Advanced Chemistry

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Torch and Toni-L (2003)

Advanced Chemistry ( AC ) was a hip-hop group from Heidelberg , founded in 1987 , which is one of the pioneers of German hip-hop . They made their breakthrough with the 1992 single Fremd im Vaterland .

history

The group consisted of " Toni-L ", "Linguist" (real name: Kofi Yakpo), "Gee-One", " DJ Mike MD " and " Torch ", some of whom are still musically active today. After DJ Mike MD and Gee-One left the band in the early 1990s, the group continued as a trio. The producer Boulevard Bou , who was always to be found in the Advanced Chemistry environment, but does not belong to the band, had a great influence on Advanced Chemistry .

Influenced by the American Conscious Rap and the Native Tongue movement , the central themes of Advanced Chemistry were politically and intellectually motivated and mainly revolved around their identity as Germans of foreign or Afro-German origin and the place of the hip-hop movement in the world . Advanced Chemistry was one of the few German-speaking hip-hop bands to become members of the Zulu Nation organization .

Discography

  • 1992: Foreign in your own country (12 "/ MCD, MZEE )
  • 1993: Which path leads to history (12 "/ MCD, MZEE )
  • 1994: Operation § 3 (12 "/ MCD)
  • 1994: You lack the funk! (12 "/ MCD)
  • 1995: Advanced Chemistry (2xLP / CD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kofi Yakpo: "Because I am not an isolated case, but one of many". Afro-German rap artist in the early days of hip hop . Article from August 10, 2004 in the portal bpb.de ( Federal Agency for Civic Education ), accessed on May 10, 2014
  2. ^ Bastian Heger: Construction of Identity in the Beginnings of German HipHop. An analysis by the Advanced Chemistry group . Student thesis, GRIN Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-640-69513-3 , p. 5 ( online )