Dissidenten
Dissidents is a German Weltmusik-/Indie-Rock-Band. She is known especially for its collaboration with artists from the Middle East, North Africa and India. The Rolling Stone Magazine described it as " Godfathers of World Beat". The band's name refers to the term dissident for dissidents or opposition.
- 2.1 albums
- 2.2 Compilations and EPs
- 2.3 soundtracks
- 2.4 video clips
Band History
By 1980 Uve Müllrich and Michael Wehmeyer took at the Munich Krautrock and world music band embryo " experiments between East and West". In 1980, jointly established with Friedo of Josh in India " embryo 's dissidents ", the two musicians. In 1981, the group changed its name to "dissidents"; Marlon Klein replaced Michael Wehmeyer.
The first self-financed ( short-run ) Singles followed by a tour in Asia by the end of 1981. Inspired by personal travels and experiences with the band embryo the trio played numerous concerts in North Africa, Spain, Italy and throughout the Mediterranean. The group was able to celebrate with both single- dance hits in nightclubs as well as by the mostly sold-out concerts with great success.
" Godfathers of World Beat "
1982 moved the "dissidents" have their domicile to Central India, where she Madja Pradesh prepared as a guest in the palace of Maharaja Bhalkrishna Bharti Gondagaon of their first album. In this ' exotic ' environment made the recordings of " German Istan ," inspired by the percussionist Trilok Gurtu, produced in collaboration with the " Karnataka College of Percussion ", the singer RA Ramamani and saxophonist Charlie Mariano.
A year later, the group moved to Morocco to record " Electrical Sahara " in the sultan's palace in Tangier. They were supported by " Lemchaheb ", the famous author / composer Paul Bowles and Abdessalam Akaaboune as producers. " Mirage " was a Dancehit in Europe ( especially in Spain and Italy) and Canada, where the album reached # 1 on the "Independent Charts ". Following the band in sold-out venues toured Spain; followed later recordings with John Peel in London.
The trio decided to spend 1986 in Spain, produced " Life At the Pyramids " and achieved initial success in the United States and the United Kingdom. The subsequent world tour was opened in New York City on "1988 New Music Seminar " in the " Palladium".
1989 attracted the "dissidents" back to Morocco to "Out Of This World " with the " Royal National Orchestra of Morocco " and famous artists - including Cherif Lamran and Mahmoud Saadi (both members of " Lemchaheb " ) and " Jil Jilala " and " Nass El Ghiwane " - take from Morocco ( first time under the U.S. label "Sire / Warner "). The following year, the group moved its residence to ten years back to Berlin, where they released their album "Live in New York ", recorded at the opening concert of the world tour in New York. After that, the band members concentrated on a (not published as an album ) film / music project " Music of North American Indians."
For "The Jungle Book ", the recordings from the Indian everyday life in dance tracks built, the "dissidents" nearly three years took time, again in collaboration with the " Karnataka College of Percussion " from Bengaluru, Trilok Gurtu and Ramesh Shotham. The album was in 1994 elected by European DJs in their annual " World Music Charts " at No. 2, followed by a remix of Sven Väth ( " Jungle Book Part II" ) as a techno dance track.
After a subsequent, the album supporting tour Marlon Klein spent the rest of the year in Los Angeles and produced Gary Wright's albums "Human Love" and "First Sign of Life" with a guest appearance by former Beatle George Harrison. In 1983, the "dissidents " do their own music label " exile music " and published in 1997, " Instinctive Traveler", their first album with most songs in English, followed by a tour with festival appearances at " Stuttgart Jazz Open ," the Leverkusen Jazz Festival and the " Festival De La Diversidad " in Barcelona.
In 1998, she toured with guest musicians and singers such as Izaline Calister, Noujoum Ouazza and Manickam Yogeswaran, including a performance at the " Glastonbury Festival ". In the same year they released their second live album " Live in Europe ".
