Beginner (band)

The Beginner (until 2003 known as the Absolute Beginner ) is a hip hop music group from the Hamburg district Eimsbuettel consisting from jan Eißfeldt (aka Eizi Eiz and Jan Delay or Eißfeldt ), Dennis Lisk (aka Denyo ) and Guido Weiss (aka DJ Mad ).

Band History

At the time of its founding in the 1990s, the band still consisted of four other members (DJ Burn, Nabil Sheikh, Mirko and platinum Martin) and produced under the name Absolute Beginners English rap. Later they went on to German and deutschten to also fit their band name, and renamed themselves Absolute Beginner. In 1994 with the EP Gotting a first recordings with socially critical lyrics. With their debut album Flashnizm they were then only four of ( Eizi Eiz, Denyo and DJ Mad and Mardin ). Mardin left the band, as the Absolute Beginner by major label Universal / engine have been contracted. The commercial breakthrough came in 1998 with the album Bambule. Her first single releases were from Rock on, foxes, hammering and Love Song. Bambule sold over 250,000 times, so it was awarded in 2000 with gold. Since 2003, they operate only under Beginner. Actually, they wanted the Bambule LP release under this name because they wanted to illustrate the fact that the band without a platinum Martin is no longer the same as before. However, they had the name Absolute Beginner maintained at that time under pressure from the record company yet, since there was already a certain level of awareness. Only with their next album in 2003, they were big enough to pass through the name change easily with their record company can.

In early December 2004 the band DVD come out the coarsest band in the world, beyond the Beginner also includes live recordings of concerts in addition to music videos and a documentary. In the same year appeared with The Early Years 1992-1994 (We were young and needed no money ) an album of early recordings including Gotting EP.

The music of the Beginner is characterized mainly by partly humorous, partly political texts as well as sophisticated rhythms.

Matthias Arfmann is a producer of all albums also a fundamental element of the Beginner. He is not a member of the Beginner and is still called, for example, in the chorus of hammering in a train with the three members of the Beginner.

In August 2010, Dennis Lisk announced in a television interview at the first time that a new album is planned to be published, however, not expected to be pending before 2012. This statement was confirmed in 2011 by Jan Phillip Eißfeldt. Guido Weiss (DJ Mad ) confirmed in an interview late January 2011, also, that would be working on a new album. On 10 September 2011 she gave during the Berlin Festival their live comeback. The unofficial comeback after over 7 years of absence from the stage was, however, already on September 9, 2011 as part of the "Catch a fire" concert series in Ulm. Since, however, was advertised that the only Beginner concert in 2011 at the Berlin Festival to be held, the Beginner in Ulm have been announced as " Eizi Eiz, Denyo and DJ Mad ."

Discography

Albums

Compilations

  • 2004: The Early Years 1992-1994 ( Buback )

EPs

Singles

  • 2004: The coarsest band in the world ( Buback / Universal) ( with History, Videos, Gags and live concert )
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