Cetu Javu
| Cetu Javu | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synthpop , Eurodance |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | 1994 |
| Website | www.cetujavu.de |
| Founding members | |
| Javier Revilla-Diez | |
| Chris Demere | |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Javier Revilla-Diez |
Keyboard, programming, guitar, vocals |
Chris Demere |
Keyboard, programming, vocals |
Torsten Engelke |
| Thorsten "Todde" Kraass | |
| former members | |
| Martyn Thomas Chadwick (1984) | |
| Cord (1984–1985) | |
Electric bass, electric guitar
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Stefan Engelke (1985–1989) |
Cetu Javu [ ˈsetyʒa'vy ] was a German synth-pop band from Hanover , which had several successes, especially in the 1980s . The band's singer, Javier Revilla-Diez, is of Spanish origin, so some of the songs were sung in Spanish and contain elements of Spanish popular music.
history
The group was founded in 1984 by the musician Chris Demere and the Spanish singer Javier Revilla-Diez in Hanover. After two line-up changes in 1985 it consisted of Chris Demere, Javier Revilla-Diez and the brothers Stefan and Torsten Engelke.
Cetu Javu did a few live performances and in 1985 successfully participated in a young talent competition in which they took third place and which gave them a day in a professional studio. This is where the first demos were made: “A Never-Do-Well”, “Coming Through” and “Don't Forget”.
On December 11, 1986, the band took over the support for Erasure , who were touring Germany at the time. On February 14, 1987, Cetu Javu could be seen in the Capitol in Hanover.
After numerous attempts to acquire a record deal failed, Chris Demere founded his own label Deme Records , on which the debut maxi single "Help Me Now!", Limited to 1,000 units, was released in the spring of 1987 .
Further concerts followed, including a. on June 5, 1987 at the Seraphin Theater in Hanover, where Cetu Javu started a play. The opening act were the rap artists The Incredible Ray Rockers & The Night Show .
On June 26, 1987, the band gave an interview at the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and performed the next day at the KOB in Berlin-Schöneberg , Potsdamer Straße 157. On August 29, 1987, Cetu Javu presented a new song for the first time at a concert at the Depeche Mode fan club meeting in Hamburg , which would later develop into one of their greatest successes: Situations .
On September 18, 1987, the last concert for a long time in Bad Segeberg followed . The company SPV initially showed interest in the demos Cetu Javus and the maxi single "Help Me Now!". Negotiations about a possible distribution of the material by SPV came to nothing after a while. So the plans for the second maxi single, "Situations", also failed for the time being. The debut album , also planned for 1987 , could not be released for financial reasons - despite the pre-produced songs.
With the help of the New Life Soundmagazine editor Sebastian Koch, contact was made with Talla 2XLC and his label Techno Drome International on January 20, 1988 , which was contractually linked to ZYX Music . The band signed a two-year record deal and began working on the maxi single "Situations". Originally planned as a co-producer, a collaboration with Talla 2XLC did not take place. "Situations" was recorded without his participation and released in April 1988 on TDI / ZYX Records . In the USA in particular, especially on the west and east coast of the United States , and thanks to the DJ culture established there, the title became a hit that was able to place in the top 75 of the US Billboard charts .
“ You have to know that with the summer of 1988 the big breakthrough Depeche Modes came in the USA and Cetu Javu, or so the Americans felt, were simply a new edition of Depeche Modes. No wonder: Situations corresponds exactly to the speed of the “Beatmasters” remix of Behind the Wheel , which prompted many DJs to mix the two songs together in their discos. A coincidence - but one that got a lot going. "
Art Maharg (†), co-founder of the US DJ company Razormaid! Productions , made a club edit of the song that appeared on the "Razormaid Chapter A-22" compilation.
In Germany, meanwhile, a concert with the pop band OKAY in Hamburg was planned for June 17, 1988 , which culminated in the unloading of Cetu Javus four days before the concert due to differences in taste on the part of OKAY. A month later, Cetu Javu had their first appearance on Spanish television, where they performed the song ¿Quién lo sabía? , a B-side of the maxi single "Situations".
