# RotFront

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{{Short description|German world music band}}
{{refimprove|date=April 2014}}
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{{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](/source/Reggae), [ska](/source/ska), [dancehall](/source/dancehall), [klezmer](/source/klezmer), [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| 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](/source/Dorka_Gryllus)
}}

'''RotFront''' (often prefixed with: "Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv") is a [world music](/source/world_music) band from [Berlin](/source/Berlin).

== History ==
The group was founded in 2003 as '' Emigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv RotFront '' by Ukrainian [Yuriy Gurzhy](/source/Yuriy_Gurzhy) together with [Wladimir Kaminer](/source/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](/source/Dorka_Gryllus) is a former band member.

The [German World Music Award](/source/German_World_Music_Award) Ruth was awarded in 2010 to RotFront for their performance at folk music festival [TFF Rudolstadt](/source/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](/source/Rock_music), [hip-hop](/source/hip-hop), [Dance Hall](/source/Dance_Hall), [reggae](/source/reggae), [ska](/source/ska) and a variety of folk backgrounds.

Song lyrics are written in multiple languages, such as [German](/source/German_language), [English](/source/English_language), [Russian](/source/Russian_language), [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language) and [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language).

== 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 '']

== References ==
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