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Zeit (1972) (German: time) is the third album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.^[3] A double LP, it was the first release featuring Peter Baumann, who joined Chris Franke and Edgar Froese.

Overview[link]

The style of this album is slower and more atmospheric than their previous albums. Its atmospheric drone music tone is similar to ex-member Klaus Schulze's solo album Irrlicht (released the same month) as it stemmed from a common idea that Schulze and Froese could not agree on and parted ways about. Florian Fricke from the Munich-based group Popol Vuh, playing Moog synthesizer, and four cellists appear on the first track. The album cover depicts a solar eclipse.

As explained by Paul Russell for the 2002 reissue, "Zeit, which means 'time', was based on the philosophy that time was in fact motionless and only existed in our own minds."^[4] And concluding, "Without doubt Zeit is a Krautrock master work still capable of surprises without having to shock. The album which took the band to the edge of international recognition, still sounds timeless 30 years on."^[4]

Devotees of dark ambient music often refer to it as being one of the first (and perhaps finest) examples of the genre.

Running times and releases[link]

Before the 2002 reissue, there were two common releases on CD: a single CD release and a double CD set. The single CD release from Castle Music Ltd in 1999 has catalog number CMACD 555.

The double CD set from Relativity in 1987 has catalog number 88561-8070-2, and is slightly longer by a few seconds, mainly due to longer inter-track gaps. Relativity also put out a single cassette, 88561-8070-4, with the following song timings: 20:00, 18:00, 20:12, 17:43.

The sound of the two releases is also strikingly different, the original Relativity release having a much brighter and more detailed sound. The Castle release was remastered from the original master tapes over a decade later and there seems to have been a deterioration in quality since then, as it exhibits a notably muddier and bottom-heavy sound. The double CD set has a light blue border on the front and back covers.

The 2011 release includes a second CD with the November 25, 1972 Klangwald concert at Cologne's WDR Sendesaal hall in West Germany, previously released as Tangerine Tree 52: Cologne 1972.

Track listing[link]

Personnel[link]

Musical

Tangerine Dream

• Edgar Froese – sound generators, gliss guitar
• Peter Baumann – keyboards, vibraphone, VCS3
• Christopher Franke – keyboards, cymbals, VCS3

With guest musicians

• Florian Fricke – Moog synthesizer on "Birth of Liquid Plejades"
• Steve Schroyder – Organ outro on "Birth of Liquid Plejades"
• The Cologne Cello Quartet — Cello intro on "Birth of Liquid Plejades"
  • Christian Vallbracht
  • Joachim von Grumbkow; credited as Jochen von Grumbcow; co-founder of Hoelderlin
  • Hans Joachim Brüne
  • Johannes Lücke

Technical

• Dieter Dierks – Recording engineer

Graphical

• Edgar Froese – Cover art
• Monique Froese – Cover and sleeve photography

References[link]

External links[link]

Look up Zeit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hannes Wader
Hannes Wader performing at UZ-Pressefest in Dortmund, 2003
Background information
Birth name	Hans Eckard Wader
Born	(1942-06-23) June 23, 1942 (age 70) Bethel, near Bielefeld
Origin	Bielefeld, Westphalia
Years active	1969–present
Labels	Mercury, Pläne
Associated acts	Konstantin Wecker
Website	www.hanneswader.de

Hannes Wader (born Hans Eckard Wader on 23 June 1942) is a German singer-songwriter ("Liedermacher"). He was an important figure in German leftist circles from the 1970s on, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resistance to oppression in Europe and other places like Latin America. He both wrote new songs and played versions of older historical works.

Life and work[link]

Wader was born in Bethel, near Bielefeld, Westphalia, Germany. His works are mostly based on German folk songs. Aside from his own lyrics, he also performs works of famous poets like Eichendorff. He now rarely sings the workers' songs and socialist hymns that used to be a large part of his repertoire. He recently published an album exclusively with songs by Franz Schubert. He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman on the album "Liebe, Schnaps & Tod".

Remarkably, many of the social issues Wader sang about are still relevant today. Besides Franz Josef Degenhardt, Wader is one of the most active political singers in Germany.

In the 1970s, Hannes Wader became one of the stars of the political left through his provocative songs. He was a member of the German Communist Party from 1977 to 1991. The publication of the song Der Tankerkönig stirred up controversy, as it covered the kidnapping of the son of the tycoon Rudolf August Oetker. Wader even came under suspicions of terrorism.

In 1973 he moved to Struckum, in Nordfriesland, where he published some of his later albums. In 1998, he and his family moved to Steinburg, district of Schleswig-Holstein.

He has published numerous albums and still tours throughout Germany. He appears in open-air concerts and also in clubs.

Performed songs (selected)[link]

• Abschied
• Am Fluß
• Ankes Bioladen
• Arschkriecher-Ballade
• Auf, Auf zum Kampf
• Begegnung
• Bella Ciao
• Brüder seht die rote Fahne
• Damals
• Darfst nun getrost
• Das Einheitsfrontlied
• Das Loch unterm Dach
• Dem Morgenrot entgegen
• Der kleine Trompeter
• Der Rattenfänger
• Der Tankerkönig
• Die freie Republik
• Die Internationale
• Die Moorsoldaten File mp3
• Die Thälmann-Kolonne
• Dioxin
• El pueblo unido
• Es ist an der Zeit (Wader's German translation of "No Man's Land" by Eric Bogle)
• Es ist schon viele Jahre her
• Gut, wieder hier zu sein
• Heute hier, Morgen dort (Day to Day, music by Gary Bolstad titled "Indian Summer", lyrics by Hannes Wader)
• Hotel zur langen Dämmerung
• Ich hatte mir noch so viel vorgenommen
• Im Garten (Liebeslied)
• Johnny
• König von Preußen
• Kokain (Cocaine)
• Krieg ist Krieg
• Landsknecht
• Leben einzeln und frei
• Lied vom Knüppelchen
• Mamita mia
• Manche Stadt, manch ein Land
• Monika
• Rohr im Wind
• Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind
• Sage nein
• Schon Morgen
• Schon so lang
• Schön ist die Jugend
• Solidaritätslied
• Sommerlied
• Stellungnahme
• Talking-Böser-Traum-Blues
• Traum vom Frieden
• Trotz alledem (...daß sich die Furcht in Widerstand)
• Unterwegs nach Süden
• Vaters Land
• Viel zu schade für mich
• Wir werden sehen
• Wünsche

Discography[link]

