Beat! Beat! Beat!
| Beat! Beat! Beat! | |
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 Beat! Beat! Beat! live at the Dockville Festival, 2011 |
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| General information | |
| founding | 2008 |
| Founding members | |
| Joshua Gottmanns | |
Guitar, synthesizer
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Moritz Leppers |
| Tim Gerke | |
| Marius Lauber | |
Beat! Beat! Beat! is a German rock band from Viersen . Their music is described as a mixture of indie and guitar rock with synth pop and shoegazing .
Band history
The band members knew each other because they attended the same school. In 2006 - at the age of 16 - the four founding members Joshua Gottmanns ( vocals , guitar ), Moritz Leppers (guitar, synthesizer ), Tim Gerke ( bass ) and Marius Lauber ( drums ) began to make music together. The band Beat! Beat! Beat! , who released the debut EP Stars in 2009. It was mastered by Larry Reid, guitarist of the British indie rock band The Cinematics . The British music magazine NME called the band "the German answer to the Foals ". This was followed by appearances all over Germany and a recording contract with the Berlin independent label Richard Mohlmann Records . On October 22nd, 2010 the debut album Lightmares , produced by Dennis Scheider, was released.
In autumn 2010 they were nominated as the "Best Plan B" act for the largest German radio prize, the 1Live Krone , and together with Dendemann they achieved second place.
Discography
- Stars (EP, 2009)
- Lightmares (2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deborah Katona: "Lightmares" by Beat! Beat! Beat! laut.de, accessed on November 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Tim Chester: Beat! Beat! Beat! - Fireworks - Free MP3. NME Blog, November 5, 2009, accessed December 1, 2010 .