Brothers Keepers

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Brothers Keepers at the Splash Festival 2000
Appearance at the German Evangelical Church Congress 2007 in Cologne

Brothers Keepers is a registered association and amalgamation of mainly Afro-German soul , hip-hop and reggae artists and an initiative against racism and xenophobia . The association had eighty members in March 2010, including Xavier Naidoo , Adé Bantu , Samy Deluxe , Afrob , D-Flame , Chima , Denyo 77 , Ebony Prince , Germ , Patrice Bart-Williams , Ono Ngcala , Eased von Seeed , Don Abi , Gentleman , Nosliw , Sékou , Toni-L , Torch , Tyron Ricketts , Such a Surge , Ziggy Marley , Tre The Boy Wonder , Joachim Deutschland , Jah Meek , Youssou N'Dour and UB40 . The association is no longer active.

history

Brothers Keepers was founded in 2000 by Adé Bantu, together with Torch and D-Flame, in response to an increase in right-wing extremism in Germany since the late 1990s. With the association, the founders wanted to draw attention to the still dangerous and tense situation of migrants in Germany. The proceeds from the concerts were used to help the victims of right-wing extremist violence and their families. The money was also used to support initiatives against right-wing extremism in Germany . In 2001 her best-known single Adriano (Last Warning) was released . The background of the song is the death of Alberto Adriano , who was beaten up by neo-Nazis in Dessau in 2000 and died three days after his injuries.

In 2002 the association undertook its first concert tour through East German schools in Berlin , Rostock-Lichtenhagen , Ludwigslust , Pirna and Prenzlau . According to their own statements, the musicians were shocked by the indifference with which young people opposed right-wing extremism and the large number of followers.

The association against right-wing extremism was also active independently of concerts. For example, in 2005, together with the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, he organized a demonstration against neo-Nazis through Berlin's Scheunenviertel , which was supported by many other artists. The Scheunenviertel was the Jewish quarter of Berlin until the 1930s.

In 2007 the band was looking for new ways to get their message across. So the documentary Yes, I Am! , in which Sven Halfar portrays Ade, D-FLAME and Mamadee.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2001 Light culture DE59 (5 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: December 3rd, 2001
with Sisters Keepers
2005 Am I My Brother's Keeper? DE22 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT75 (1 week)
AT 		CH43 (4 weeks)
CH
First published: April 24, 2005

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2001 Adriano (last warning)
light culture 		DE5 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (15 weeks)
AT 		CH19 (14 weeks)
CH
First published: July 2, 2001
Sales: + 210,000
2005 Ready
at I My Brother's Keeper? 		DE39 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT73 (1 week)
AT 		CH35 (6 weeks)
CH
First published: April 3, 2005
Will We Ever Know?
Am I My Brother's Keeper? 		DE83 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: July 25, 2005

Video albums

year Title
music label 		Remarks
2007 Yes I Am!
Studio channel 		First published: November 30, 2007

Music videos

year title Director (s)
2001 Adriano (final warning) Dani Levy
2005 ready Martin Kilger, Sandeep Mehta
Will We Ever Know? Winta Yohannes

Awards

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ BpB, The "Brothers Keepers" Story
  2. ↑ Sarah Ross: Brothers Keepers e. V. and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation on AVIVA-Berlin .de, May 6, 2005.
  3. ^ Laut.de biography of the Brothers Keepers
  4. ↑ a b Brothers Keepers. (No longer available online.) Backstage7.de, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved April 3, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Directors of Ready
  6. ↑ Director of Will We Ever Know?

Web links

Commons : Brothers Keepers  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files