• 1969 HANNES WADER SINGT (Conträr)
• 1971 ICH HATTE MIR NOCH SO VIEL VORGENOMMEN (Mercury )
• 1972 7 LIEDER (Mercury)
• 1973 DER RATTENFÄNGER (Mercury)
• 1974 PLATTDEUTSCHE LIEDER (Mercury)
• 1975 VOLKSSÄNGER (Mercury)
• 1976 KLEINES TESTAMENT (Mercury)
• 1977 HANNES WADER SINGT ARBEITERLIEDER (Mercury)
• 1978 HANNES WADER SINGT SHANTIES (Mercury)
• 1979 WIEDER UNTERWEGS (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1980 ES IST AN DER ZEIT (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1982 DASS NICHTS BLEIBT WIE ES WAR (live) (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1983 NICHT NUR ICH ALLEIN (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1985 GLUT AM HORIZONT (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1986 LIEBESLIEDER (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1987 BIS JETZT (live) (Mercury)
• 1989 NACH HAMBURG (Mercury)
• 1990 HANNES WADER SINGT VOLKSLIEDER (Mercury)
• 1991 NIE MEHR ZURÜCK (Mercury / CD 510 080-2)
• 1992 SCHON SO LANG ‘62 – ‘92 (Compilation) (Mercury)
• 1992 BLICK ZURÜCK – Das Beste aus den 80er Jahren (Compilation) (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1995 ZEHN LIEDER (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1996 LIEBE SCHNAPS TOD – WADER SINGT BELLMANN (m. R. Mey & K. Hoffmann) (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1996 Professor Jecks Tierlieder-ABC (Europa)
• 1997 AN DICH HAB ICH GEDACHT – WADER SINGT SCHUBERT (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1998 AUFTRITT (live mit Klaus Weiland & Benjamin Huellenkremer) (Pläne - ARIS)
• 1999 DER POET (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
• 1999 DER REBELL (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
• 1999 DER VOLKSSÄNGER (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
• 2001 WAS FÜR EINE NACHT (Konstantin Wecker und Hannes Wader live) (Pläne)
• 2001 WÜNSCHE (Pläne)
• 2003 DAS KONZERT (Wader/Mey/Wecker)
• 2004 ...UND ES WECHSELN DIE ZEITEN (Pläne)
• 2005 JAHR FÜR JAHR (Pläne)
• 2006 MAL ANGENOMMEN (Pläne)
• 2007 NEUE BEKANNTE (Pläne)
• 2010 KEIN ENDE IN SICHT (Konstantin Wecker und Hannes Wader live) (Sturm & Klang)

Literature[link]

• Thomas Rothschild: Liedermacher. 23 Portraets. Frankfurt 1980.
• Ulrich Maske: Daß nichts bleibt wie es war - Hannes Wader und seine Lieder. Verlag pläne Dortmund 1984
• Matthias Henke: Hermes Handlexikon. Die großen Chansonniers und Liedermacher. Düsseldorf 1987.
• Beate Dapper (Hrsg.): Hannes Wader - Liederbuch. Bund-Verlag Frankfurt 1999.

External links[link]

• http://www.hanneswader.de (www.scala-kuenstler.de/hannes-wader.html)
• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9962/wader2.html&date=2009-10-25+06:04:53
• http://www.flensburg-online.de/musik/hannes-wader-tournee-2005.html Text über die Tour 2005 "...und es wechseln die Zeiten"
• Hannes Wader discography at Discogs

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Werner Gitt (born 22 February 1937) is a German engineer and young earth creationist.

Biography[link]

Gitt was an engineering professor at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany's national institute for natural and engineering sciences. By the 1990s he was assuming a leadership role in the German creationist movement, through the publication of several influential creationist books. He was one of the leaders of the nondenominational Wort und Wissen (Word and Knowledge) society, the largest creationist society in Germany.^[1]

Bibliography[link]

• 1992 Questions - that always get asked (Fragen - die immer wieder gestellt werden)(ISBN 3-89397-184-X)
• 1993 Did God use Evolution? (Schuf Gott durch Evolution?) (ISBN 3-89397-725-2)
• 1993 Signals from Space - Why are there Stars? (Signale aus dem All - Wozu gibt es Sterne?) (ISBN 3-89397-705-8)
• 1994 If Animals Could Talk (Wenn Tiere reden könnten)(ISBN 3-89397-760-0)
• 1997 In the Beginning was Information (Am Anfang war die Information)(ISBN 3-89397-255-2)
• 1999 The Wonder of Man (ISBN 3-89397-397-4)
• 2000 In the Beginning was the Big Bang? (Am Anfang war der Urknall?)(ISBN 3-89397-433-4)
• 2001 Time And Eternity (Zeit und Ewigkeit)(ISBN 3-89397-473-3)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Werner Gitt's website
• Biography from Answers in Genesis
• Information Theory and Creationism: Werner Gitt at the TalkOrigins Archive

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Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer, 2004
Background information
Birth name	Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer
Born	(1956-04-12) April 12, 1956 (age 56)
Origin	Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Genres	Rock, pop rock, soft rock, pop
Occupations	Singer, actor, composer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1978–present
Labels	EMI, Grönland
Website	www.groenemeyer.de

