The song “Narcotic” is probably one of the best German 90s hits. Set up by Liquido a band from Sinsheim, the song reached the charts in 1999 and was sold more than 8 million times. A great classic!
Category: Germany
Music from Germany – Wendekind // Singer-Songwriter
Wendekind is a new German Singer-Songwriter and indie pop rock band from Munich. They say themselfs: “Start to fly, dream and listen to texts as a view in the fire”… Have a listen to their great piece “Lautes Leben“:
Music from Germany – Philipp Dittberner // Singer-Songwriter
The Berliner Philipp Dittberner, born in 1990, is part of a huge number of talented upcoming German Singer-Songwriter musicians. First he was known for his remixed pieces, set up by Marv and now released his first solo album in 2015. His song “Das Ist Dein Leben” is actually one of my favourite German songs in 2015 so far:
Music from the German Democratic Republic – Herbst
A year before the two german countries reunited , the band Herbst (autumn) asked on a gig for minute of silence for the victims of the massacre of Tiananmen Square in Beijing . After this gig they been banned for further live performances . With a trick , the band steals the tape with the soundtrack and smuggle it to West Berlin. The track “Backschischrepublik” becomes in 1990 a hit in west germany .(Tourists give a baksheesh (tip) in Islamic countries in general for services or favors.
Music from Germany – Kontra K // Rap
Kontra K, born in 1987, is a German rapper from Berlin. Listen to his cool track “Traumfrau”:
Music from Germany – Pupkulies & Rebecca // Electronica
The German group Pupkulies & Rebecca, formed in 2006, is the electronica and house music group of Rebecca Blaul (vocals), Sepp Singwald (keyboard) and Janosch Blaul (production). Listen to their great song “Juvinal”:
Music from Germany – AnnenMayKantereit // Pop
AnnenMayKantereit is a german pop music group from Cologne. Listen to their nice song “Wohin Du Gehst”:
Also listen to this great relaxed remix by Moglebaum:
Music from Germany – Ewian // Post-rock
Ewian is a german post-rock band from Landau. They released their great song “The Last Poem” two days ago.
Music from Germany – fon // Post rock
The german band fon from Leipzig released their first single “YMMB” this week. The fon band are Katharina Helmke, Tim Vollmann and Richiee Syhre. Their single debut is really very interesting, considering great, dreamy deep voices, exploding more and more in the end.
Music from Germany – Dunkelbunt // Klezmer
Dunkelbunt, born as Ulf Lindemann in 1979 in Hamburg is a german producer, musician and DJ, who’s now living in Vienna, Austria. Have a listen to his amazing song “The Stojka Empire” featuring Harry Stojka: