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Relax war eine deutsche Musikgruppe, die vor allem in den 1980er Jahren bekannt war. Schon vor 1981 hatten Peter Volkmann (Drums) und Klaus Scheldt (Bass) zusammen mit Dieter Klier (Keyboard) und Peter Näder (Gitarre, Vocals) die Gruppe SPY gegründet, die Rockmusik mit englischen Texten sang. Nachdem Peter Näder als Frontmann 1981 die Gruppe verließ, änderte sich auch der Musikstil drastisch. Relax nahm 1982 die Single Radio hör'n auf. Dabei handelte es sich um einen "bayrischen Mundartrock", welcher wiederum ursprünglich von Reinhold Bilgeri stammte (Video Life). Der Titel wurde bereits ein Erfolg, so dass die Band weitere Singles im ähnlichen Stil...

Rancho Relaxo as we know it was born from parties that began in 1994. The first party took place one fateful Saturday night at the infamous Limelight Club in NYC. Abe Duque wanted to “try something different”. He wanted to create a party with a different concept. After some convincing club owner Peter Gatien allowed him use of the “Arcadia Room”. So, Abe asked all his “electronic music friends" to come, each with at least 1 electronic music device and jam. In “Arcadia” there was simply a table with a mixer and a couple of effect units. And whiskey. The...

Rancho Relaxo was formed back in 2002, when Inge Kjetil Sandvik Malmedal bought an old 70s Crumar organ from his neighbor, and with his electric guitar and a 4-track tape machine, he started to make music. Then Martin Schram, a longtime friend, joined in on the organ and they started to tape hours and hours of improvised music. The music was a mix between the noise of Sonic Youth, melodies of Jesus and Mary chain and the drone of Spacemen 3. Droning guitar, monolithic organ and sometimes howling vocals; the style came naturally. Soon Khalil Olsen, another long time friend...

No Relax is a band formed during a joint tour of Ska-P and B.D.P. in 2004 (Bambole Di Pezza) in Italy, where two protagonists Joxemi and Micky have met. They have released two albums, "Gridalo!" (2004) and "Virus de rebelión" (2006), both being Punk-Rock at base mixed with Swing, Reggae and other genres. The last one comes in two languages - Italian and Spanish, for Europe and Latin America. Their lyrics affect wide range of problems from social and ecological problems, to animal rights, to personal feelings and introspection. .