B-Tribe, or The Barcelona Tribe of Soulsters, is a musical project of the German-born musicians and producers Claus Zundel

Claus Zundel

Claus Zundel is a German composer, songwriter, producer and pianist. He has created several worldwide successful musical projects, most notable - Sacred Spirit and B-Tribe , as well as more Indie projects such as "Moroccan Spirit", "Classical Spirit", "Divine Works", Ancient Spirit and his latest...

, Markus Staab and Ralf Hamm ("The Brave"), who are also known for their Sacred Spirit

Sacred Spirit

Sacred Spirit is a musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm and Markus Staab. The music is of electronic, new age, world, ambient, house, jazz and blues genres. Sacred Spirit's total worldwide album sales estimated to be over 15 million copies...

 project. Driven by the use of classical Spanish guitar and other elements of flamenco

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 music mixed with trip-hop-like ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 tunes. All the albums were recorded in Zundels's own studio on Ibiza

Ibiza

Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

, Spain. Spanish musician Paco Fernandez plays guitars and cello parts are performed by Frankfurt Radio Orchestra member Eric Plummetaz.

Career

B-Tribe first hit the music scene in 1993 with ¡Fiesta Fatal!

Fiesta Fatal!

Fiesta Fatal! is the 1993 debut album by B-Tribe. Described by Allmusic as sounding like "the music of Vangelis with a Spanish flavor", its title track was a European hit.-Track listing:#"Intro: Sueno del Cielo" - 1:13...

, the single of that title "¡Fiesta Fatal!" becoming a #1 Dance hit in Europe. It peaked at #64 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in October 1993. B-Tribe was born into a niche (coming out that same year was Enigma

Enigma (musical project)

Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...

's The Cross of Changes

The Cross of Changes

The Cross of Changes is a 1993 album by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's second album, following MCMXC a.D., released three years earlier....

, while Deep Forest

Deep Forest

Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats...

's self-titled album had come out in late 1993). "¡Fiesta Fatal!" and "Suave Suave

Suave Suave

-Track listing:#Suave Suave#Que Mala Vida #Sensual #Ahoy#Hablando#Interlude #Albatross#Te Siento#Nanita...

" (which was released in 1995) became part of a less commercial side of the so-called World music

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

 scene that was growing in popularity in the United States during the mid 1990s. The Brave released the third B-Tribe album Sensual Sensual

Sensual Sensual

-Track listing:#"Overture " - 4:04#"Alergria" - 5:59#"Sometimes" - 5:14#"Hablame" - 4:07#"Sensual Sensual" - 6:03#"Zapateado" - 5:51#"Tribute to J.S. Bach" - 3:19#"La Guapa" - 3:29#"Deseperada" - 3:48#"Sa Trincha" - 4:10...

. Their popularity would be evidenced in 1997, arguably the peak of the genre's popularity, with the release of the first Pure Moods

Pure Moods

Pure Moods is a series of compilation albums of New Age music released by Virgin Records. The series focuses on the genres of New Age, Ambient, World Music, and to a lesser extent, subdued Electropop and Smooth Jazz...

album. B-Tribe did not make the cut for Pure Moods the album, but the rendition of "She Moved Through the Fair

She Moved Through the Fair

"She Moved Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish folk song, existing in a number of versions and which has been recorded many times.-Origins:...

" from 2001's ¡Spiritual, Spiritual!

¡Spiritual, Spiritual!

¡Spiritual, Spiritual! is the fourth album by B-Tribe, released in 2001. According to the sleeve notes, "We believe there is a peace that lives within us all. It is a place of vision and clarity, where the rhythm of life moves in harmony with a higher consciousness".-Track listing:...

was featured on the compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Pure Moods IV.

The album ¡Spiritual, Spiritual! is the most ambient album by the project. Only a handful of tracks feature a distinct drumbeat and the cello features in only one song on the album. B-Tribe's next album was the aptly titled 5 in 2003; it features songwriting and vocal contributions by African supermodel Luna Mohamed. The sixth B-Tribe album was released twice - as a limited release in 2007 on Macao Cafe, and a re-release on Holophon in December 2008.

Discography

• ¡Fiesta Fatal!
  Fiesta Fatal!
  Fiesta Fatal! is the 1993 debut album by B-Tribe. Described by Allmusic as sounding like "the music of Vangelis with a Spanish flavor", its title track was a European hit.-Track listing:#"Intro: Sueno del Cielo" - 1:13...
  
  (1993)
• Suave Suave
  Suave Suave
  -Track listing:#Suave Suave#Que Mala Vida #Sensual #Ahoy#Hablando#Interlude #Albatross#Te Siento#Nanita...
  
  (1995)
• Sensual Sensual
  Sensual Sensual
  -Track listing:#"Overture " - 4:04#"Alergria" - 5:59#"Sometimes" - 5:14#"Hablame" - 4:07#"Sensual Sensual" - 6:03#"Zapateado" - 5:51#"Tribute to J.S. Bach" - 3:19#"La Guapa" - 3:29#"Deseperada" - 3:48#"Sa Trincha" - 4:10...
  
  (1998)
• ¡Spiritual, Spiritual!
  ¡Spiritual, Spiritual!
  ¡Spiritual, Spiritual! is the fourth album by B-Tribe, released in 2001. According to the sleeve notes, "We believe there is a peace that lives within us all. It is a place of vision and clarity, where the rhythm of life moves in harmony with a higher consciousness".-Track listing:...
  
  (2001)

B-Tribe 5 (2003)

Track listing:

1. Intro
2. Anika (feat. Luna)
3. Angelic Voices
4. Demasiado
5. Love (feat. Luna)
6. Misterio / Interlude
7. Wisdom & Courage (feat. Luna)
8. Ode to Dolores del Rio
9. Mi Alma Espanol
10. Luna Llena (feat. Luna)
11. ¡Libera Me'!

Holophon presents B-Tribe Volume 6 (2008)

Track listing:

1. Agua Azul
2. Suspiro
3. Lagrimas
4. Cristoblanco del Corcovado
5. La alma de la Guitarra
6. Pachamama
7. Principessa
8. Asturias
9. Monasterio
10. Sukha
11. Sin Alegria
12. Hasta Luego/Goodbye

Singles

• "¡ Fiesta Fatal !" (1993)
• "Nadie Entiende (Nobody Understands)" (1993)
• "You Won't See Me Cry" (1993)
• "Nanita (Spanish Lullaby)" (1995)