Listen To This: Monsta

Okay, we are spicing up this Video of the Week series on the blog. Every once in a while we will have a “Listen To This” post, which will take the place of that weeks “Video of the Week”. “Listen To This” will feature a song/music video from a German band that we want to share with our readers. Here in the US, people often overlook the fact that there are still German bands recording “modern” German music… not just the old oom-pah music. we hope you enjoy this new spin-off of the “Video of the Week” series. Now, onto the post…

Monsta by Culcha Candela

Culcha Candela is a Dancehall group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2001. Their lyrics range from political issues “Una Cosa” to party songs, such as “Partybus”. The name Culcha Candela can be translated into English roughly as “hot” or “bright” culture.

The band was formed in Berlin by founding members Johnny Strange, Itchyban, and Lafrotino. They were later joined by singers Larsito, Mr. Reedoo, Don Cali, and DJ Chino con Estilo.  The differing heritages of the band members allows for a mixture of lyrics in German, English, Spanish, and Patois.

Monsta is their new single off of their 4th album, “Schöne neue Welt” and the song has reached number 3 on the German charts.

If you know of a song/band that you’d like to see featured in “Listen to This”, send a link to the video or give us the name of the song/band to website@dank.org and we will consider publishing it in a future post.

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