Beat Bahnhof

Beat Bahnhof call themselves the The Samurais of Ska and consists of seven musicians. Before forming, Ace-K and Masaki had introduced the initial concept of “4th Wave ska” a term encompassing the “development and discovery of Jamaican old-school”.

The band was founded in 2012 by Ace-K. The band’s signature sound derives from the finest twin-guitar combination of Fender and Gretsch. With the clean cut of the Fender blended with the vintage , hard solo drive of the Gretsch which lead guitarist Makoto brings with his different rock style. The sauce is flavoured with the horn-section of Thomas and 460, while an aggressive Bassist Akihiro.o and energetic drummer Wada form the band’s back-bone. The vocals are shared by AceK and Makoto.

In 2013 they released their debut CD produced by bassie Akihiro.o. The band broke out after supporting Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra at the Tokyo Ska Jamboree 2014 in front of seven thousand people. They also backed up Bucket from the legendary NYC act The Toasters on a multi-city Japan tour as well as an appearance at the NGOSKA Festival in Seoul, Korea.  The band has the worldwide view also in Asia. Shared the stage with HK ska pioneer The Red Stripes. They also toured in Europe.

This is what Ace-K told all the members at the beginning when the project was launched: he made a promise that they would be playing at The London International Ska Festival within five years. This had been his dream over 20 years earlier. The dream came true. Finally Beat Bahnhof featured on The London International Ska Festival in 2015.

Now they are dreaming about Vladivostok. After less than 4 month their dream will come true: Beat Bahnhof will play at V-ROX EXPO June, 21-23.