Sprung Aus Den Wolken is a German

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based out of

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, part of Berlin's underground music movement of the 1980s - sometimes referred to as the " Geniale Dilletanten" movement. Their music is typically

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music. The band's name is German for "Jump from the Clouds." The origin of this title is unknown, however it should be known that the phrase was the title of a 1963 board game,Games about Balloon Aviation
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in the 1960s.

Members

* Fred Alpi *

Kiddy Citny Kiddy Citny is a German artist and musician, born in Stuttgart in 1957. He was raised in Bremen and later moved to West Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Zurich, Bern, Los Angeles, Munich, and Berlin. Citny is a member of the band Sprung Aus Den Wol ...

*Peter Prima Contributing Artists: *

Alexander Hacke Alexander Hacke (also known as Alexander von Borsig, Alex Hacke, Hacke, born 11 October 1965) is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, musician, record producer, writer and filmmaker from Germany. He is primarily known as a longtime member of the ...

* N.U. Unruh *

Raymond Watts Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>. Watts was an early member and p ...

Discography

*Dub And Die (1981) *Untitled (1982) *Untitled (1983) *Voyage Organise Dijon 26-08-82 (1983) *Pas Attendre (1985) *The Story of Electricity (1987) *You Lucky Star (circa 1990) *Round And Round (1991) *Early Recordings (2004) *Lion/Sei Still (2005) *Early Recordings Plus (2006)

Sources

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