Vert

Funk / Ghettotech / Grunge

Cologne, Germany

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About

Call it ragtime-hiphop, call it tin pan electronica, call it steamcrunk, just don't call it late for dinner.

What the press have said about the latest album, Some Beans & an Octopus:

"a very, very unique album... Listen from start to finish and you're guaranteed to come out of the experience with a newfound muscial mindset" BPM

"unique melding of turn-of-the-century piano with quirky pop and electronic flourishes" Remix

"a mashup masterstroke of sonic exploration" Illinois Entertainer

"a magic infused wunderkammer set upon robotic legs that dances a mean swing and jag" Asthmatic Kitty

At the age of 6, Adam Butler started his musical career with his first piano lessons. At the age of 13 he swapped the piano for the electric guitar. At the age of 20, after a night taking acid found him outside the local music shop at opening time, wanting to swap his guitar for a sampler. At the age of 24, ankle damage forced him to stop skateboarding, and he became Vert.

Since then, he has released 3 albums on Sonig, including The Koln Konzert, a sample-free bastardpopisation of the original jazz classic.

After a crippling studio burglary in 2004, he emerged butterfly-like into the world, having transformed himself into a rusty crunk showtune singer-songwriter, and produced an album full of skewed pop classics, Some Beans & an Octopus (Sonig, October 2006), in cahoots with musicians such as rapper Noah 23, turntablist DJ Elephant Power and a mysterious Serbian double bassist.

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May 14, 2007

New Vert track on Hauschka remix album

There's a brand new Vert track, "Rocket Man", on an album of remixes of Hauschka tracks, "Versions of the Prepared Piano", on Karaoke Kalk. Available at all good record shops.

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Aquariums, Nov 8, 2007:

I really like the songs

italic recordings, Sep 11, 2007:

Thanks for Velocity.

The Strawberry Jam, Aug 25, 2007:

Have a jamulous day!

c l o u d, Jun 4, 2007:

Good 2 C U here. :)
Stay creative as always.
Ta.

Patrick Niall, May 15, 2007:

yeh i know what you mean, i gotta get out of leeds, so far Sydney is the best offer. may have to do london instead...then i guess ill end up in cologne or something.