The Ruffcats

Watsuuup?

THE Album is out!

Check out our brand new collab with the fantastic Rapturous Apollo Helios, aka RAH on all your favorite streaming services!

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Rapturous Apollo Helios, better known as RAH, has been making a name for himself as one of Berlins' most outstanding rappers, songwriters and vocalists. Originally hailing from Lagos, Nigeria, RAH’s music has always been influenced by his environment as well as a rich history of black music from hip hop to soul and, of course, Afrobeat.Since relocating to Berlin, RAH has made waves in the German capital with his weekly Swag Jam sessions. At these live events he has not only been able to show off his prowess as an exceptional MC and something of an improvisational genius, but also attract such luminaries as Erykah Badu and Bilal to join him on stage.Having crowned his journey from Lagos to Berlin with the release of his debut album, How Far? in 2018, RAH began the next stage of his sonic adventure by hooking up with long-time friends, the Ruffcats band.Their first single together, the Curtis Mayfield influenced Shifting Sands, dropped the same year to huge acclaim, and it wasn’t long before both parties looked towards working on a larger project together. After a pause for the pandemic, their collaborative process really began to bear fruit, and they are now set to release their debut full length LP on July 12 this year.

The album, entitled Orile To Berlin, marks RAH’s migration from the area he grew up in Lagos to the German capital he calls home today. It’s an LP steeped in Afrobeat and Highlife but with funk sensibilities and a hip hop attitude. Produced by Jochen Ströh, producer for Ebo Taylor classics Love & Death and Appia Kwa Bridge, and mixing engineer for Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band, it has a strong production pedigree. It represents the band’s own version of Afrobeat within the unwritten laws of this music, and without trying to make a Fela Kuti copycat record.

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RAH and The Ruffcats burgeoning relationship continues to move forward, with more recordings and live shows planned, including a German club tour kicking off in November this year.

Cats?
Who da Cats?

Uwe Breunig - Drums
Botond Ikvai-Szabo - Gitarre
Stefan Fuhr - Bass
Jean-Luc Jossa - Percussion
Lukas Fröhlich - Trumpet
Lars Zander - Saxophone
Friedrich Milz - Trombone
Werner Goldbach - Keyboards

All photos by Johnny Johnson

We played with other cats
★★★★★

Featured Artists

RAH, Flo Mega, Samy Deluxe, Ivy Quainoo, Stefanie Heinzmann, Retrogott, Blitz the Ambassador, King Khan, Sweet Charles, Nneka, LARY, Jaguar Wright, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Yarah Bravo, Miles Bonny, Bajka, Mellow Mark, Lady Alma, Mic Donet, Fünf Sterne Deluxe, Charly Klauser, Melane

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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