Glass house (band)

Glass house
Glass house (2019)
General information
Genre (s)	R&B , soul
founding	1999
Website	www.imglashaus.de
Current occupation
singing	Cassandra Steen (1999 to 2008, from 2016)
Production, lyrics, rap	Moses Pelham
music	Martin Haas
former members
singing	Peppa (2008 to 2016)

Glashaus ( own spelling GLASHAUS ) is a German soul band under contract with the 3p label .

Band history

Glashaus 2005 at the Cologne Ring Festival

After Cassandra Steen signed with the music label Booya Music , but her career didn't really get going there, Moses Pelham became aware of the singer through a demo tape in 1999 and arranged a meeting between the two of them together with the music producer Martin Haas . Haas has worked with Pelham since 1989 and produced, among other things, the songs of Sabrina Setlur and the Rödelheim Hartreim project . Pelham and Haas recorded some songs with Steen as a singer, which were originally intended for a solo album by Steen. Since the three, according to their own statements, developed a kind of "soulmate" and Pelham also acts as a songwriter, they founded Glashaus together. In early 2001 the debut album of the same name was released, the first single, Wenn das Liebe ist , reached number five in the German single charts . At the VIVA Comet 2001 the band was nominated in the categories Newcomer national , Hip Hop national and Video national , but could not win a prize. Glashaus also received three nominations at the Echo Awards 2002 . The debut album was nominated nationally in the categories of National Newcomer of the Year and Group of the Year , while the single Wenn das Liebe ist received a nomination in the category of the most successful national song of the year . In the end, no prize could be won here either.

The follow-up album Glashaus II (Jah Sound System) was released on August 19, 2002 and was also able to place in the Austrian and Swiss album charts . At the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 , Glashaus appeared together with Sabrina Setlur and the singer Franziska and presented the song Liebe , but were eliminated with these after the first round. With the album Drei , released on May 9, 2005 , the band reached the top 5 in the German album charts for the first time, the lead single Hold the world reached number eleven in Germany. Due to Steen's solo career, no new album was recorded or further concerts played for the time being. However, there was no official separation of the band. In 2008 the singer Peppa became part of Glashaus, with her the band released the album Neu in November 2009 , which was commercially behind the three previous albums . At the end of 2016, Steen returned to Glashaus. In April 2017 the album Kraft was released , which was recorded in the old formation together with Steen.

style

Glass house music as a German- Soul , with religious texts and partial hip hop - beats described. In some cases, excerpts from the Bible are quoted in the lyrics . Furthermore, pop and R&B influences can be heard. The fourth studio album Neu also has some electronic influences. The German-language albums Glashaus encouraged many German musicians to write songs in their mother tongue.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2001	Glass house 3p	DE20 (33 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 2, 2001
2002	Glass house II (Jah Sound System) 3p	DE16 (6 weeks) DE	AT53 (3 weeks) AT	CH83 (1 week) CH	First published: August 19, 2002
2005	Three 3p	DE4 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH61 (4 weeks) CH	First published: May 9, 2005
2009	New 3p	DE53 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: November 6, 2009
2017	Force 3p	DE16 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 28, 2017

Live albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
2003	Live in Berlin 3p	First published: November 25, 2002
2010	iTunes live from Frankfurt 3p	First published: February 26, 2010

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2006	From the heart - the best 3p	DE72 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: November 10, 2006
2007	From the heart - The B-sides 3p	-	-	-	First published: January 16, 2007

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2001	If that is love glass house	DE5 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT27 (13 weeks) AT	CH18 (17 weeks) CH	First published: February 19, 2001 Sales: + 250,000
	Whatever it is glass house	DE48 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 4, 2001
	Without You Pop 2001	DE43 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 20, 2001 Original: Selig - Ohne dich
	Consolation (it hurts) glass house	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: November 12, 2001
2002	Soon (and we are free) Glashaus II (Jah Sound System)	DE77 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: July 22, 2002
	Land in Sight Glass House II (Jah Sound System)	-	-	-	First published: September 30, 2002
	I'll take you through the night Homage to Reinhard Mey	-	-	-	First published: December 9, 2002 Original: Reinhard Mey - I'll bring you through the night
2005	Stop the world at three	DE11 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 18, 2005
	You three	DE47 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 9, 2005
	It's only cinema three	DE60 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 28, 2005 Original: Rodgau Monotones - Is only cinema
2006	In my life from the heart - the best	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: November 10, 2006
2009	This is new	DE43 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: November 24, 2009
2010	Light new	DE52 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 16, 2010
2016	Feels like dying of strength	-	-	-	First published: December 21, 2016
2017	Strength strength	-	-	-	First published: February 24, 2017
	Against the current force	-	-	-	First published: June 9, 2017

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2003	Dear Sabs	DE52 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: December 8th, 2003 Sabrina Setlur feat. Glass house & Franziska

Awards

• 2017: SignsAward

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1. ↑ ^{a b} laut.de-Biography Glashaus. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Glashaus biography. (No longer available online.) 3P , archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Cassandra Steen is back after twelve years with her band Glashaus. In: Berliner Morgenpost . December 22, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
4. ↑ After 10 years in the old formation: GLASHAUS with a new video "Feels like dying" from "Kraft". In: Spit-tv.de. December 21, 2016, accessed February 9, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Harald Peters: Glashaus: the new project by Moses Pelham comforts fundamentalist Christians in ColumbiaFritz. In: Berliner Zeitung . October 18, 2001, accessed February 9, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Johannesberg: A warm river full of peace and gentle feelings. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 9, 2017 . Stefan Johannesberg: Deep beats, a velvety voice and religious-pathetic texts. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 9, 2017 . Rahel Beyeler: With a lot of feeling against sleep disorders. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 9, 2017 . Dani Fromm: "Kkk-can I get to know you?" Nope, stop it. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
    
    
    
7. ↑ Tina Hahn: Glashaus III review. In: CDstarts.de. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH
9. ↑ Awards: DE

Web links

Commons : Glass house  - collection of images

• Glass house on Myspace
• Glass house at laut.de
• Official Facebook page