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II - The Final Option
Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial ''Stahlwerksynfonie'' (1981) then to a more synth-pop styled ''Volle Kraft voraus!'' (1982) and ''Entering the Arena'' (1985), with the latter album featuring their first English-language material. The band later established itself as an industrial metal band, releasing four albums predominantly in this genre, from 1992 to 1997 with each labelled 1 to 4. The band has released additional albums since 1997, including the predominantly electro-industrial ''Als wären wir für immer'' (2010) and ''The Machinists of Joy'' (2013), before revisiting the metal sound they had pursued in the 90s with ''V – Metal Machine Music''. History Early years (1980–1985) The band's name translates as "The Krupps" and comes from the Krupp dynasty, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. Düsseldorf is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine. Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch). Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Esch
Rüdiger "Rudi" Esch (born 10 August 1966 in Düsseldorf) is a German musician, author and music consultant. As a musician, he is best known as the former bass player for industrial band Die Krupps and the punk band Male. Career In 1982, Esch founded the German-speaking punk band Feine Deutsche Art (FDA) as principal composer and lyricist. The band's first concert was supporting Die Toten Hosen in 1983. Further concerts in 1984, including supporting Family 5 and Stunde X, followed in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area. Their song ''Mit dem Rücken an der Wand'' (''With Your Back Against the Wall'') was included on local sampler ''Punk’s Not Dead''. In 1985, FDA dissolved and a retrospective was issued in 1990 by Teenage Rebel Records. Based on Jim Jarmusch's film Stranger than Paradise, Esch founded a band of the same name in 1986. The group mainly played English, melancholic guitar pop in the style of The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division. Esch acted as a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krupp
The Krupp family (see pronunciation), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, is notable for its production of steel, artillery, ammunition and other armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG (Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp after acquiring Hoesch AG in 1991 and lasting until 1999), was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, and was the premier weapons manufacturer for Germany in both world wars. Starting from the Thirty Years' War until the end of the Second World War, it produced battleships, U-boats, tanks, howitzers, guns, utilities, and hundreds of other commodities. The dynasty began in 1587 when trader Arndt Krupp moved to Essen and joined the merchants' guild. He bought and sold real estate, and became one of the city's richest men. His descendants produced small guns during the Thirty Years' War and eventually acquired fulling mills, coal mines and an iron forge. During the Napoleonic Wars, Friedrich Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V – Metal Machine Music
''V – Metal Machine Music'' is the ninth album by German Industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps. It was released on 28 August 2015 as digital download and double CD as well as limited bundles. Background The album sees the band returning "to a distinctly guitar-heavy sound". The album derives its name from one of the band's earlier tracks, "Metal Machine Music", a single off the Album '' I'', itself a tribute to Lou Reed's album ''Metal Machine Music'', which Jürgen Engler credits as a strong influence on the band. "Die Verdammten" is a guitar enriched rework of the tour intro the band had used on their 2011 and 2014 tours. "The Vampire Strikes Back" is a rework of a song previously released on a Wing Commander OST album in 1998, thus being the band's last song recorded prior to its temporary breakup. "Alive in a Glass Cage", "Road Rage Warrior" and "Volle Kraft voraus" are also older songs that were re-recorded. "The Red Line" was first released in an alternate version in 2014 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Machinists Of Joy
The Machinists of Joy is the eighth album by German Industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps. The album was released on October 25, 2013 in four formats: normal digipak CD, limited two-CD digipak, a fan box and as a limited LP/CD combo. The album is a tribute to the band's past. It harkens back to the Düsseldorf Punk scene before their first release Stahlwerksynfonie, abandoning the metal sound of their 90s work. The album derives its name from one of the band's earlier tracks 'Machineries of Joy', a cover of Wahre Arbeit Wahrer Lohn done by Ralf Dörper and Nitzer Ebb in 1989. The album includes collaboration with Métal Urbain and Dernière Volonté. Promotion The single ''Risikofaktor'' was accompanied by a music video which was released on January 23, 2013. On December 20, 2013 the band followed up with a video for limited edition track ''Nazis auf Speed'', which was directed by Philipp Virus. The band announced a fan director video contest for the track ''Schmutzfabrik''. Also ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Als Wären Wir Für Immer
