broadcast 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 and 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 LP. Damn! Over the next three years, I bought every compilation released; Sound of Funk, Luv 'N' Haight, Soul Patrol; not forgetting all the bootleg comps, too.

All of these people (my brother, Fritz Egner and some 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 DeutschMarks! Funny, aint it? And that was only the beginning...

Most of my knowledge regarding soul/funk, 45s/LPs, came from the 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 soul popcorn, beside that I spin in several bars/clubs in germany, the uk, austria, switzerland etc. My musical interests have developed over the years so that now I am also collecting nu jazz, triphop, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, etc., and am also producing. Beside that I founded tramp records in late 2003. so far I have released 32 45rpm single releases (including 17 reissues) and tramps first long player which is simultaneously the first album by the hi-fly orchestra. (trlp-9001) After having released two deep funk/raw soul compilations called "movements pt.1" (released january 2005) and "movements pt.2" (released august 2006) Furthermore I released the first freestyle compilation on tramp called 'this is my thing' in june 2007. All three compilations contain seriously rare funk 45 tracks from the late 60s to mid 70s. (available on cd and lp/double-lp with gatefold cover). March 2008 saw the light of the first afrobeat lp by Kaleta & ZoZo Afrobeat. Keep watching tramprecords.com for updates in the future!