Fahrenheit 212
| Fahrenheit 212 | |
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 Carsten Frederik Hiller, Oliver Kranz, Kay Gerling-Bassmann, Patrick Lyhs (August 2015) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Fürstenwalde / Spree , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock , rock |
| founding | 1992, 2006 |
| resolution | 1997 |
| Website | www.fahrenheit212.net |
| Current occupation | |
| Oliver Kranz | |
| Patrick Lyhs | |
| Carsten F. Hiller | |
| Kay Gerling-Bassmann | |
| former members | |
singing |
Mirko Kerber (until 1997, 2006-2008) |
guitar |
Mike Kaiser (to 1993) |
Electric bass |
Heino Schulz (until 1993) |
singing |
Kay Mothes (1998-1999) |
singing |
Jan Preuss (1999-2000) |
guitar |
Jean-Ray Kokoschko (until 2014) |
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Fahrenheit 212 is a German rock band from Fürstenwalde / Spree in Brandenburg .
Band history
The band was founded in 1992 by Mirko Kerber, Patrick Lyhs and Carsten F. Hiller. The name of the band refers to the 212 ° F (100 ° C ) temperature at which water boils. After about two years, Kay Gerling Bassmann and Jean-Ray Kokoschko joined them. On March 13, 1995, their debut album Der Hexer appeared on Bacillus, a sub-label of Bellaphon . The follow-up Crusade of Feelings appeared on September 30, 1996 .
In 2007, after a ten-year break, the third album Neues vom Hexer was released . This was a double album , with the second CD containing instrumental versions and two remixes. Mirko Kerber left the band in spring 2008 for personal reasons. Oliver Kranz was the successor on the microphone. 2007 and 2008 appeared on the Motorcycle Jamboree with Girlschool , Rose Tattoo , BossHoss and Knorkator, among others . In 2009 she took part in the sound selection project of the Kreuzberger Musikalische Aktion eV (KMA) initiative. The accompanying sampler was supposed to take a hit against disaffection with politics and against the right in the super election year 2009 .
On March 18, 2016 the concept album Vaka Teatea ( ´waka te: a te: a ) was released on Easter Island . The band got the idea during a performance on Easter Island with local folklore musicians HeReHaRa and the subsequent tour in Chile . The album was released as a digipak with an attached booklet via recordJet distributed by Soulfood . The mastering was done by Harris Johns while the production was done by guitarist Patrick Lyhs. The album title is an expression in Rapanui and means "white ship".
In the same year Fahrenheit 212 recorded at the 34th German Rock & Pop Prize in the Siegerlandhalle in Siegen . They achieved second place in the categories “Best Hard Rock Band 2016 Live” and for “Best Hard Rock Album 2016”, and they also won the category for “Best Booklet and Inlay Card 2016”. Their five-minute short appearance, where they played the title song by Vaka Teatea , took place together with the samba kids from Berlin.
A documentary about the musicians' trip to Easter Island is currently in pre-production. The 90-minute long documentary film, which bears the working title 100 ° on Rapa Nui , is directed by Martin Liscke .
Music genre
Fahrenheit 212 play hard rock on the border to metal and more recent German rock . What is special are her exclusively German texts, which are politically and socially critical. These are presented angrily. Oliver Kranz, who replaced the original singer in 2008, originally came from southern rock and grunge , his voice is also smoky and rough, but a little clearer than that of his predecessor. The Böhsen Onkelz and Oomph! called.
Discography
- Albums
- 1995: The Witcher ( Bellaphon )
- 1996: Crusade of Emotions (Bellaphon)
- 2007: News from the Witcher (2CD, Bellaphon)
- 2016: Vaka TeaTea (Soundfire Records / Soulfood )
- Singles
- 2009: Ka Hoki Mai (single, SMM / Soundfire Records)
- Sampler contributions
- 2009: What counts on sound choice (Kreuzberger Musikalische Aktion eV)
- 2010: You know the way and Company of Wolves on songs of the street (Blue Line Production)
Web links
- Official website
- 212 Fahrenheit at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fahrenheit 212. Bellaphon.de , accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ SOUNDWAHL CD: Band information. (PDF) Tolerantes Brandenburg, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Teresa Sitzmann: Rock and rap for tolerance. Die Tageszeitung , April 17, 2009, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ VAKA What? - what tea? Fahrenheit212, February 17, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Fahrenheit 212 (Germany) "Vaka Teatea" CD. Metalglory.de, June 10, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Cornelia Link-Adam: Fürstenwalder win in Siegen. Märkische Onlinezeitung , December 15, 2016, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Current projects. Official website of Martin Lischke, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Fahrenheit 212: News from the Witcher . In: melody and rhythm . April 2017 ( fahrenheit212.net ).
- ↑ Fahrenheit 212 - News from the Witcher. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
- ^ Ulli Heiser: Fahrenheit 212 / Vaka Teatea. RockTimes.de, January 11, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Fahrenheit 212 - News from the Witcher. Allschool.de, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Various. Bravado.de, accessed on February 12, 2017 .