Drum Connection is a German musical ensemble

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 and pop group

Pop music

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The group was founded 1995 by Max van der Rose

Max van der Rose

Max van der Rose is a German composer, musician, record producer and painter.- Biography :He was born in Berlin, Germany and still lives there. He has worked as an impressario, composer, musician, musical director and producer in the studio and on stages for culture, media and economy...

 and had its first gig at the legendary Dance Of Elements.

Since then Drum Connection has been on international stages of the club, event and industrialscene.
As the main part of the Rhythm, Drum & Dance show they toured through 13 European countries in 2003 and were rewarded with the well-known MBA award

Award

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 2004.

Since 2003 the basic unit of the drum connection forms up by the 4 drummers Dirk Erchinger, Enno Kuck, Jan-Peter Eckelmann and Max van der Rose, who are supported at extraordinary events by drummers like Dog Kessler, Tim Kroker, Chriz Falk up to a support group of 10 drummers.
The drummers play, if they are not touring with Drum Connection, with top acts like Front 242

Front 242

Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...

, Micatone

Micatone

Micatone is a German nu-jazz band, consisting of the members Boris Meinhold on the guitar and synth, Tim Kroker on the drums, Sebastian "Hagen" Demmin on the keyboards , Lisa Bassenge on the vocals, Stefan Rogall on the sequence programming, and Paul Kleber on the double bass.Their studio albums...

, Jazzkantine

Jazzkantine

Inspired by Guru's Jazzmatazz project, the German formation Jazzkantine was founded in 1993 in Braunschweig. Their first album Jazzkantine won them the "Echo Award" in 1995, the most important German music prize....

, Count Basic

Count Basic

Count Basic are an Austrian band who play a variety of R&B, trip-hop, acid jazz and smooth jazz. The band's principal members were guitarist Peter Legat and the two vocalists Kelli Sae and Valerie Etienne but the band decided to go on only with Kelli Sae after the first album.-Discography:*1995...

, Poems for Laila, Medlz, Sedoussa and worked in bands like H-Blockx

H-Blockx

H-Blockx is a nu metal/alternative punk/hardcore punk band founded in Münster, Germany in 1991.-1990s:The band rose to fame with their successful debut album, Time to Move, released in 1994 on Sing Sing Records, and produced by Ralph Quick and Chris Wagner. The music videos for "Risin' High" and...

, Rosenstolz

Rosenstolz

Rosenstolz is a German music band from Berlin. Their music combines several styles including rock, pop and ballads. AnNa R. and Peter Plate form the duo. They had their breakthrough in 1998 with the song Herzensschöner...

, Poems for Laila, Kruder & Dorfmeister

Kruder & Dorfmeister

Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop and drum and bass songs.-Style:...

, Ich & Ich and Vanilla Ninja

Vanilla Ninja

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Their club

Club

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 concept

Concept

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 is ingeniously simple and effective: the drummers lay their rhythm

Rhythm

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 on the basics of the djs, through this they change any style into a new and original element. During their performance

Performance

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 they stand behind their huge drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

 sets which are specially constructed for them.

Throughout October and November 2008, Drum Connection supported German Eurodance group Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

on their second UK tour - The Perfect Day Tour 2008.