A European tour for Roosevelt

• ‘Infectious synth-pop built on a Balearic bounce’ Mixmag
• ‘It's commercial but it cuts deep, like New Order in Ibiza’ The Guardian
• ‘This is electro-pop of heart-tugging force’ The Sunday Times Culture
• ‘A gleaming, dubbed-out blend of '80s new wave and electro-pop’ NPR
• 'Roosevelt makes dance music that balances outright escapism with wistful melancholy’ Pitchfork
• ‘A wonderfully warm feeling record that wraps you in its arms’ Loud & Quiet
• ‘Roosevelt delivers bright, buoyant contemporary pop while paying homage to late 20th-century dance and pop music’ The Wall Street Journal
• The Independent (4/5)
• DJ Magazine (9/10)

iTunes Electronic Albums: #1 Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Mexico, Switzerland / #2 Brazil / #3 UK / #4 Australia / #8 Japan

iTunes Main: #5 Sweden, Spain

In light of his recent City Slang released debut, Marius Lauber AKA Roosevelt can announce a string of headline live dates for November. Starting his European run on Saturday 12th and ending in Manchester on 27th, the Cologne-based producer will show-case his new material in 20 shows spanning 6 countries. (see full dates below)

As a whole, ‘Roosevelt’ showcases Lauber as a fully developed recording artist, with an instinctive synthesis of different soundscapes. It's a record with a deep affinity to the dance music world unified with sophisticated, classic song structures. Influences span continents and decades - from a pinch of French electro pop, a smattering of LA yacht rock, the hypnotic repetition of German pioneers like Ash Ra Tempel/Manuel Göttsching, and Neu!, to classic floor-friendly 80s pop from Chic, Talk Talk, and New Order. Nu school figureheads like Floating Points, Todd Terje and Metro Area are also partially audible - all weaved into his own unique sonic tapestry.

Roosevelt’s growth was catalyzed by an early DJ residency at Kompakt’s Total Confusion party alongside Superpitcher & Michael Mayer, with the label also releasing an early remix of his for COMA. These experiences helped Lauber realize how dance music connects to its audience in a different way to what he'd experienced from earlier days spent performing in bands. “What I really enjoyed about DJing was that you could see the results immediately - there was feedback and interaction from the crowd”, he explains.

Following this nightclubbing baptism, his career as an electronic artist gathered momentum, and with support tours with Hot Chip and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and a litany of high-profile festival slots around the world, Lauber steadily built up a dedicated following.

Written, recorded and produced by Lauber over a period of two years. ‘Roosevelt’ the album is a pillow-soft hallucinatory dreamscape of nocturnal reveries and a lilting sense of melancholia, where sounds build and swell like waves.

European Live Dates

• Aug 31: Pop Kultur, Berlin, DE
• Sept 8: Bestival, Isle Of Wight, UK (DJ set)
• Sept 18: Golden Leaves, Darmstadt, DE
• Oct 13: Zurich Papiersaal
• Oct 14: Munich, Strom
• Oct 15: Leipzig, Werk
• Oct 17: Cologne, Stadtgarten
• Oct 18: Hamburg, Ubel & Gefaerlich
• Oct 21: Vienna, Festivalzentrum
• Oct 29: Dusseldorf, New Fall festival
• Nov 12: Copenhagen, Ideal Bar (DK)
• Nov 15: Amsterdan, Melkweg (NL)
• Nov 16: Rotterdam, Rotown (NL)
• Nov 17: Badaboum, Paris (FR)
• Nov 18: Brussels, Zilveren Zaal Beursschouwburg (BE)
• Nov 22: Brighton, The Green Door Store (UK)
• Nov 23: London, XOYO (UK)
• Nov 25: Glasgow, Broadcast (UK)
• Nov 26: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (UK)
• Nov 27: Manchester, Night & Day (UK)