Uebermother
| Uebermother | |
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 Uebermother at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2017 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genre (s) | New German Hardness |
| founding | 2006 |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, vocals |
Luci van Org |
guitar |
Michael Brettner |
guitar |
Peggy Junghanns |
Electric bass |
Anja Schlemm |
Drums |
Sabine Ahlbrecht |
Co-author |
Michael Kernbach |
Üebermutter is a new German hardship band founded in 2006 . Due to its post-feminist concept, the Rammstein- oriented music and the singer Luci van Org , who became popular with Lucilectric , the group received media attention that went beyond the metal press.
history
Luci van Org founded Üebermother after the thesis was put forward in an editorial in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit that “emancipation has not only brought women advantages”. Van Org called the editorial the "drop that broke the barrel". In an interview with Spiegel Online she stated that the debut album and the band arose out of her "anger that suddenly [her] fate as a woman was being discussed everywhere". In an interview with Rock Hard magazine, she added her personal annoyance about what she saw as “bigotry and backwardness that was suddenly spreading,” which she took as the reason for founding the band. The concept for Üebermutter was developed in cooperation with Michael Kernbach after he had sent her the first text fragments and musical sketches. In addition, van Org said the music arose from a personal affinity for "harder paths".
Van Org brought in mother Anja Schlemm as bassist and Peggy Junghanns as guitarist as musicians from the Berlin Rammstein cover band. Sabine Ahlbrecht from Nervous Germans and Drei Bottles joined the group as drummer . Van Org dubbed the women in band presentations as their “doom army”. Michael Brettner from Guildo Horn & Die Orthopädische Stockings was hired as a further guitarist and the only male member of the stage cast . Van Org presented him as the "UNHEILand [before] who has come to redeem his entire race from all patriarchal sins from thousands of years through his own heroically endured suffering".
The group signed a deal with Roadrunner Records in 2007 . The band had previously sent demos , whereupon the A&R manager of Roadrunner Records visited the group in the rehearsal room and then offered the band a contract. The debut album Unheil! was subsequently released in 2008 via Roadrunner Records and provoked a polarized reception. Several appearances throughout Germany followed before van Org turned to other projects. In 2017 Üebermutter published several music videos based on previously unpublished material. In the same year the band performed as a trio with an acoustic set at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen .
concept
With reference to the debates about the role of women, Üebermutter was touted in press packages as a "post-feminist metal band". People involved in this discussion, such as Eva Herman for the book The Eva Principle , were attacked as well as representatives of popular culture. The press release was explicitly directed against Roger Cicero and the songwriters of Barbara Schöneberger , who, in the opinion of Luci van Org, spread “traditional images of women and people” and portrayed women in traditional role models. Thomas Winkler wrote in the taz that Uebermother propagated “female strength and self-assertion” against the three Cs “ children, church, kitchen ” with the help of irony alongside new feminists . Van Org supplements such an assessment with the advice to be critical of all -ism . She does not see herself as a feminist , but is much more of a "justice fanatic and wishes [...] equal rights, duties and opportunities for everyone."
The concept is conveyed through the ironic and sarcastic texts, the martial-military aesthetics and sadomasochistic stagings of the group. In doing so, reference is made to an “aesthetic that is made up of 1950s post-war flair, S / M-style uniforms and accessories, a post-feminist image and pacifist, socially critical and moralizing statements”. The texts use phrases from the blood-and-soil ideology . With the adaptation of these phrases in the context of the exaggerated lyrics, the group wanted to make “clear statements against totalitarianism”. Van Org puts the album title Unheil! In a similar context . and the cover design, which adapts the Iwo Jima motif . So calamity is "the total opposite of 'Heil!'" And in the Iwo Jima motif "as with hoisting any victory flag, suffering and death are glorified in the most perverse way." With such references, Übermother wanted the ideologies underlying these motifs ad absurdum to lead. Nevertheless, the texts are in a personal context and refer to van Org's life. The abuse passages in girls part two were based on my own experiences.
style
The music played by Üebermutter is attributed to the New German Hardship. In reviews, the group is mostly compared to Rammstein. Van Org confirms the influence, but adds " Laibach and countless [...] other [...] bands". The singing presented is often brought close to that of Nina Hagen .
In a review for Metal.de , the music is described as a mixture of “rock hard guitars”, “pounding drums” and “cool, industrial synthesizer sounds”. The music was set in a similar way in the review for the website The Pit: "Rock-hard, meter-high guitar walls meet a whipping, propelling drums, paired with opaque, cool synths that can also claim one or the other catchy character." Weber describes the music for the music magazine Rock Hard as “Spartan [s] staccato riffing ” with “stylistic proximity to Rammstein”. Weber particularly emphasized the vocal performance of Van Orgs. Likewise, singing is given special attention in other reviews. It is praised as versatile and 3 octaves comprehensive.
reception
With mischief! Uebermother received a lot of attention and met with mixed reviews. In addition to music magazines such as Rock Hard and Metal Hammer as well as various webzines , taz and Spiegel Online also dealt with Üebermutter.
Matthias Weckmann wrote a negative review for the music magazine Metal Hammer and called the music and the concept "bad and fake". The album was rated similarly poorly on the CDStarts website and the concept was described as "a cheap pretext to get back into the public eye". Other reviews called the album "unusual and interesting", very promising, right up to reviews that particularly highlighted the positive concept and those that highlighted the musical quality as particularly successful. Volkmar Weber from Rock Hard praised the concept and the music at the same time, he called disaster! as a polarizing album and particularly highlighted van Org's vocal performance as “phenomenal”.
Discography
- 2008: disaster! (Album, Roadrunner Records)
- 2008: Heim und Herd (single, Roadrunner Records)
Web links
- Üebermutter at Discogs (English)
- Üebermutter at laut.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Interview with Luci van Org from ÜEBERMUTTER. Sound 2 Move, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Stefan Krulle: Rock-Emanze Luci van Org “I think Roar is totally great” (2). April 7, 2008, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Sascha Nieroba: Humor is when you rock anyway. (No longer available online.) Rock Hard, archived from the original on February 28, 2018 ; accessed on February 27, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f Kathleen Gransalke: Uebermother, the calamity has come. April 17, 2008, accessed February 28, 2018 .
- ^ MW: Interview Uebermother. (No longer available online.) Hard Harder Heavy, archived from the original on February 28, 2018 ; accessed on February 28, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Matthias Weckmann: Uebermother: Disaster! Metal Hammer. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Stefan Krulle: Rock-Emanze Luci van Org “I think Roar is totally great” (1). April 7, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Winkler: The girl strikes back. April 23, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Florian: Üebermutter, interview with singer Luci van Org.metal.de, accessed on February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Martin Pilot: Ueber Mother: Disaster! The Pit, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Volkmar Weber: Uebermother: Disaster! Rock Hard, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Kristin Feldmann: Ueber Mother: Disaster! Bizarre Radio, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Editor: Uebermother: Disaster! Mindbreed, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Florian: Ubermother: Disaster! metal.de, accessed on February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Albert Ranner: Ubermother: Disaster! CDStarts, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Tobias Burk: Ubermother: Disaster! Dark Moments, accessed February 27, 2018 .
