{{Short description|German world music band}} {{refimprove|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{For|the German paramilitary organization Rotfront|Roter Frontkämpferbund}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = RotFront | image = Rotfront 2011 SO36 02.jpg | caption = Rotfront during SO36 concert in 2011. | image_width = | years_active = {{Start date|2003}}–present | genre = Reggae, ska, dancehall, klezmer, hip hop | website = {{URL|http://www.rotfront.com/}} | current_members = * Yuriy Gurzhy * Simon Wahorn * Katya Tasheva * MadMilian * Anke Lucks * Dan Freeman * Max Bakshish * Daniel Kahn * January Penny | past_members = * Dorka Gryllus }}
'''RotFront''' (often prefixed with: "Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv") is a world music band from Berlin.
== History == The group was founded in 2003 as '' Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv RotFront '' by Ukrainian Yuriy Gurzhy together with Wladimir Kaminer and Hungarian Simon Wahorn. thumb|Rotfront (Gryllus at right) performing in Hungary, 2011 Other artists occasionally performed with RotFront. The number of musicians on stage sometimes reached fifteen. Actress and singer Dorka Gryllus is a former band member.
The German World Music Award Ruth was awarded in 2010 to RotFront for their performance at folk music festival TFF Rudolstadt.<ref>[http://www.weltmusikpreis.de/before/2010.html Ruth 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114100/http://www.weltmusikpreis.de/before/2010.html |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>
== Style and background == The band plays in various styles including rock, hip-hop, Dance Hall, reggae, ska and a variety of folk backgrounds.
Song lyrics are written in multiple languages, such as German, English, Russian, Ukrainian and Hungarian.
== Discography ==
=== Albums === * ''Emigrantski Raggamuffin'' (2009) * ''Visa free'' (May 2011) * ''17 German Dances (17 Deutsche Tänze)'' ( April 2014 )
=== Compilations === * ''B -Style'' ( compilation contribution to ''listen to berlin'' (Berlin Music Commission) 2009) * ''Ya Piv (Tiger Hifi Echo Mix)'' ( 2009) * ''Zhenya ( P-Town Remix)'' ( Compilation contribution to'' Kaffee Burger '' (Duplicate Records) 2006)
== External links == * [http://www.rotfront.com/ Official Site] * [http://www.myspace.com/rotfrontberlin Myspace page of RotFront] * [https://cafebabel.com/en/article/yuriy-gurzhy-achtung-the-party-is-russian-rock-free-5ae00783f723b35a145e1f82/ '' Yuriy Gurzhy: 'Achtung! The party is Russian-rock-free' '']. Alexandra Belopolsky, [https://cafebabel.com '' Café Babel '']
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{{DEFAULTSORT:RotFront}} Category:German folk music groups Category:German reggae musical groups Category:German ska groups Category:2003 establishments in Germany Category:Musical groups established in 2003 Category:German hip-hop groups Category:Musical groups from Berlin