...now in the regional magazine of the Goethe-Instituts of North America, "Gegenüber".
Popcast July 2023
with music by:
Die Benjamins |
Tomatenplatten
Brandt Brauer Frick |
Because Music
Erobique |
A-Sexy Records
Kapa Tult |
Ladies & Ladys
G. Rag/Zelig Implosion Deluxxe |
Gutfeeling Records
Author: Angie Portmann
Speaker (English): David Creedon
Speaker Female Voice-Overs (English): Louise Hollamby Kühr
Die Benjamins | © Helen Sobiralski
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Die Benjamins" is the name of the new supergroup formed around singer Annette Benjamin of Hans-A-Plast. Drangsal, whose real name is Max Gruber, got the group together. The result is an almost intergenerational project in which both experienced and new artists benefit from each other. As different as the worlds that collide are, the result is unique: between playful post-punk and glittering pop, a unifying love of music and friendship flows through this project.
Liebe weiß, dass ich dir fehle, weil ich nie, nie, nie aufgebe.
Die Benjamins, "Aus Liebe"
Brandt Brauer Frick | © Antonio Pedro & Megan Courtis
Combining electronic dance music with new classical music – that was the goal when
Brandt Brauer Frick formed in Wiesbaden in 2008. The band had their first gig directly in the world-famous Berlin techno club Berghain – with a completely acoustic show. The sound, characterized by unusual timbres and bass lines, is produced by real instruments, without the help of computers or drum machines. This bridge from new music to jazz leads primarily to a kind of techno, which has much more to offer on a rhythmic level than is usual in this genre.
Du sammelst Plastik, ich sammle Meilen
Kapa Tult, "Priority Lane"
Kapa Tult | © Leo Zwiebel
The music of
Kapa Tult is aimed at “all those who restlessly oscillate between everyday life and revolt”, hence there are so many things that the band from Leipzig does not like: They turn against every convention and tell about the climate crisis and the beauty ideals of the mother, but also of the postponement of psychotherapy and embarrassing date-like ice cream meetings. A perfect concert evening for people who have not yet made themselves too comfortable in their row house!
Erobique | © Yvonne Schmerdermann
He has been performing under the name
Erobique since 1997 and is thus anything but new to show business. However he is not only experienced on stage: He worked as a theater composer and musician on many German stages and even composed the film music for “Die fremde Familie” by Stefan Krohmer. Carsten Meyer, as he is known by his real name, has not gone out of fashion. Quite the opposite: he still inspires especially the young generation at his performances at parties, clubs and manages to animate a whole festival to dance with his improvised and unconventional disco music.
G.Rag / Zelig Implosion Deluxxe | © Severine Kapoti
G.Rag aka Andreas Staebler is a guitarist, singer and producer. With his friend Zelig he founded the
G.Rag / Zelig Implosion in 2014. Later they were joined by Prof.
Deluxxe with his synth box. A simple and reduced concept, which is reflected in the music: rude NoWave between punk and noise. Now comes already their fourth album “Komm Schwimmen” (“Come swimming”). It is not just about a water activity, but an illegal concert, the subsequent confrontation with the state power and all the things that are then said given the fact of raised tempers.
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Text: Regina Lang
