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"Crippled in my youth, crippled in my youth, crippled in my youth and I'm trying to breathe..."
The music of RTR ripples positively original pop waves through far darker lyrics than you'd expect from your typical Europop fair: a seething concoction of trippy electro beats and spine-shattering bass lines is equalized by soulful falsetto vocals and folksy guitars, putting the carefully crafted minimal hooks of the Rooftop Runners on par with maverick song-writing prowess from the likes of Thom Yorke, Damien Rice and Keith Richards/Mick Jagger.
Forging a mix of menacing mood and moving melody out of their adopted city of Berlin, Germany, RTR are Canadian singer-songwriter brother duo Benedikt and Tobias MacIsaac. An internationally accomplished choreographer and dancer respectively, the brothers are no strangers to performing-arts success, having toured and performed extensively with world class troupes in Europe. With fervent response from local music media and a growing fan-base, a European Tour starting this October and an eagerly-anticipated debut album due in early 2012, the siblings seem set to drop their pioneer strand of Trip-Pop at us from rooftops the world over before long.
Hometown
Victoria, Canada
Country
Germany