After a few complications during the studio work and various discrepancies with ZYX Records, the third maxi "Have in Mind" was released on December 27, 1988, followed in 1989 by "So Strange" and " A dónde ". The band toured again and both Have in Mind and A dónde became hits. The latter song made it to number 2 in the Spanish charts, a Razormaid edit is included on the compilation "Razormaid Chapter M-6". At this time Stefan Engelke left Cetu Javu and was replaced by Thorsten "Todde" Kraass.
With Southern Lands , the band's first album was released in 1990 after several delays and at the same time the last release on the ZYX Records label. The following works were released from now on on the Spanish record label Blanco y Negro Music and were particularly successful in the Romanic countries such as Spain, Argentina and Peru. In Germany, however, and with the rise of the techno movement in the early 1990s , Cetu Javu was soon forgotten. The 1992 album, “Where is Where…” also stayed - despite the hit potential of titles like Another Step , Time and Where? - largely ignored in Central Europe.
In 1994 some, clearly dancefloor- oriented remix releases appeared on the Spanish label Modermusic before Cetu Javu ceased their activities and withdrew from the public. It wasn't until 2000 that new song material was announced, and the group was preparing for a comeback , which for reasons unknown until then did not materialize. Singer Javier Revilla-Diez works today as a professor for economic geography at the University of Cologne .
Discography
Singles
- 1987: Help Me Now! (7 ", 12")
- 1988: Situations (7 ", 12", 3 "CD)
- 1988: Have in Mind (12 ", 5" CD)
- 1989: So Strange (12 ", 5" CD)
- 1989: A dónde (7 ")
- 1991: ¿Por qué? (7 ", 12")
- 1992: Dame tu mano (7 ", 12")
- 1993: Una mujer (12 ", 5" CD)
- 1994: ¿A dónde? (Remix) / Una mujer (12 ")
- 1994: ¿Por qué? (Remix) (12 ")
- 1994: Tiempo (Remix) (12 ")
- 1999: Have in Mind / Situations (5 "CD)
- 2004: Situations (Remixes) (12 ")
Albums
- 1990: Southern Lands (LP, CD, Compact Cassette )
- 1992: Where is Where ... (LP, CD, Compact Cassette)
- 1994: Tiempo de Remixes (CD, Remix-Collection)
- 2006: 12 "Singles Collection (CD, Brazilian Remix Collection)
There are also some bootlegs, for example for performances at the Seraphin Theater in Hanover on June 5, 1987 and at the KOB in Berlin on June 27, 1987, on which numerous unpublished songs, such as Right Things for the Right Time , Never Aware , Coming Through , Don ' t Forget , Television , The Summer Tide , Mañana and Balance of Power are included. Some of these tracks were intended for the first, but never released 1987 album "Cetu Javu".
literature
- Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony . Celle 2006, p. 36, ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0 .
Web links
- Official website (currently offline)
- Cetu javu at Discogs (English)
- Profile at Last.fm
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cetu Javu: Short biography on the official, meanwhile inactive homepage, archive version, May 2001 ( Memento from March 6, 2001 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b c Volker Koch: Biography of the band Cetu Javu , New Life Soundmagazine , Edition 40, p. 42, February 1989.
- ↑ a b c Volker Koch: Biography of the band Cetu Javu , New Life Soundmagazine, Edition 40, p. 43, February 1989.
- ^ Homepage of The Incredible Ray Rockers & The Night Show .
- ↑ a b c d Volker Koch: Biography of the band Cetu Javu , New Life Soundmagazine, Edition 40, p. 44, February 1989.
- ↑ Michael Sutton: Cetu Javu Biography at All Music Guide (AMG) .
- ^ Cetu Javu: News on the official, meanwhile inactive homepage, archive version, May 2001 ( Memento of March 6, 2001 in the Internet Archive ).