The selection (band)

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The selection
General information
origin Stuttgart , Germany
Genre (s) Cold Wave , New Wave , EBM
founding 2010
Website dieselection.tumblr.com
Founding members
Luca Gillian
Synthesizer, drum machine
Max Rieger (until 2012)
Hannes Called
Current occupation
singing
 Luca Gillian
Synthesizer, drum machine
 Samuel Savenberg (since 2013)
Trumpet
 Hannes Called

The selection is a German cold wave band from Stuttgart , whose special stylistic feature is the use of a trumpet , which is not typical for the genre .

history

The band Die Selektion emerged from the experimental post-punk project LUC ▲ at the end of 2010 . Due to a change in the line-up, the musical direction had changed so much that the decision was made to found a new band instead of continuing the previous project. In addition to Gillian, whose musical roots are in Wave and Neofolk , the band consisted of the classically trained trumpeter Hannes Rief, who also played in an orchestra , and Max Rieger , who was more influenced by techno. From these different orientations and the influences of EBM and synth-pop of the 1980s a danceable, melancholic style emerged, which stands out from other bands through the use of the trumpet. The band made a conscious decision to use German-language lyrics, also because, in their opinion, the German language goes particularly well with their music. The band was not satisfied with experiments in Italian . Despite the German lyrics, the band has international success.

In 2011 the Rasputin Records label first released the EP Kühleippen and then in April 2011 the mini album Noire on the Berlin label aufaufnahme + wiedergabe . In Fabrika Records in September, the album was followed by the selection as a record which of recording + playback in April 2012 as a CD and was released digitally.

Since the band members still went to school - Gillian and Rief attended a Waldorf school in Stuttgart - the band initially toured during the school holidays. During the 2011 autumn break, the band played several concerts in Italy . Further concerts in Germany and other European countries followed. By February 2013 the band had already performed in 11 different countries.

In 2012 Max Rieger left the band to concentrate on his other band, Die Nerven . In addition, he is now active as a producer and as a solo artist under the name All this violence . Rieger's place at Die Selektion was taken over by Samuel Savenberg in 2013. This meant a big change for the band, as Rieger had been mainly responsible for the songwriting until then.

The band members now live in three different cities. Gillian studies musicology in Karlsruhe , Savenberg comes from Lucerne in Switzerland . The second album, your voice is the origin of all violence , was recorded within a week at Club Komma in Esslingen , where Gillian regularly organizes events, and was released in 2017 on aufaufnahme + wiedergabe .

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • 2011: Cool lips (Rasputin Records)
  • 2011: Noire (mini album on cassette and as download , recording + playback)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c D. Charistes: “The subculture and its codes were never dead!” - THE SELECTION in an interview . blackmagazin.de, May 21, 2017
  2. ↑ Michael Giebl: The selection . Review on skug.at, May 22, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Rod Glacial: The selection are not afraid . vice.com, April 23, 2012
  4. ↑ Interview with The Selection on Flux FM , July 29, 2013
  5. ↑ a b Ingmar Volkmann: Musical bow to the 80s . Stuttgarter Zeitung, February 9, 2013
  6. ↑ Fancy hanging out in art galleries by night with The selection? . pouledor.com, March 20, 2011
  7. ↑ SWR2 tandem rocket from February 27, 2013. Guests: Guests: Luca Gillian and Hannes Rief from the band “Die Selektion” . SWR 2, accessed on June 7, 2017
  8. ↑ Video premiere: The Selection - "Under The Skin" . diffusmag.de, May 17, 2017
  9. ↑ a b My day. Love of home doesn't rust. in: VR-Future Magazin 2/2016 , p. 10