Herbert Grönemeyer (born April 12, 1956) is a German musician and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career. His fifth album 4630 Bochum (1984) and his 20th album Mensch (Human) (2002) are the best-selling German-language records of all time.^{[citation needed]} He is the most successful artist in Germany with album sales of over 13 million albums.^[1]

Early life[link]

Grönemeyer often refers to his personal roots as lying in the German town of Bochum where he spent most of his childhood, youth and early adulthood. Still today, the song Bochum, first released in 1984, is one of his signature songs, especially during live performances. Being born in Göttingen and not in Bochum he has his own explanation: "I was only born in Göttingen because my mother often fainted when she was pregnant with me. She did this every time she turned to her left side, and no one believed her. In Göttingen there was a professor, a specialist, and he didn't believe her either, at which point she lay down, fainted, and brought me into the world. This is why I was born in Göttingen."^[2]

Work[link]

Grönemeyer’s interest in music was sparked at the age of eight, when he started to take piano classes. These later formed the basis for his work as a pianist and composer at the local theatre Schauspielhaus Bochum. In 1979, at the City of Cologne Theatre (Schauspielhaus Köln), using his musical talent to great effect, he gave an excellent performance as Lorenzo in the The Merchant of Venice. Although never having attended an acting school he soon appeared in several TV productions. During one of the shootings he met his later wife, the actress Anna Henkel. Additionally, Grönemeyer published an album he had recorded with the jazz formation "Ocean Orchestra" in 1978, a year in which he also composed the music for the film Uns reicht das nicht by Jürgen Flimm, together with Jens-Peter Ostendorf. His first solo album Grönemeyer, which was published in 1979, was awarded the Golden Lemon for the ugliest album cover of the year. His second album Zwo was released in 1981. Neither managed to chart. In the same year he starred in Wolfgang Petersen’s successful movie Das Boot as Lieutenant Werner. For the role of composer Robert Schumann in the German-German coproduction Frühlingssinfonie (co-starring Nastassja Kinski and Rolf Hoppe), for which he also composed the film score, Grönemeyer spent six months in the GDR. During the early 1980s Grönemeyer put his main focus on his music; the next two albums Total egal (1982) and Gemischte Gefühle (1983) flopped and most concerts of the planned tour had to be cancelled.

Grönemeyer first met success as a musician in 1984 with the release of Bochum which became the best-sold album in Germany that year, particularly supported by the singles "Männer" ( English lyrics ) and "Flugzeuge im Bauch". A year later Grönemeyer appeared in the TV-movie Väter und Söhne, co-starring Julie Christie, Burt Lancaster and Bruno Ganz. In his next albums Sprünge (1986) and Ö (1988) he increasingly expressed his political opinion, criticising the government under German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 1986 Grönemeyer performed at the Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival against nuclear power and he composed the film score for the TV film Sommer in Lesmona, for which he received the Adolf Grimme Award in gold. The release of his first English album What’s all this was followed by a tour through Canada, where it had success in the charts. After the Berlin Wall had fallen Grönemeyer released the album Luxus in which he addressed the feelings in East and West Germany. Having two children together, Felix and Marie, he married his companion Anna Henkel in 1993. In the same year Chaos was released and became a Top 1 hit record in Germany. More than 600,000 people saw the following tour. In 1994, Grönemeyer was the first non-English-speaking artist who was invited by MTV to do an unplugged concert. Four years later Grönemeyer moved to London and released Bleibt alles anders (Everything Remains Different). He also founded his own record label, Grönland Records. In the same year his brother Wilhelm and his wife Anna died of cancer (both dying within 3 days); it took Grönemeyer a year to resume his work. In 2000 he recorded a concert with a philharmonic orchestra and released the DVD Stand der Dinge (State of Affairs). In August 2002 he released his so far most successful album Mensch (Human) which was awarded Platinum even before release due to advance orders. The single "Mensch" became Grönemeyer’s first number one hit in Germany and 1.5 million people saw the 2-year tour. In 2004 and 2006 Grönemeyer recorded songs for the Olympic Games in Athens ("Everlasting") and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany ("Celebrate the Day"), respectively.

