The earth (band)

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The earth
Die Erde in the cast Gruben, Lipka, Popp, Petersen (1990)
Die Erde in the cast Gruben, Lipka, Popp, Petersen (1990)
General information
origin Hamburg , Germany
Genre (s) Independent , rock , noise , industrial
founding 1987
resolution 1990
Founding members
singing
 Tobias Gruben
Bass, sampler, guitar
 Horst Petersen
Last occupation
singing
 Tobias Gruben
Bass, sampler, guitar
 Horst Petersen
guitar
 Markus Lipka (from 1990)
Drums
 Stephan Mahler (from 1990)
former members
guitar
 Tobias Levin (1988–1990)
Drums
 Johann Popp (1988–1990)
Tobias Gruben at an appearance by Die Erde in the Hamburg Market Hall (1989)
Gruben and Petersen 1987 in the rehearsal room Bunker Humboldtstr., HH.

Die Erde was a German independent band founded in 1987 by Tobias Gruben (vocals) and Horst Petersen (bass, sampler). The band is one of the early representatives of the so-called Hamburg School . Because of its music, which is influenced by punk , wave and industrial , and the lyrical German lyrics, Die Erde is also counted among the forerunners of the so-called New German Death Art . The earth inspired later German bands like Messer or Isolation Berlin .

history

After the Hamburg dark wave band Cyan Revue broke up, their singer Tobias Gruben founded Die Erde in 1987 together with Horst Petersen (formerly Blue Kremlin, later Mastino ), whose music oscillates between rock, noise and industrial. Gruben wrote the lyrics, while Petersen was mainly responsible for the composition and arrangement. After first appearances in different line-ups (partly with Michael Behrendt from Cyan Revue and a 4-track tape as drum replacement) Tobias Levin (including Cpt. Kirk &. ) Joined them as guitarist and Johann Popp (Tempelfreuden) as drummer. The publications that followed were made with them. The debut single Party was released in 1989 on the Hamburg independent label What's So Funny About , a sister label of Alfred Hilsberg's Zickzack Records . The Spex critics voted the single 50th on their annual charts for 1989.

In 1989 the first studio album Kch Kch Kch, produced by FM Einheit ( Einstürzende Neubauten ), was also released on What's So Funny About.

In autumn 1989, Die Erde opened most of the German concerts by the Einstürzende Neubauten on their “House of Lies” tour.

Levin left the band in 1990. Markus Lipka, with whom Petersen had already played at Blue Kremlin and who also founded Eisenvater , became the new guitarist. Shortly before the final breakup of the band, Stephan Mahler, formerly Slime , took his place on the drums.

With this line-up, the band recorded their second single Leben den Lebenden , which was published again in 1999 on the CD anthology Pop 2000 for the television series of the same name on 50 years of German pop music.

In October 1990 Die Erde performed together with Die Haut , Remo Park & ​​The Chasm and AG Geige as part of the music fair BID (Berlin Independence Days) in the Berlin Loft . A short time later the band broke up. A recording of this last concert was released posthumously as a live album on What's So Funny About.

The earth II

Tobias Gruben then devoted himself to other projects (including Heroina) and released new material as Sol and then as Die Erde II. After his death in 1996, the anthology CD Tobias Gruben / Die Erde was released in 1997 with songs from various creative periods of Gruben. In 1998, Gruben's siblings brought out the CD The Rest of the Earth , which contains not only known material but also some previously unreleased songs by the band.

documentary

In April 2020, Oliver Schwabe's documentary Die Liebe eats life - Tobias Gruben, his songs and the earth was released, which premiered in 2019 at the Hamburg Film Festival . The soundtrack , released at the same time, contains songs from Die Erde and Gruben's other projects as well as cover versions by contemporary artists.

reception

“The earth is stubborn. With a heavy, slow rhythm, she balances through [the] universe. Unwavering. Throwing light on many other little stars. Proclaiming cosmic truths. ”- Ronald Galenza

“The merger of Gruben's poetry with the heavy music of Die Erde resulted in pure songwriting metal.” - Conny Lösch

Discography

Albums

  • 1989: Kch Kch Kch (LP, CD, What's So Funny About)
  • 1991: Live.Berlin/Loft (LP, CD, What's So Funny About)

Singles

  • 1989: Party (12 ", What's So Funny About)
  • 1990: Live the Living (12 ", What's So Funny About)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Till Huber: Blumfeld and the Hamburg School: Secondary - Intertextuality - Discourse Pop . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8470-0594-0 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Kirsten Borchardt: Einstürzende new buildings. The legacy. Hannibal Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-85445-216-0 , p. 203 .
  3. ↑ Michael Schuh: Cobain's Death and Courtney's Rescue. In: laut.de. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c LJ: The Story behind… The Earth - kch kch kch. In: Stage Reptiles - Webzine. July 1, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Dirk Schneider, Andreas Müller: "Tobias Gruben: Love eats life" - music poet with a gloomy soul. In: DLF culture. Retrieved on May 10, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ The Earth Party. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  7. ^ Annual charts (Spex), 1989 - indiepedia.de. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  8. ↑ The Earth - Kch Kch Kch. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Einstürzende Neubauten- Concert Chronology / Gigography (I). In: From The Archives. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Daniel Ryser: Slime: Germany must die . Heyne Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-641-10266-1 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
  11. ↑ The earth - life to the living. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Various - Pop 2000 - 50 Years of Pop Music and Youth Culture in Germany. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  13. ↑ a b Imogen Gruben: Tobias Gruben Life. In: Tobias Gruben Archive. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Die Erde - Live.Berlin/Loft. Discogs.com, accessed May 10, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ronald Galenza: THE EARTH - Live. Berlin / Loft . In: Nord Ost Rock eV (Ed.): NMI Messitsch . No. 2/1991 , September 1991, ZDB -ID 1139992-2 ( beat-poet.de ).
  16. ↑ Tobias Gruben - The Earth. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Tobias Gruben - The rest of the earth. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  18. ↑ "Love eats life": Documentary about Tobias Gruben in the stream from April 23rd. In: Musikexpress. April 20, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 (German).
  19. ↑ Hamburg Film Festival 2019 | Love eats life - Tobias Gruben, his songs and the earth. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Thomas Pilgrim: Various Artists - Love eats life - Soundtrack - Plattentests.de review. In: Plattentests.de. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Ronald Galenza: The earth - a house made of stone . In: NMI Europa Rock Zeitung . No. 14/1990 . Henschel-Verl., November 28, 1990, ZDB -ID 1139987-9 , p. 5 ( beat-poet.de ).
  22. ^ Conny Lösch: A huge opera. In: Junge Welt. October 4, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .