Denots Crew

The Denots Crew ( TDC ) is a group of diverse artists, musicians and dancers who have influenced the early 1980s from the district Märkischen out the beginnings of the Berlin hip -hop and graffiti scene and changed. The Denots crew was made ​​up of four factions:

  • Graffiti - Writer Group: The Unknown 3 (SDC aka Combo, Crime and Crazy Colour, starting in 1985 and 1987 Rebel Kaos )
  • The German rap band: " TDC "
  • The punk rock band " raid "
  • The Kurfürstendamm breakdance group

These four groups and their friends were moving, each in different styles by the common affinity for skateboarding they met each other and united to Denots crew.

In the early 80s in the western part of the city of Berlin was still lacking any reference to a native of America Hip Hop, TDC, this time in Germany new and relatively unknown style in Berlin began to integrate with their breakdancing group on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm. The style was quickly taken up by the youth and is now visible on every street corner.

Formation

The high-rise estate Maerkisches quarter brought due to their remote location and city-like infrastructure in the north of Berlin together marginalized youth, who together form the Denots crew formed. By Denots crew emerged over the years until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990 art, music releases and concerts. Other publications created in cooperation with other Berlin musicians such as O -Jay and Quickmix of the Alliance. Concert performances with the Berlin Imperial nation. In the field, the first streetart graffiti art on the Berlin Wall, which partly found strong interest and attention of the media emerged. Other art objects in the building caused by the cooperation with the Gesobau from 1986 to today.

  • Founding members: Crime, Crazy Colour, Rebel MC, Kaos, Deza, DJ Nitroe, Lady Zue, Razia
  • GSC: Amen, Joker, Bice

Presence

Since 1990, most of the members in various social, commercial and artistic projects are active worldwide. Denots crew builds conceptual Murals on house facades, street art events organized and produced young musicians in the plate forging Jolly Jam by DJ Kaos. Many of the Denots Crew ( TDC) works of art are still intact and accessible worldwide. These include in Berlin: the playground equipment in the Quickbornerheide road. The old wash house at Senftenberg ring and the 4 seasons at Dannenwalder way. International uA: Berlin Wall art produced by Patrice Lux Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, 2004 Art by Kaos ( née: Dennis Kaun ) and in the Bedok Reservoir Park in Singapore. 2010th In 2013, Thomas Panter Aka Crime uA shows responsible as the organizer of the total Berlin urban art event series: " 30th Anniversary of European Graffiti History" the ( former NSA listening station ) took place at the Berlin Teufelsberg. In general, the Department Denots scene today is called as pioneer of modern, hip hop entire Berlin.

Swell

  • Berlin, le mur vit; Christian Bourguignon ( ua. ); Editions de l' est, 1990, ISBN 2-86955-090-1
  • " Hello Neighbour " newspaper article about the collaboration with the GESOBAU, April 1997
  • Interview: Rebel MC. The German hip hop scene, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, from 2000
  • "Style 1983 Graffiti by Crime TDC ". 2009 Goethe-Institut Stockholm "Graffiti and other Art on the Berlin Wall" Johannes Stahl

Links and References

  • TV report of the NDR of 1986 on the sprayer: Crazy Colour, SDC, Crime
  • "Rock News 1989 "
  • Berliner Kurier. Article of 28 October 2009, wall art internationally, Patrice Lux
  • Interview with Crime in "The Wall ", DTV Publisher 2011. Cover Graffiti by TDC / Crime
  • Lake Oner, Mural with Crime. New edition (2012 )
  • 30th Anniversary of European Graffiti History
  • Tribute to Crime TDC

Press Release:

  • Spain El Pais. Article of 15 July 2013 Este legal writer forma parte de ' Denots Crew'
  • Graffiti as a subject, Berliner week (2013 )

Concerts:

  • "Rock News 1989 "
  • "The Denots Crew in Concert / Quartier Latin 1988 "
  • Poster of the Old School Reunion Concert 2008

Music releases:

  • Gotta Rocktape 1986
  • Rebel One

Vita and websites of individual members of the crew Denots Today

  • Panter Thomas a.k.a. Crime ( graphic design and IT Studio Berlin)
  • Jolly Jams Records. Record label of ( Kaos ) Dennis Kaun
  • Streetstyler.org (International Street Art and Graffiti Community )
  • Rebel One ( MC Rapper)
  • Graffiti Artist
  • Hip- hop group
  • Berlin Wall
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