In March 2007 he released his 12th studio album 12 which was followed by a stadium tour across German-speaking countries. Smaller concerts took place in September in Amsterdam, Munich, Dresden and London's Royal Albert Hall.

The three re-recorded albums What's all this, Luxus and Chaos for the English-speaking market were met with limited sales success. Grönemeyer was scheduled to make his American debut on September 17, 2007 at the Beacon Theater in New York City, but the performance has since been postponed.

In January 2010, Grönemeyer performed the anthem "Komm zur Ruhr" as part of the opening ceremony of the "RUHR.2010" - The city of Essen being the "European Capital of Culture 2010" on behalf of the entire Ruhr area.

The magazine TIME awarded him the title of "European Hero" in 2005 for his humanitarian work.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1979 Grönemeyer
• 1980 Zwo
• 1982 Total egal
• 1983 Gemischte Gefühle
• 1984 4630 Bochum
• 1986 Sprünge
• 1988 Ö
• 1990 Luxus
• 1993 Chaos
• 1998 Bleibt alles anders
• 2002 Mensch
• 2007 12
• 2011 Schiffsverkehr

Filmography[link]

• 1976 — Die Geisel (directed by Peter Zadek)
• 1978 — Von Tag zu Tag (directed by Ulrich Stein)
• 1978 — Uns reicht das nicht (directed by Juergen Flimm)
• 1979 — Daheim unter Fremden (directed by Peter Keglevic)
• 1981 — Das Boot (directed by Wolfgang Petersen)
• 1982 — Doktor Faustus (directed by Franz Seitz)
• 1982 — Frühlingssinfonie (directed by Peter Schamoni)
• 1984 — Die ewigen Gefühle (directed by Peter Beauvais)
• 1985 — Väter und Söhne (directed by Bernhard Sinkel)
• 2007 — Control (directed by Anton Corbijn)
• 2010 — The American (directed by Anton Corbijn): film score by Herbert Grönemeyer

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Herbert Grönemeyer

• Official website
• http://www.groenland.com Grönemeyer's record label
• http://www.letzte-version.de Fan site
• Herbert Grönemeyer on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Herbert Grönemeyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Herbert Grönemeyer discography at Discogs

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Paul Kalkbrenner
Paul Kalkbrenner at Alte Diamantbrauerei (old diamond brewery), Magdeburg, in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Paul Kalkbrenner
Born	1977 Leipzig, Germany
Genres	Techno Minimal Electronica Downbeat
Occupations	electronic musician, actor
Instruments	Turntables, keyboard, Ableton Live
Years active	1999–present
Labels	BPitch Control, Paul Kalkbrenner Musik [1]
Website	myspace.com/paulkalkbrenner

Paul Kalkbrenner (German pronunciation: [paʊl ˈkalkbrɛnɐ]) (born 1977 in Leipzig, Germany^[2]) is a German electronic musician and actor from Berlin.

History[link]

As of 2010, Paul Kalkbrenner has tallied up more than 15 years of experience as a producer and live act. The early 90s after the Berlin Wall fell were formative years for Paul, and after spending many long and sleepless nights on the dancefloors of E-Werk, Planet and Whale, the dream was born to make music himself. A job as TV editor got him through the mid-90s and financed his first music gear. By this point Paul had already decided that he did not want to be a typical DJ playing other people's records, but rather to play only his own music, live in a club setting. His first tracks as Paul Kalkbrenner were released in 1999 on Berlin-based BPitch Control (the newly founded label from Ellen Allien) as the Friedrichshain EP, titled after his home district in the city's east. A series of further singles and two full-lengths (Superimpose and Time) followed, plus continuous live performances.

