MEUTE

German ensemble MEUTE is an 11-piece techno marching band, performing reworked dance tracks as well as original compositions on brass instruments and percussion. The group performs on-stage in clubs and concert halls, as well as unamplified on the street. Debuting with a 2016 cover of Âme’s “Rej,” which achieved viral success, they tackled another club staple, Laurent Garnier’s “The Man with the Red Face,” on their 2017 full-length Tumult. On their subsequent releases, MEUTE has covered songs by Deadmau5, Disclosure, Trentemøller, and others. Their fourth studio album, Empor, appeared in 2024. Hamburg-based group MEUTE was founded by trumpeter Thomas Burhorn in 2015. Their debut single, an interpretation of “Rej” by Âme, appeared in 2016, and received attention on social media. Additional singles such as “Kerberos” (Stephan Bodzin & Marc Romboy) and “Underground” (Nick Curly & Dennis Ferrer) appeared, and debut album Tumult was released on the group’s label of the same name in 2017. A version of “The Man with the Red Face” by Laurent Garnier led the album, and MEUTE made an on-stage appearance with Garnier at France’s Festival Yeah! The group became highly in-demand, regularly appearing at clubs and festivals. A video of their street performance of Flume’s remix of Disclosure’s “You & Me” went viral in 2018, and the group released a studio recording, as well as covers of Trentemøller’s “Miss You” and Dennis Ferrer’s “Hey Hey.” Following 2019 singles such as “Gula” (Deadmau5) and “Customer Is King” (Solomun), MEUTE released Live in Paris, recorded during a 40-city European tour. They also played concerts in Africa and North America. Puls, MEUTE’s second studio album, appeared in 2020, including interpretations of songs by Röyksopp, Flume, and Oscar House, as well as several originals. The group collaborated with ÄTNA on the 2021 single “Weirdo,” and released Taumel in 2022, including songs originally by Maceo Plex, Deadmau5, the Blaze, and others. In 2023, MEUTE covered “Sail” by AWOLNATION, and collaborated with pølaroit (“Verden”) and Henrik Schwarz (“The Coup”), whose song “Come Together” they also recorded. 2024 full-length Empor included MEUTE’s versions of songs by Erykah Badu, Objekt, and Floating Points. ~ Paul Simpson