Keimzeit

Germination is a German rock music group, founded in 1980 under the name Lütte joggers.

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Band History

The Early Years

In the late 1970s were the four siblings Norbert, Hartmut, Roland and Marion quiet course on from the place Lütte in Bad Belzig at family gatherings and in the pubs. In 1980 they reformed under the name jogger to a band, which was renamed in 1982 in seed time.

Norbert quiet course became the frontman. He also began writing songs with German lyrics. This contributed greatly to the success of the band. In 1984, Ulrich " Ulle " Send added as lead guitarist. Marion quiet course left the band in 1985 temporarily due to the birth of her first child. In 1989, after the birth of her second child, she finally got out. 1989 Matthias Opitz (piano, keyboard, organ) a permanent member.

In the 1980s the band to thousands of concerts earned a loyal following, especially in the present state of Brandenburg. Concerts with more than five hours of play were not uncommon. The evenings were - beyond the actual appearance also - to some very heavy alcohol parties. The performances were also mostly off organized by the state-run music industry of the GDR, for example, in village pubs with its old function rooms. End of the eighties the band was briefly removed from the game permission by the State artists' organization. Texts of the title Mama tell me why and woman of gold were here the reasoning. Stylistically, the music was the early years of typical GDR Blue Rock, who got his special touch by the sometimes very poetic lyrics. From this period also dates back to her Hit Kling sound, which appeared on an album until 1993. The repertoire also included classics of international blues and rock music.

The turnaround time

Only in 1988 was the germ time in broadcasting the GDR, the opportunity to record songs professionally. Since then, they have been played on the radio - especially the youth radio station " DT64 ". The photographs were not published until 1990 debut album madhouse at Hansa Berlin. Ralf Benschu (saxophone, flute, clarinet ) became a permanent member of the band in the same year; since 1986 he had been a guest musician here.

Lyrics like " ... mislead the smart madhouse, into Parliament: The title track of the album the band a " Wendehit " succeeded. Yourself to blame, who does not recognize the signs of the times ... " spoke many GDR citizens from the heart. Eleven 99, the youth program of the GDR television, also produced a video for the title aircraft, which still supported the metaphorical effect of the song in relation to the turn of confusion: In the text line " dusted ... and off: The Boss ... " you can see with a seemingly carelessly seized in the corner picture of Erich Honecker. In addition, the band continued to tour extensively by the ( as yet) DDR and entered multiple times on television and radio.

Part-time, Günter Baaske, who later became known as SPD politician, from 1989 to 1999 worked as a manager of the band (nicknamed " Hugo ").

1991-1996

1991 appeared the second album Chapter Eleven, the stylistically the debut album largely followed at Hansa / BMG. In February 1993, Matthias Opitz left the band and was replaced by Andreas Sperling. In the same year the third album Colourful shards appeared (still with Opitz on the keyboard instruments ) on which the band took stylistic excursions into South American rhythms. On this album, also her most famous song Kling is to find sound. The band was further continuously on tour in East Germany - and venues were grown and found in the west of Germany.

1995 saw the fourth album Primroses & elephants, which offers a variety of styles. A year later, the band released a double CD with live recordings from six different concerts under the title Night idea. After the performance at the Munich slaughterhouse on 3 November 1996, seed time for the first time in the band's history a longer intermission one: Nearly six months the group was not then shared a stage. The reason was increasing dissatisfaction of the musicians with the lack of musical development.

1997-2007

The year 1997 took the band for a creative break and the (initially fruitless ) search for a suitable producer for their fifth studio album. In early 1998 you could win Franz Plasa and designed with him. Electromagnetic field in the The album is in the discography of the band the beginning of a new epoch is: You left quite aware of the paths of the " granola chanson rock 'n' roll " ( Norbert quiet course ) and was inspired by Plasa in ICP Studio Brussels a miss modern rock sound. The new sound the band for a younger audience was interesting, but lost a lot of fans - especially from the ranks of the East German blues rock lovers and East nostalgic - who had previously been doing a large part of the audience. Stylistically similar to the subsequent studio albums were smart and left to wait (2000 ), 1000 people as I produced (2002) and Private cinema ( 2005). Besides Plasa Peter Schmidt was engaged as a producer. Already in 2003 Ulrich Send to leave the band - not least because of the new production and musical style. He was replaced by Rudi Feuerbach. The band membership by Ralf Benschu stood for the same reasons often on the brink. Almost all musicians pursue solo projects since that time ( see main article on the individual musicians ). Published in 2006 Keimzeit the second live album Mensch Meier. Here for the first time came Jürgen Block as a producer for the course. The album was recorded during a double concerto in Schwerin.

In 2007, the 25-year stage anniversary of the band with a tour through Germany was committed. In June and July 2007, found six open-air concerts are held in the larger cities of the East. On 20 June 2007 played Keimzeit with all former band members in front of 5,000 spectators in the courtyard of Berlin's cultural brewery. After the tour final concert in the Freiberg Tivoli neither concerts yet publications were planned for 2008.

2008-2010

2008 Norbert quiet course took over the role of the guest singer in a Wilhelm Busch program. In October and November, the band then went to Andalusia, to record a new album. At the same time they founded their own label with attached publisher named comic book heroes. With the completion of the recordings in the Spanish studio Benschu Ralf left the band due to musical and personal differences. On the album Stable currency Love, which was released on 24 April 2009, there are eleven songs; some part with full horn section and mariachis. On 29 April 2009 Keimzeit went to 14 -month break in Rostock back on tour and played 11 July 2009 at the Citadel Music Festival in Berlin. The tour 2010/2011 began on 1 January 2010 with a performance in front of more than 80,000 visitors at the lighthouse in flames in Warnemünde and was placed in sight under the motto country. On 19 November 2010 the band released an eponymous retrospective in the form of a double CD as well as new editions of all the albums since 2002 on their own label comic heroes. 2010 played Keimzeit a total of 50 concerts, including two in Switzerland. In the year 2010 also marked the beginning of cooperation with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg falls. For originally a radio concert, the first seed -time title for the orchestra were arranged. As a conductor and arranger acted Bernd Wefelmeyer.

2011 to today

For 2011, initially on further cooperation with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg on the plan. Joint concerts were played in Bad Belzig, Potsdam and Berlin. For the recording of a new studio album, the band went again to Motril in Spain. Shortly after returning, guitarist Rudi Feuerbach personal reasons the band. Then the tenth studio album Columbus was published on April 27, 2012. The guitar part shared Kutschke 2012 Lars and Martin Weigel. After jazz trumpeter Sebastian Piskorz Martin Weigel has been a permanent member. With the beginning of 2012 the band started a new 30-year stage anniversary with more than 50 concerts. Beginning of 2013 separated drummer Roland quiet course and seed time. Krishan Zeigner from Dresden was then committed for 2013 and Lin Dittmann from Erfurt to take the part in 2014. With the publication of the first germ -time acoustic album Midtsommer on January 4, 2013, the concerts in 2013 were partly under the motto Columbus' island, but mainly in acoustic occupation. Then further recordings were realized with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg Between October and December 2013 under producer Jürgen Block was an album entitled Together.

Discography

Albums

• Madhouse (1990 )
• Chapter Eleven (1991 )
• Colorful Shards (1993 )
• Primroses & Elephants ( 1995)
• Nachtvorstellung Live (2 CD) (1996, 1999, two individual CDs as posted again: Night Presentation - the hits live, Vol 1 and night idea - the hits live, Vol 2 )
• In the electromagnetic field (1998)
• Smart and kept waiting (2000)
• The best so far (2002)
• 1000 people like me (2002)
• The Christmas festival of rock music ( along with the band City ) (2003 )
• Private cinema (2004)
• Mensch Meier Live 2006 (2006)
• Stable currency Love ( 2009)
• Land in sight (2 CD ) (2010 )
• Columbus (2012 )
• Midtsommer, Keimzeit acoustic quintet (2013 )
• Together, Germination & German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (2014)