Cultured Pearls

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Cultured Pearls is a German band that plays a mix of soul , rock , jazz and funk ; You can even hear trip-hop , country and other styles from individual songs .

Band history

B. La and Tex Super got to know each other in 1992 while studying popular music at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . The love of both musicians for pop soul grooves was the initial spark for the creation of the first demo recordings with an eight-track mixer . Tex, who actually played the flute and trumpet , took over the bass and B. La the drums . A short time later, Astrid North , whom B. La had noticed with her Berlin school band Colorful Dimension, joined as a singer and lyricist .

The trio, which went by the name of Cultured Pearls, received a major deal with WEA Records in 1995 and released their debut album Sing De La Sing with a mixture of funk, R&B and jazz pop at the end of the year . The record rose to number 92 on the German album charts . The release of Tic Toc , which reached number 65 on the charts, and an extensive tour through clubs and with Big Light made the group more popular.

From then on, influences from other musical styles such as country and rock could be heard in the songs Cultured Pearls'. In the spring of 1997, the second long player Spaceage Honeymoon followed , which made it to number 54 in Germany. The corresponding single Sugar Sugar Honey reached number 72, while the release Silverball was ranked 99th in May 1998.

With Liquefied Days , Cultured Pearls made it into the top 20 of the album charts in 1999, with Kissing the Sheets at number 87, a hit in the single charts for the last time. Disagreements about the musical style of the band subsequently led to a lengthy break, during which the members devoted themselves to other things.

Astrid North became a mother in autumn 2001. B. La published a piano book for schoolchildren, worked on a children's book and initiated the Soulounge project with guitarist Sven Bünger . Tex Super wrote scripts (including for One Case for Two ), made film music and worked as an arranger for artists such as Mousse T. , Bootsy Collins and Tom Jones .

2002 appeared with Life on a Tuesday , the fourth album of the band by Jon Kelly, who already for Chris Rea had worked produced was. In the German album charts, the record, on which B. Las Soul Lounge partner Sven Bünger played guitar, took 74th place. After a best-of album in 2003, which also contained three new songs, Cultured Pearls said goodbye indefinitely in a pause that continues to this day, but did not split up for good.

Band members

  • Astrid North (vocals, lyrics) († June 25, 2019)
  • Tex Super alias Peter Hinderthür (bass, trumpet, guitar, keyboard)
  • B. La alias Bela Brauckmann (drums, keyboard)
  • Sven Bünger (guitar) - only 2002

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1996 Sing Dela Sing DE92 (3 weeks)
DE
Producer: Jens Krause
1997 Space Age Honeymoon DE54 (6 weeks)
DE
Producer: Jens Krause
1999 Liquefied Days DE19 (9 weeks)
DE
Producer: Jens Krause
2002 Life on a Tuesday DE74 (1 week)
DE
Producer: Jon Kelly
2003 Pearls of a Decade - Best Of Cultured Pearls (also with live CD) DE- (- week)
DE

Singles

year title
 Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) 		Remarks
DE DE
1995 I Don't Love You Like I Used To DE- (- week)
DE
Album: Sing Dela Sing
1996 Tic Toc DE65 (10 weeks)
DE
Album: Sing Dela Sing
1996 Mother earth DE- (- week)
DE
Album: Sing Dela Sing
1997 Sugar Sugar Honey DE72 (9 weeks)
DE
Album: Space Age Honeymoon
1998 Silverball DE99 (2 weeks)
DE
Album: Liquefied Days
1999 Kissing the Sheets DE87 (9 weeks)
DE
Album: Liquefied Days
2002 Tempted mixes DE- (- week)
DE
Album: Life on a Tuesday
2003 Let it out DE- (- week)
DE
Album: Pearls of a Decade

Video albums

  • 2003: Pearls of a Decade - Best Of

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums

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