Diversity of style is the rallying cry, keeping it `soulpatrolful`. Be it classic Jazz, Soul or Funk, Hi-Tech Jazz to Drum&Bass, Downbeat and Offbeat till Beatbox, there ain´t no (musical) mountain high enough not to be reached by Michael Rutten and colleagues.

Quickly achieving a popularity all over the world the soulpatrol radioshow has succeeded in living
up to the expectations of cencorious listeners, international DJs and producers of high rank are to
be heard on a regular basis in an exclusive guest mixset : Jazzanova, Kruder & Dorfmeister,
4 Hero, Cinematic Orchestra, Rainer Trüby, King Britt, High Contrast, Earl Zinger, Bigga Brush of
Rocker´s Hifi, Michael Reinboth, Thievery Corporation, Attica Blues, London Elektricity, Kyoto Jazz
Massive, Pressure Drop, Nuspirit Helsinki, Kemistry & Storm, Patrick Forge or Terranova have all
been to Michael`s radioshow among others.

Everything started way back in time at Frankfurt`s Radio X (101.4fm) where you can still listen to the soulpatrol radioshow every thursday from 8pm-10pm. Besides one´s been able checking the show live on the internet via the link www.radiox.de/live until 2003 (no livestream at the mo).

But as despite of these wired times there are people with no internet connection, Frankfurt-based friends of theirs had to have the Soulpatrol show taped. These problems will be of the past as „The Soulpatrol Radioshow“ is now being broadcasted through radio stations in Istanbul – Radio Oxigen, 95.9fm, Rome – Radio Centro Suono – and Portugal / Australia soon as well as via the internet waves right here on _monofunk.net* each week.

After some nice+sweaty soulpatrol sessions @ frankfurts`cantina buen barrio Michael is quite busy spinning throughout Europe and has just started his thursday residency at the new cocoon club/ frankfurt, still hosting his regular „Expansions“ night in his favourite club, Trintaeum in Porto/Portugal. Invitations from Helsinki, Milan, Cologne, Cannes, Gent or Istanbul, Sets at Trüby`s „Rootdown“, the „G-Stone Sessions“ of Vienna or Gilles Peterson`s „That´s How It Is“ in London as well as Jazzanovas “Kaleidoskop” in Berlin or the fashion aftershow party of JOOP! are regularly.

Additionally Michael hosts the weekly Compost Radioshow to be found on @ milkaudio.com,
righton-fm.com, samurai.fm, netmusique.com,
radio.com & compost-rec.com every week, but be sure this is and will not be the only cooperation with Compost Records, pioneering German label of open-minded music based on mastermind Michael Reinboth.
Michael Rütten had joined the Compost team in spring/summer of 2002 for an enticing and large tour through European clubs, promoting the 8th „Future Sound Of Jazz“ compilation, whose first track had been given birth to by the producer duo Soulpatrol (which are in fact Michael Rütten and Soulspy aka Max Schneider). Watch out for their first album which will be released on Compost in 2005!

They have manifested their good reputation with a number of superb releases of their own, especially with the „Love EP 1“ on Infracom (for which he had compiled Volume 4 – 7 of the „Tribes (Of Da Undaground) / Soulsearching“ -Series) heading straight to the peak of German Club Charts DCC.

Soulpatrol have great production skills from which numerous collaborations with G-Stone, Schema, Universal/MPS, Spinning Wheel, Fenetik or Beau Monde can tell. Tracks such as „Release your mind“, „Love Variations“, „Future Sounds – Theme“ and remixes for Peter Kruder´s Peace Orchestra,
Jazz-Legend Fritz Pauer, The Dining Rooms from Milan or Tweet`s non-released bootleg „Ooops“ show the pretension of Michael´s own as well as Dj- and radioshow-selected music. No miracle the British press is appointing Michael „the German Gilles Peterson“ considering his radioshows and his journalist background writing for „Jazzthing“ and „Groove Magazin“.

further information: http://soulpatrol.de