disJam is an acid-jazz and jazz-funk

Jazz-funk

Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat , electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers...

 band from Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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The band's members have included Christoph Kähler (drums, guitar and vocals), Sascha Panknin

Sascha Panknin

Sascha Panknin is a German musician, songwriter and record producerand a founding member and bassist of the band disjam.His 5000 Records label has released artists such as TGFA, Deja-Move, Superpulse,...

 (bass guitar, guitar and keyboards), Volker Kurnoth (guitar and vocals), Ralf Petter (keyboards and vocals), Ole Janssen (saxophone) and Oliver Schumacher (percussion and keyboards).
disJam was formed in the early 1990s and has been known in Germany, Switzerland and Austria since the mid-1990s; they have frequently been on tour with Die Fantastischen Vier

Die Fantastischen Vier

Die Fantastischen Vier , also known as Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. The members are Michael Bernd Schmidt alias Smudo, Andreas Rieke alias And.Ypsilon, Thomas Dürr alias Hausmeister Thomas D and Michael 'Michi' Beck alias Dee Jot Hausmarke...

, as well as performed on their albums Lauschgift

Lauschgift

Lauschgift is the fourth studio album of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. It peaked the German charts at position 2, the Austrian at 10, and the Swiss at position 5...

and Live und Direkt

Live und direkt

Live und direkt is a double album of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier consisting of a live part and a studio part. The live part was recorded at three concerts during the Lauschgift-tour with their then backing band disjam, at Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin on February 19, 1996; at the...

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Discography

• Phuturing the Poetry of Lemn Sissay, Yo Mama Records, 1994.
• When It's Cold EP, Yo Mama Records, 1994.
• disJam, Instinct Records, 1995.
• Money, Yo Mama Records, 1997.
• Return of the Manchurian Candidate, Shadow Records
  Shadow Records
  Shadow Records was launched in 1995 as an Instinct Records sub-label to focus on the more organic side of the underground electronic music scene...
  
  , 1998.
• Hybrid Honey, 5000 Records, 1999.
• Completely Happy With It EP, 5000 Records, 1999.
• Hybrid Honey, Shadow Records
  Shadow Records
  Shadow Records was launched in 1995 as an Instinct Records sub-label to focus on the more organic side of the underground electronic music scene...
  
  , 2000.