Lali Puna is a German,

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-based

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band originally from

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, Germany.

History

Valerie Trebeljahr, the lead writer and singer, comes from

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. The name of the band, meaning ''Valerie from Busan'', references this, as ''Lali'' is a diminutive form of ''Valerie'', and ''Puna'' is a childish spelling of Busan (which is often transliterated ''Pusan''). She also lived ten years in

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before moving to Germany, and that's reflected in some of her songs, featuring lyrics in Portuguese. Valerie played in an all-female band called L.B.Page, until 1998, when she released a 7" called ''Safe Side'' under the moniker ''Lali Puna''. She was later joined by Markus Acher, already lead singer and guitarist of

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(with whom she was also romantically involved and also formed a side-project called John Yoko), Christoph Brandner, who played drums with Acher in the

, and keyboardist Florian Zimmer. In 2002 Florian Zimmer left for

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to work on Iso68, being eventually replaced in 2003 with

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on the ''Left Handed'' EP. In 2017, before the release of the ''Two Windows'' album, Markus Acher left the band.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Tridecoder'' (1999) * '' Scary World Theory'' (2001) * ''

Faking the Books ''Faking the Books'' is the third studio album by German electronic music band Lali Puna. It was released on 5 April 2004 by Morr Music. ''Faking the Books'' peaked at number 23 on '' Billboard''s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Critical rec ...

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Two Windows'' (2017)

Compilation albums

* ''I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed, and B-Sides'' (2005)

EPs

* ''Clear Cut'' (2001) with Bomb the Bass * ''Left Handed'' (2003) * ''Silver Light'' (2012)

Singles

* "The Safe Side" (1998) * "Snooze" (1999) * "Nin-Com-Pop" (2001) * "Common Ground" (2002) * "Micronomic" (2004) * "Remember" (2010) * "Move On" (2011) * "Machines Are Human" (2014) with Trampauline * "Deep Dream" (2017) * "The Bucket" (2017) * "Two Windows" (2017) * "Being Water" (2019)

Remixes

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- "It's Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix)" from ''Further Reminders'' (2001) *

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- "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Lali Puna Remix)" from "

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" (2002) *

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- "Awaiting an Accident (Lali Puna Remix)" from ''Corymb'' (2004)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lali Puna German electronic music groups Lex Records artists Morr Music artists