20 years dissidents
On the occasion of its twenty years of existence, the group developed with the American composer Gordon Sherwood ("New York Symphonics " & " Beggars Opera " ) and the conductor Peter Feranec ( " Bolshoi Orchestra " & " Oslo Opera " ), in collaboration with the " Danubian Orchestra and Choir ", her most ambitious artistic project: the documentary opera " That memory of water " ( " the Memory of Waters " ) ," for orchestra, 28 - voice choir, band and computer. " The opera was premiered at the "International Danube Festival" in Ulm, broadcast live by SWR, with further performances, such as the "Festival de Navarra " (Spain ) with the " Orchestra & The Coral de Cámara de Pamplona " in July 2004 with 50 musicians and singers. For these performances, the media artist and photographer Stefanie Seidl designed from Berlin scenic video design.
For the Expo 2000 in Hanover Uve Müllrich composed a performance for 96 Bavarian brass bands and designed in collaboration with the Munich sculptor a sound installation from the bell sounds of 96 Bavarian churches.
In Brazil occupied "Arabian Nights" with 750,000 copies sold Platz 1, the soundtrack " Sassaricando " was a million copies sold since its release in 1988.
2001 produced Marlon Klein in Durban (South Africa) "The Zulu Choir Phikelela Sakhula ", " The Real Happy Singers" and the album " Love Letter" and for the IMAX film "Ski to the Max" by Willy Bogner junior, two songs. Friedo Josh, produced and was a guest musician for Foxy Brown's " Na Na Be Like " on their album " Broken Silence ".
In the ten years (1991-2001) comprehensive " World Music Charts Europe " finished " The Jungle Book " position 2 among 6,500 nominated albums. The actual anniversary album - " 2001: A Worldbeat Odyssey " - comprised of nine DJs and producers ( among other things of " Badmarsh ", " Lemon Grass", " Shantel " and " Slop Shop " ) remixed hits of the "dissidents". In April 2003, "dissidents Remx.ED 2.0: A New World Odyssey " was released. As with the trio become a tradition occurred in the subsequent tour as guests some of the DJs as a guest artist on.
Uve Müllrich developed in 2003 together with media artist and journalist Tom Hagenauer the " Danube Journey", a CD and sound installation for the State Garden Show in Tuttlingen on the Danube.
Marlon Klein took Jasper van't Hof, Nicolas Fiszman, Philipp Aleart, Mabinthy Sakho, Simangele Khumalo, Frank Itt, Izaline Calister, Eric Vloeimans, Dra Diarra and Peter Weniger, Tony Lakatos and Ian Hillman on the " PILI PILI Jubilee Tour 2004 " part, which was extended with further performances in the summer.
Produced by Marlon Klein album " DAN_TXA " - a joint production with " Tomás San Miguel and Txalaparta " ( a Basque group) and a concert at the "Basque Music - Vitoria Jazz Night Festival" in Cannes - reached in January / February 2006 No. 9 of the "Top 20" CDs in the "World Music Charts ". From September 30 to November 18, 2006 toured "dissidents" and "Friends " in Germany and Spain.
2007 and 2008 the band was together with her friends the Moroccan band " Jil Jilala " in Tanger / Morocco engaged in the production of their album The Tanger Sessions. As of summer 2008, this formation could be heard at festivals throughout Europe between Spain and Helsinki. In September, the Live-CD/DVD dissidents & Jil Jilala Live arose during two live concerts in Berlin in Berlin. Since 2008, the embryo guitarist Roman Bunka, as well as the coming of the Guano Apes Henning Rümenap in the line-up of the band. 2010, the dissidents were playing with the two biggest African festivals, the L' Boulevard in Casablanca and the Mawazine Festival in Rabat. Later in the year concerts in Russia, North America and Europe were planned.
On 24 March 2012, the Lower Saxony Minister of Culture Johanna Wanka gave the Schauspielhaus Hannover dissidents to Praetorius Music Prize 2012 of the State of Lower Saxony in the category International Peace Music Award.