cruel daughters
| cruel daughters | |
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 Aranea Peel live 2018, Cabaret Onirique, Strasbourg |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Electropunk |
| founding | 2009 |
| Founding members | |
Lead vocals
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Aranea Peel |
Drums |
Gregor Hennig |
| Current occupation | |
Lead vocals
|
Aranea Peel |
Dance, backing vocals |
Kiara Kazumi |
Dance, backing vocals |
Thenia Af. |
| Henrike Cloud | |
| Joscha "Zyphos" Radaj | |
| Vøid | |
| former members | |
guitar |
Valeria Ereth |
Keyboards |
Neila Fynn |
| Additional live musicians | |
Drums |
Gregor Hennig |
| Era cross | |
Dance, backing vocals, percussion |
Kasimiria Ratke |
cello |
Bojana Tadic |
Trumpet |
Michael Gross |
Grausame Töchter is a German band that uses elements from the fields of EBM , industrial , punk , film music and techno in their music . The German-language lyrics of the singer Aranea Peel often revolve around topics such as sadomasochism and relationship conflicts.
history
The band was founded in Hamburg in 2009 . Founding members include Aranea Peel (vocals) and Gregor Hennig (drums, studio mix). The band has also performed live since 2010. Due to the BDSM elements in the performance, there is usually an age restriction for the concerts , i.e. the concert-goers must be at least 18 years old. In addition to the regular cast, there are always different, usually female guests on stage, both as singers or musicians and in the field of performance art.
style
The musical style of Grausame Töchter is difficult to pin down as numerous elements have flowed into the music. These include techno, futurepop, EBM, industrial, punk, dark wave, trip-hop, but also chanson, tango, polka and waltz. The texts consist of spoken words, spoken chants and classical elements sung in soprano. In other pieces, the vocals are electronically distorted.
The number of instruments used is just as extensive. The band does not consist of a rigid line-up either live or in the studio. While the first album still mainly contained electronic elements, various guest musicians were already on stage at the first concerts. Sometimes only on individual tours or over several years with the cast. The instruments used on the stage or in the studio include synthesizers and the classic instruments of a rock band, i. H. Drums, bass and guitar, but also piano, cello, trumpet, accordion and the like. a.
In terms of text, the pieces deal with sado masochism, homosexuality, sociopaths, violent fantasies and social abysses. The band differs from projects in the dark wave scene, which at first glance appear to be similarly conceived, through a broader spectrum of expression, exaggeration and tongue-in-cheek theatricality. The band's fifth album (Engel im Rausch) also features cover versions of two Neue Deutsche Welle pieces for the first time: Goldener Reiter, originally by Joachim Witt and Rosemarie by Hubert Kah .
Discography
- 2011: My Real Element (Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
- 2012: Everything for you (Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
- 2014: Faith, Love, Hope (Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
- 2016: Vagina Dentata (Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
- 2018: Engel im Rausch (Scanner / Broken Silence)
Audiovisual concept
In addition to the dance and performance art elements, films produced by the band themselves play a role in the concerts, which are projected onto a screen using a projector. The band also regularly produces music videos for their pieces. Singer Aranea Peel also works as a photographer.
Side projects
In addition to her work with the Grausige Tämtern, Aranea Peel performed several times with orchestral musicians as part of a chanson project. The trumpeter Michael Gross from the Berliner Ensemble also performed at some of the Grausome Töchter concerts . As part of this project, u. a. Cover versions of pieces such as Die Seeräuber-Jenny ( Bertolt Brecht , Kurt Weill ) and I don't know who I belong to , a piece written by Friedrich Hollaender for Marlene Dietrich .
Web links
- Cruel daughters at MusicBrainz (English)
- Cruel daughters at Discogs (English)
- Official website
- Cruel daughters at laut.de.