Berlin based Ruffcats are something of an institution. This eight-piece outfit made up of some of the country’s most revered session musicians, pool all of their diverse influences and come together as "The Ruffcats" to create a unique take on the music they love. Together with Rapturous Apollo Helios, better known as RAH (originally hailing from Lagos, Nigeria) they now recorded an album which represents the band’s own version of Afrobeat within the unwritten laws of this music, and without trying to make a Fela Kuti copycat record. The album, entitled Orile To Berlin, marks RAH’s migration from the area he grew up in Lagos to the German capital he calls home today. It’s an LP steeped in Afrobeat and Highlife but with funk sensibilities and a hip hop attitude. Requests: contact@urbantreemusic.de