Palais Schaumburg was a German new wave band from
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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, Germany.
The style was classified as
Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, , "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwid ...
, and strongly characterized by their
avant garde music and
dadaistic attitude.
Overview
The band was originally formed in 1980, featuring
Timo Blunck
Timo Blunck (born 25 March 1962) is a German composer, lyricist, producer, bassist and vocalist.
Biography
Blunck was raised in Hamburg. At the age of nine, he began studying flute under Manfred Trojahn.
In 1978, Blunck founded The Skafight ...
,
Holger Hiller
Holger Hiller (born 26 December 1956) is a German musician.
Hiller studied art at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, where he met Walter Thielsch and Thomas Fehlmann and recorded first works with them. With Fehlmann he later fou ...
,
Thomas Fehlmann
Thomas Fehlmann (born 1957) is a Swiss composer/producer who lives in Berlin, Germany, and has been active in electronic music since the 1980s. He is currently active on the Kompakt record label based in Germany. Fehlmann is an on-and-off member ...
, and percussionist
F.M. Einheit.
The group's name stands for ''Das
Palais Schaumburg
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and the primary official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1 ...
'' in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...
, the Cold War era residence of
the German chancellor.
Einheit left the group, eventually to join
Einstürzende Neubauten
(, 'Collapsing New Buildings') is a German experimental music group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The group is currently composed of founding members Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals; guitar; keyboard) and N.U. Unruh ( custom-made instruments; p ...
, and was replaced by Ralf Hertwig prior to Palais Schaumburg's first full-length album, ''Palais Schaumburg'',
which was produced by
David Cunningham and released in 1981. Shortly after it was released, Hiller left the band and started his solo career.
He was replaced with
Moritz von Oswald
Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) is a German record producer and percussionist from Hamburg and based in Berlin. He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label Basic Channel. He has collaborated with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, and Nils P ...
and vocalist Walther Thielsch.
The group recorded several singles and albums throughout early 1980s, when their avant garde sounds were heavily influenced by
funk, especially on the albums ''Lupa'' and ''Parlez-Vous Schaumburg''.
They eventually split up in 1984. All the members have been working on their solo careers.
On 21 November 2013, Palais Schaumburg appeared at the Saint Ghetto Festival in
Bern, Switzerland.
Discography
Albums
* ''Das Single Kabinett'' (1981)
* ''Palais Schaumburg'' (1981)
* ''Lupa'' (1982)
* ''Parlez-Vous Schaumburg?'' (1984)
Singles
* "Rote Lichter" (1981)
* "Telefon" (1981)
* "Wir bauen eine neue Stadt" (1981)
* "Hockey" (1983)
References
External links
Palais Schaumburg biography(German)
(German)
German new wave musical groups
Neue Deutsche Welle groups
Musical groups from Hamburg
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