BIOGRAPHY

Hoffmaestro

During the mid nineties the music scene of the Stockholm youth clubs was on fire. Different bands and genres would face off

on the same stage at any given night. The fight for the crowds affection was grueling and edged the bands on towards something

out of the ordinary. It was in this setting the members of Hoffmaestrofirst met.

With time they grew eleven men strong and all their different musical influences flourished into a unique sound. A sound that they've

now labeled skank-a-tronicpunkadelica. A dynamic genre that allows them to move freely between anything from ska and reggae

to techno, New Orleans funk or country as opposed accepting the limitations of a conventional genre label. This approach originates

from an aversion to creative limitations and also from the need to go along with what feels right in the moment no matter the public opinion.

The breakthrough came with the instant cult classic movie "Stockholm Boogie" in 2005. Written, directed and last but notleast scored

by the band the movie premiered one of the earliest Hoffmaestro hit songs "Desperado" as it's main theme. During the following years

the band released two EP:sand a full length album "the Storm".They were nominated for a swedish grammy for the video to the single

"Young dad" and they exploded ontothe Stockholm live scene.

Word about their mindboggling shows quickly spread beyond the nations capital and songs like "Highwayman" (which by now has

sold dubble platinum), "So do you (slimi jimmy bubby boy)" and "Seizethe day" became big internet hits. ""Word spread around that..."""

The band showed early on that no one can get a crowd going like Hoffmaestro. The tremendous energy conveyed by a seemingly

organized chaos on stage makes it impossible for the audience to not getinvolved.

Through persistent touring Hoffmaestro has solidifiedtheir position as one of the greatest live bands in Sweden and their shows aresold

out where ever they go. At Swedens Peace & Love festival in 2009 14 000people stormed the field with an estimated 6000 people

capacity and in 2010 over 34 000 people saw them open the Fantasia stage.

Hoffmaestro's latest tour the"skank-a-tronicpunkadelica tour" opened at a sold out Ericsson Globe arena Annex andduring the summer

of 2010 they were the heaviest booked band in Sweden settingaudience records and selling out shows where ever they went including

tying BobMarley's ancient record at Stockholms distinguished amusement park Gröna Lund.

The new full length album "skank-a-tronicpunkadelica" was released on the bands own label "Chraamofon" onoctober 6th 2010 and the

previous album "the storm" was the thirdmost played album on Swedens biggest music streaming site Spotify - second onlyto Lady Gaga

and Eminem during all of 2010.

This yearstour includes a number of major festivals abroad. Several major festivals in Germany, Norway, Denmark and Finland are lined

up including Roskilde in Denmarkwhere they're filling the prestigious last time slot ending the entirefestival.

In Sweden the bands energy is focused on a select number of big shows, joining forces with swedish hip hop royalty Timbuktu at four

select locations:Citadellet - Landskrona 13/8, Operataket - Oslo, Norway 20/8,Trädgårdsföreningen - Gothenburg 26/8 and

in conclusion Skeppsholmen - Stockholm27/8.

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