is a German
electro-industrial
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band founded in 1995 by DJ Felix and DJ Banane. Translated, ''der Feindflug'' (literally "the foe-flight") corresponds in military use to the
French/
English
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word "
sortie
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".
Style and themes
Feindflug's music is entirely instrumental. The only vocals that can be heard are in samples, mostly taken from movies
dubbed in German or excerpts of
Adolf Hitler
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or
Klaus Kinski
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.
The band is characterized by
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Isabella van Elferen as
martial industrial
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and
neo-folk
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, "negotiating the role of the past in the present." Recurring themes and topics are
authoritarian regime
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s, the
death-penalty
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and
total war
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, especially World War II and the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
Critics have associated the band with the German
Neo-Nazi
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scene, due to the themes presented in their music and their album cover graphics. The band-members oppose this critique and have stated that their music is intended as a reflection of the issues it describes, not as support. The band's motto is "Use your brain and think about it!".
Career highlights
In 1999, the band had their first official performance at the 8th music festival in
Leipzig
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,
Germany
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.
In 2004, the band was invited to perform at the 13th music festival in Leipzig, Germany.
In 2006, the band performed at the 15th music festival in Leipzig, Germany.
In 2010, the band performed at the E-tropolis music festival in
Berlin
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, Germany.
In 2011, the band performed at the 20th edition of in Leipzig, Germany, and at the 6th edition of the
Amphi Festival
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in
Köln
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, Germany.
Website
In 2006, the band's website's
flash
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intro featured photographs of several German World War 2 scenes, an
electric chair
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and President
George W. Bush
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in between their song, .
Voice Samples ("From here, there is no escape") and ("Stop it!" or "Stop that!") could be heard along with the band's slogan "Use your brain and think about it!" appearing in between.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Feindflug 'Erste Version''' ("First version",
CD-R
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, 1997), limited private release
* ' ("Second / Third version",
CD-R
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, 1997), limited private re-release of above
* ' ("Fourth version",
CD, 1999), re-release of above
* ' (
CD, 2002)
* ' (
CD, 2005)
* ' ("Third version", 2009), limited picture vinyl re-release
Singles and EPs
* ''
I. / St. G. 3'' (
MCD, 1998)
* ' (
MCD, 1999)
* ' (
EP, 2000)
* ''
I. / St. G. 3 (Phase 2)'' (
MCD, 2003, rerelease of 1998 version with 1 extra track)
* ''
Kollaboration'' (
Vinyl
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, 2004, only available on tour)
Video
* ' (
DVD
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,
Boxset
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version available) (2006-06-05) features Live-clips, Bonusclips, Concertfilm and more.
Collaborative releases
* ''
Supreme Court feat. Feindflug – We'll F*** You Up!'' (2006-02-24)
Feindflug's first official release, ''I. / St. G. 3'', was released on the radical right-wing
VAWS label.
VAWS at discogs.com
/ref> They say that they regret this, and didn't know what VAWS was about, but that no one else was willing to release their work due to the controversial name, imagery, and use of samples.
All subsequent releases have been made on the Black Rain label, but not without trouble. The Dutch producer for the ' EP refused production because of explicit images of an execution with an electrical chair, and the Austrian producer for ' refused production later because of the national-socialist
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
accusations.
Sources
See also
* List of electro-industrial bands
External links
Official website
Feindflug
discography at Discogs
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