Als wären wir für immer is an EP by German Industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps. It was released on December 3, 2010. Background Although the band had released new material soon after their reunion in 2005, the EP is advertised as the first ''Die Krupps'' recording with new songs in 13 years. The original plan was for the release to be a single titled "Beyond". The track ''Dr. Mabuse'' made its first appearance in 1984 as single from the album A Secret Wish of Ralf Dörper's former band Propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded .... Track list Personnel * Jürgen Engler - vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, cover design, logo, photos * Marcel Zürcher - guitars * Ralf Dörper - samples * Chris Leitz - programming, engineering * Maria Kalinichenko - backing vocals on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound with a more experimentalExplore MusicPop/Rock » Alternative/Indie Rock » Electro-Industrial@ AllMusic. ''RhythmOne Group''. Retrieved 8 February 2021. approach. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Numb, and other groups, either from Canada or the Benelux. In the early 1990s, the style spawned the ''dark electro'' genre, and in the mid-/late-1990s, the ''aggrotech'' offshoot.Interview with Axel Machens, Vendetta Music, 23 April 2007Access date: 23 December 2008. The fan base for the style is linked to the rivethead subculture. Characteristics After the EBM movement faded in the early 1990s, electro-industrial increasingly attained popularity in the international club scene. In contrast to the straight EBM style, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entering The Arena
''Entering the Arena'' is the third album by the German industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial '' .... Track listing # "Risk" - 3:54 # "Rise and Fall" - 5:32 # "Communication Breakdown" - 3:02 # "Risky Soul Version" - 6:34 # "Gladiators" - 5:26 # "Your Voice" - 5:38 # "Communication Breakdown" (Don't Speak Mix) - 3:12 # "This Day Is Not the Last" - 3:55 # "Risk" (Operatic Intro) - 3:52 # "Risk" (Metallic Outro) - 3:17 Credits * Jürgen Engler - guitars, vocals * Christina Schnekenbuger - vocals * Christopher Lietz - vocals * Walter Jaeger - ? * Mel Gaynor - drums, percussion 1985 albums Die Krupps albums Virgin Records albums {{1980s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volle Kraft Voraus!
''Volle Kraft voraus!'' is the second album by the German band Die Krupps. Track listing # "Volle Kraft voraus" – 3:44 # "Goldfinger" – 3:21 # "Für einen Augenblick" – 4:14 # "Tod und Teufel" – 2:45 # "Das Ende der Träume" – 3:34 # "Neue Helden" – 3:08 # "Wahre Arbeit, wahrer Lohn" – 5:24 # "...Denn du lebst nur einmal" – 3:28 # "Zwei Herzen, ein Rhythmus" – 3:33 # "Lärm macht Spaß" – 3:44 # "Wahre Arbeit, wahrer Lohn" – 3:41 (1993 bonus track) # "True Work - True Pay" – 6:23 (1993 bonus track) Credits * Jürgen Engler - vocals, keyboards, computer drums, effects * Bernward Malaka Bernward Malaka (born August 31, 1962, in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia ... - bass guitar * Tina Schnekenburger - keyboards, effects * Ralf Dörper - keyboards 1982 albums Die Krupps albums [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. History Virgin established its book publishing arm in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well known among ''Doctor Who'' fans for their Target Books imprint; Virgin Books was incorporated into WH Allen in 1989, but in 1991 WH Allen was renamed Virgin Publishing Ltd. Virgin Publishing's early success came with the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures novels, officially licensed full-length novels carrying on the story of the popular science-fiction television series following its cancellation in 1989. Virgin published this series from 1991 to 1997, as well as a range of ''Doctor Who'' reference books from 1992 to 1998 under the Doctor Who Books imprint. In recent times the company is best known for its commercial non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Of Popular Music
''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin. It is the "modern man's" equivalent of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music'', which Larkin describes in less than flattering terms.''The Times'', ''The Knowledge'', Christmas edition, 22 December 2007- 4 January 2008. It was described by ''The Times'' as "the standard against which all others must be judged". History of the encyclopedia Larkin believed that rock music and popular music were at least as significant historically as classical music, and as such, should be given definitive treatment and properly documented. ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' is the result. In 1989, Larkin sold his half of the publishing company Scorpion Books to finance his ambition to publish an encyclopedia of popular music. Aided by a team of initially 70 contributors, he set about compiling the data in a pre-internet age, "relying instead on information gleaned from music magazines, individual expertise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
