Street Beat

Danish funk-rock band established in 1982 in Brøndbyøster near Copenhagen. Their 1984 debut single 1600561 sold well in the UK. At this point in time the band consisted of composer and keyboard player Henrik Carlsen, vocalists Cæcilie Norby and Nina Forsberg, saxophone players Michael Andersen and Niels Macholm, trumpet player Henrik Bech, guitarist Lasse Riege, bassist Bo Møller, drummer Kristian Lassen and percussionist Rolf Petersen (2). Late 1984 vocalists Norby and Forsberg left to form One Two (2) and were replaced by Mia Martinez and Mikael Roupé. The band released their only album 2731253 in 1986 with the lineup of Martinez, Roupé, Carlsen, Riege, Møller, Lassen, Petersen, Macholm and trumpeter Jan Glæsel. The band remained active with various personnel changes around the nucleus of Carlsen, Møller and Lassen until 1993. In 2016, Carlsen re-recorded the songs as a solo project and released them as 11538041.