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Fünf Sterne deluxe (“Five Stars Deluxe”) is a
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band from
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, Germany, founded in mid-1997, consisting of the
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Das Bo (Mirko Bogojevic) and Tobi Tobsen (Tobias Schmidt), the
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Marcnesium (Marc Clausen), and the
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DJ Coolmann (Mario Cullmann). The group released two full-length albums (''Sillium'' and ''Neo.Now'') and a number of singles and EPs until the break-up in 2004. DJ Coolmann left the band in 2003 for unknown reasons, while the remaining members continued to perform until late 2004 when the group was formally dissolved. In 2013 the original lineup performed at the “Beats auf der Bahn” festival in Hamburg. Two years later they signed a new record deal with
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. The third album called ''Flash'' was released on 6 October 2017.


Band history

In the mid 90s, Das Bo and Tobi Tobsen had already made an impression in the German hip-hop scene as Der Tobi & Das Bo with their album ''Genie und Wahnsinn liegen dicht beieinander'' and the accompanying singles "Der Racka" and "Morgen geht die Bombe hoch". Tobi had also been a member of the
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hip-hop crew ''Poets of Peeze'' and a founding member of Fettes Brot. They released another album, ''Genies & Wahnsinn... (Wir sind die Best Ofs)'' and two further singles, "Is' mir egal" and "Wir sind die Besten", before teaming up with Marcnesium (who had been working with DJ Koze under the name Adolf Noise) and DJ Coolmann to form ''Fünf Sterne deluxe''. Marcnesium is a professional graphic designer, who primarily worked on the visual aspects of the band and was rarely involved with the actual music production.
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, he often played a sampler and supported the two rappers with vocal samples that he modified with an attached
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.


Sillium

In 1998, the first ''Fünf Sterne deluxe'' album ''Sillium'' featuring the singles "5 Sterne Deluxe", "Willst du mit mir gehn" and " Dein Herz schlägt schneller" was released. Both the album and the singles entered the German charts. The lyrics of ''Fünf Sterne deluxe'' were always lighthearted, apparently never to be taken seriously and very humorous, which made them just as controversial among " real" hip-hop fans as the previous band "Der Tobi & Das Bo" had been. In numerous television appearances that year, they managed to cement their public image and confused as well as astonished audiences with their entertainment skits, which were a large part of the group's charm. Outside ''Fünf Sterne deluxe'', DJ Coolmann took care of his own label "Hong Kong Records", and released the albums ''Music for Space Tourism Vol.1'' (1995) and ''The Big Tilt'' (1998) under the Visit Venus moniker. 1999 saw the release of the single "Ja Ja,... deine Mudder" (the title being a German equivalent of " yo mama"), which marked a comeback after a period of relative quietness. Having already announced a solo album for the April 1998, Das Bo released an EP called "Türlich Türlich, sicher Dicker / Nur der Zorn zählt". The release coincided with the new ''Fünf Sterne deluxe'' single "Die Leude", but was more successful, selling 220,000 units and introducing Das Bo to mainstream listeners. '' Neo.Now'', the second ''Fünf Sterne deluxe'' album, was released the same year, but only saw limited sales and did not live up to ''Silliums success. Other hip-hop groups with tougher music, lyrics and attitude managed to capture more of the target audience's attention, with Fünf Sterne's more comical approach falling out of fashion. At the end of 2000, the fan club CD ''Alles muss raus - Die zähe Pampe aus drei Jahren Hirnforschung'' was released. It featured 28 unreleased tracks and remixes and came bundled with a Fünf Sterne-branded
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. DJ Coolmann left the band in 2003 for unknown reasons and remains an active DJ in the Hamburg club scene.


Further history

''Fünf Sterne deluxe'' tried another comeback in 2004 with the EP "Wir sind im Haus", which failed to arouse much interest. They also performed on the
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for the second time after 2001. A third album was planned, the band officially folded at the end of 2004. After a rather long creative pause, Das Bo released his solo album ''Best of III - Alleine'' in 2004, which featured the singles "Seid Ihr bereit für Das Bo" and "Ich hab Rap für Dich". It featured a rather different and mellow sound than listeners expected after the Miami bass-style ''Türlich Türlich... sicher Dicker'' of 2000. The album did not sell well and Das Bo subsequently parted ways with his record company Yo Mama. In 2005, Das Bo toured with Deichkind and made guest appearances on the singles "Wie geil ist das denn??" by Jansen & Kowalski and "Ey Yo" by DJ Tomekk. He also dissed his former record label on Samy Deluxe's
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"So deluxe, so glorious". After several singles and remixes, Tobi Tobsen's
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project Moonbootica released a widely acclaimed album in 2005. In 2013 Fünf Sterne Deluxe had their comeback on the Beats auf der Bahn Festival. In the following years they toured through many Festivals and the Single "Wer hat die dicksten Eier" was released as a free download. In 2015 the remix album AltNeu was released which contained remixes of their songs. In 2017 they released the Album "Flash".


Awards

In 2000 the band won the award COMET for best ''Hip Hop National''. The award is given by the German music television channel VIVA. VIVA
COMET 2007: History - Die Gewinner
http://www.viva.tv Accessed 11 August 2008


Discography


See also

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German hip hop German hip hop (locally known as ''Deutschrap'', ''Deutsch'' meaning German) refers to hip hop music in the German language. Elements of American hip hop culture, such as graffiti art and breakdancing, diffused into Western Europe in the ea ...
* List of German hip hop musicians


External links

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former official band website
(offline) * Solo artist sites: **
Das Bo
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Marcnesium
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Moonbootica
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Fünf Sterne Deluxe at laut.de
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References

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