Together with Paul Kalkbrenner, BPitch Control gained a strong momentum. Paul's third album Self (2004) would mark the beginning of a new era. His melodic sound, with its affinity for grand emotional gestures, obeyed the logic of the dancefloor, but Self introduced a narrative aesthetic, serving as a soundtrack to a film that did not exist (at least, not yet). "Gebrünn Gebrünn", released one year later, became a crossover hit.

In early 2006, German director Hannes Stöhr, an avid fan of Self, decided to get in contact with Kalkbrenner. His idea was to produce a film about a Berlin techno musician during the new millennium, and Paul would compose the soundtrack. The two met, traded ideas and experiences, and soon after began working on the screenplay's first draft. In the course of their exchange, Hannes had the realization that Paul should not just contribute the music, but that he would be the perfect choice as the film's star. Without hesitation, Paul accepted the offer. They decided to title the film Berlin Calling.^[3][4]

For the soundtrack's production, Paul and his friend (and Bpitch colleague) Sascha Funke spent half a year in Aix-En-Provence in southern France. One song already had a title: "Sky and Sand" with vocals by brother Fritz Kalkbrenner. Upon Paul's return to Berlin in 2007, the filming began, and the finished work was brought to German theaters in October 2008. Berlin Calling and Paul's debut acting performance received positive reviews, and the film, thanks to its authentic depiction of the Berlin club scene and drug culture, became a cult classic.

The soundtrack and especially the single "Sky and Sand" broke many sales records. That track in particular went gold in Belgium where it remained in the charts' Top Ten for weeks. The 2009 DVD release of the film brought Paul to a new, much larger audience around the world. By the end of the year, Paul separated with BPitch Control after a decade-long relationship to take the next steps of his career alone. In early 2010 Paul completed a twelve-city live concert tour throughout Europe (with over 50,000 tickets sold within just a few weeks), followed by many headlining appearances at summer festivals.

Kalkbrenner uses software-synthesizers, sequencer (Ableton Live) in combination with midi-controllers, hardware-synthesizers and -drummachines for his live shows.

On April 12, 2011, Kalkbrenner announced the album Icke Wieder, which was released on June 3, 2011 via his own new label Paul Kalkbrenner Musik.^[5] About the album, he stated: "There won't be any singing on the album, no music of tomorrow either, it feels generally more like... well, old times".

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Zeit (BPitch Control, 2001)
• Superimpose (BPitch Control, 2001)
• Self (BPitch Control, 2004)
• Reworks (BPitch Control, 2006)
• Keule (BPitch Control, 2006)
• Berlin Calling - The Soundtrack by Paul Kalkbrenner (BPitch Control, 2008)
• Icke Wieder (2011)

EP's[link]

• DB+ (12") (BPitch Control, 2000)
• Chrono (12") (BPitch Control, 2001)
• Brennt (12") (BPitch Control, 2002)
• F.FWD (12") (BPitch Control, 2003)
• Steinbeisser (12") (BPitch Control, 2003)
• Press On (12") (BPitch Control, 2004)
• Maximalive (Minimaxima, 2005)
• Tatü-Tata (12") (BPitch Control, 2005)
• Keule (12") (BPitch Control, 2006)
• Altes Kamuffel (12") (BPitch Control, 2007)
• Bingo Bongo (12") (BPitch Control, 2008)

Singles[link]

• Sky And Sand (BPitch Control, 2009)

Filmography[link]

• Berlin Calling (2008)
• Paul Kalkbrenner 2010 - A Live Documentary (2010)

References[link]

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External links[link]

• Paul Kalkbrenner on Best4Ears.com
• Discogs.com - Paul Kalkbrenner
• Paul Kalkbrenner at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography and information at BPitch Control website
• Live performance during the Astropolis music festival
• Article in French about Paul Kalkbrenner