist albums.
keep watching tramprecords.com for updates in the future!