The Scrucialists - Crew
Since 1997, Simon Hänggi (keys), Eric Gut (drums), Matthias Tobler (Bass) and Luc Montini (Guitar) are the Scrucialists. From the first concert on they were backing different singers during a show, although the Scrucialists had their own frontman. The Scrucialists intensified their work as a backing band after Richard "ites" White left Switzerland for Barbados. Up to date, the group has played for a long list of singers . They have perfected their musical abilties and repertoire and have rocked quite a few clubs between Madrid, Palermo, Ljubljana and Stockholm!!
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Highlights in the bandhistory have been the 14-days european tour with the jamaican dancehall queen LADY SAW in 2002, the "Transatlantic Dancehall Clash" a european tour with Dr. RING-DING and KING DJANGO in 2003 as well as the 2004 tour with swiss rap-crew TAFS, where they played sold-out shows all over switzerland.
The Scrucialists are not just a well-known live-band, they are also the team of producers with an own studio (www.onedrop.ch). It was there where their first album "King Django meets the Scrucialists" was recorded and mixed in 2003. The record is available throughout Europe and the USA.
In February 2005, the band flew to Jamaica to record singers and deejays, stars and newcomers, for their next album. The album is released in October 2005 on Rootdown-Records (Germany and worldwide) and Nation Music (Switzerland).
(bandbio as PDF can be found under downloads)
