Crumbling machine
| Crumbling machine | |
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 Crumbling machine at the Werner Race 2018 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Duisburg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Krautrock , folk |
| founding | 1968, 1974, 1975, 1984, 2005 |
| resolution | 1973 |
| Website | broeselmaschine.de |
| Founding members | |
| Peter Bursch | |
Guitar, vocals |
Willi Kissmer († 2018) |
Vocals, flute
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Jenni Schücker |
| Lutz Ringer | |
| Michael Hellbach | |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, vocals, sitar |
Peter Bursch |
guitar |
Michael Dommers |
Keyboard |
Tom Plötzer |
| Manni von Bohr | |
| Detlef Wiederhöft | |
Singing, accompanying singing |
Stella Tonon |
Percussion |
Nippy Noya / Piiti Pike |
Bröselmaschine is a Duisburg band that was founded in 1968 by Peter Bursch and Willi Kissmer .
history
The crumbling machine emerged from the folk band Les Autres , founded in 1966 . The name of the band goes back to a cannabis shredding device and the sound of a motorcycle that belonged to a friend of band member Jenni Schücker. The band members lived in a municipality in Duisburg and belonged to the first German rock bands at the end of the 1960s. The first line-up included Peter Bursch , Willi Kissmer , Lutz Ringer, Jenni Schücker, and Michael Hellbach.
The band broke up in 1973. In 1974, 1975 and 1984 new formations took place. The band has been back on stage since December 2005, initiated by a WDR Rockpalast TV recording in which former band member Helge Schneider also participated. Peter Bursch and Detlef Wiederhöft from the formation from 1975 are still there, Michael Dommers played in the formation in 1983. Waldo Karpenkiel was the band's long-time drummer . Tom Plötzer and Manni von Bohr have been members since 2005, and Liz completed the formation at the end of 2014. She has now been replaced by Stella Tonon. The band is complemented by Nippy Noya or Pitti Hecht on percussion instruments.
In May 2008 the band released a DVD and a CD, on which concert recordings of the Burg-Herzberg Festival and the Rockpalast Concert Bonn as well as interviews can be seen and heard.
With Indian Camel , the band released the first studio album in 32 years after a year of work in June 2017. The guests Helge Schneider, Lulo Reinhardt and Nippi Noya take part in the production.
In 2018 the band celebrated its 50th anniversary with various concerts and a. At the Herzberg Festival and with a large exhibition in the Cubus Kunsthalle, the city of Duisburg paid tribute to the band's many years of work.
October 2019 the band released their sixth studio album with Elegy. Helge Schneider (saxophone) and Tamara Sidorova (violin) are guests.
Discography
- 1971: crumbling machine
- 1976: Peter Bursch and the crumbling machine
- 1978: I Feel Fine
- 1985: gray-blue
- 2008: Live (also as DVD)
- 2017: Indian Camel (CD and vinyl)
- 2018: It Was 50 Years Ago Today (50 Years of Crumbling Machine, Box with 5 CDs and 2 DVDs)
- 2019: Elegy (CD and vinyl)
Awards
In June 2014, the first album of the Bröselmaschine was voted number 13 of the 20 most important Krautrock albums by the New York music blog Pigeons & Planes .
Web links
- Crumble machine at Discogs (English)
- Web presence of the band
- Crumbling machine on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ WAZ of December 21, 2005: Crumbing machine rocks again
- ^ Occupation. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ pigeonsandplanes.com: The 20 Best Krautrock Albums. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .