With their 2010 album You Make Me Real, they shed new light on melting musical genres. The three tie-wearing gentlemen catapulted classical music onto the dance floor and thereby created a unique performance. The ensemble counts ten musicians playing everything from trombone to tuba to harp and violin. Even an old Moog is among the instruments in use.

Like their classical and dance music forefathers, Brandt Brauer Frick's music takes on new dimensions when experienced live. Where many of their peers' live sets offer little besides an artist staring intently at a laptop, the trio's performances convey the movement of their music as strongly as the thumping beats do: Frick and Brauer set up complex song structures and play blushing piano chords while Brandt metes out beats on his drum kit. The group recently expanded their live experience to more fully realize their initial aspirations, recruiting highly skilled instrumentalists for a 10-piece ensemble and training them for the rigors of their tracks.

Transcending audiences' expectations for what sounds should be heard where, the BBF ensemble is majestic to behold whether they're esconsced in the pristine halls of the Modern Art Museum or the sweaty confines of a club like Berghain.