Bodi Bill ɔdi bɪlis an experimental

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

band, based in Berlin, Germany.

History

The band was formed by Fabian Fenk, Anton K. Feist and Alex Stolze in 2005. Their style of music contains elements of techno,

art-rock Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an art ...

, glitch and folk. ''No More Wars'' was the first album that got published in 2007 via the berlin-based

independent label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

Sinnbus Sinnbus is an independent record label and music publisher founded in Berlin, Germany, in 2003. The style of music released by Sinnbus varies from post-rock, post-punk, indie, and electronica. It first started as a loose network of friend ...

. Just one year after a new album ''Next Time'' was released. The third album ''Two in One'' got international attention as it is said to "''achieve ��something new to the table, an indie band that have been influenced by their musical surroundings. It just so happens that it’s German Techno and its many variations. It’s not club music. But it’s not meant to be, they have brought indie and electronic music together in a perfect balance.''" ''What?'' was ''Bodi Bill's'' fourth album before they decided to take a break in 2011. After that, Alex Stolze formed, in collaboration with Mariechen Danz, Thomas Fietz and Mathias Geserick, the band UNMAP. Meanwhile, Anton K. Feist and Fabian Fenk chose to continue working as a duo under the name of '' The/Das''.

Reception

Stereogum vote the video to ''Brand New Carpet'' to the ''Video Of The Week'' in 2011. Bodi Bill made it as well in the Harder Blogger Faster's Top 20 Of 2010.

Discography

Albums

* 2007: ''No More Wars'' (CD/LP,

) * 2008: ''Next Time'' (CD/LP, Sinnbus) * 2010: ''Two In One'' (CD/LP, Sinnbus) * 2011: ''What?'' (CD/LP, Sinnbus) * 2022: ''I Love U I Do'' (CD/LP, Sinnbus)

Singles and EPs

* 2007: ''Willem'' EP (CD, Sinnbus) * 2008: ''Tip Toe, I Like Holden Caulfield'' (CD, Sinnbus) * 2008: ''Depart'' EP (CD, Sinnbus) * 2010: ''I Like Holden Caulfield One Or Two'' (Remixes) EP (LP, Krakatau Records) * 2010: ''Remixes'' (LP, Krakatau Records) * 2010: ''I Like Holden Caulfield'' EP (CD, Sinnbus) * 2011: ''What?'' - EP (CD, Sinnbus) * 2011: ''Pyramiding'' (Edit) (Sinnbus) * 2011: ''Hotel'' - Single (

) * 2011: ''Brand New Carpet'' - Single (Sinnbus) * 2012: ''What Remixes'' (LP, Krakatau Records)

Remixes

''Bodi Bill's'' single ''What?'' had been remixed by Thomalla and Apparat. In order to celebrate the release of their ''What?'' album,

Siriusmo Moritz Friedrich, better known by his stage name Siriusmo, is a Berlin-based German record producer. Initially influenced by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Squarepusher, and Aphex Twin, his tracks can be broadly defined as electronic, and ar ...

, a supporter and friend of Bodi Bill, did a remix of ''I like Holden Caufield'' which had been a track of the earlier ''Two in One'' EP.

also remixed ''Tip Toe Walk''.

References

{{Authority control German electronic music groups Musical groups from Berlin Musical groups established in 2005