Hamburger Hill (band)
| Hamburger Hill | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Hamburg (Germany) |
| Genre (s) | Hip hop |
| founding | 2002 |
| resolution | 2004 |
| Founding members | |
| Yemi Akinsanya († 2020) | |
| David Atakpa | |
| Stephan-Michael Gerber | |
| Miles Terheggen | |
| Marc Wichmann (2002-2004) | |
| Last occupation | |
| Yemi Akinsanya | |
| David Atakpa | |
| Stephan-Michael Gerber | |
| Miles Terheggen | |
Hamburger Hill was a hip hop group from Hamburg .
history
The founders of the formation from the Hamburg district of Altona were Yemi “Hanseknaller” Akinsanya, David “Lil 'D” Atakpa, Stephan-Michael “SMG” Gerber, Miles “Milestyles” Terheggen and Marc “Sleepwalker” Wichmann . All five had known each other through their shared hobby of hip hop since the late 1980s. Gerber, Terheggen and Wichmann were members of the Hamburg Britcore formation Readykill in the early 1990s . Atakpa, Gerber and Terheggen had also been active in the hip-hop group Shebaa Demonz, the 1996 Britcore- Maxi Single had been published. In the years that followed, there were repeated loose collaborations between the five, for example Gerber and Terheggen recorded a maxi single in 1999 that was produced by Wichmann. “Hamburger Hill Records” was chosen as the (probably fictional) label name. In 2002 Hamburger Hill formed as a permanent formation and went to the “twenty4seven” studio operated by Gerber and Wichmanns to record pieces for the album Alles Aus , which was released in February 2003. There are no known statements about the origin of the group name; A reference to the film of the same name , which is based on the battle on Hamburger Hill , as well as to the Hamburg nightlife district Hamburger Berg are obvious .
In 2004 Wichmann left the group due to unspecified differences. As a result, Hamburger Hill dissolved.
Yemi Akinsanya worked as a youth social worker in Hamburg-Altona from 2014. He died of cancer in 2020 at the age of 42. After the end of Hamburger Hill, Terheggen worked as a director and was responsible for the film Big Trousers in 2009 . Wichmann works as a producer, DJ and lecturer and runs the “twenty4seven” studio together with Gerber. Gerber has also been a manager in the clothing industry since 1999 and has been running the fashion label Mahagony Apparel since 2007.
style
Most of the group's members have a Britcore past, but left this hip-hop sub-genre known as Hamburger Hill, which was popular in the early to mid-1990s, behind. Laut.de attributes the group's only album to hip-hop without assigning it to a sub-genre. The print magazine Intro described the group's music as "hardcore hip-hop".
Discography
- 2003: Alles Aus ( WEA Records )
Web links
- Hamburger Hill at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Laut.de: Hamburger Hill. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Rap.de: Sleepy`s exit at Hamburger Hill. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
- ↑ mopo.de: Big funeral march: Hamburg bids farewell to hip-hop pioneer († 42). Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
- ^ LinkedIn.com: Stephan Gerber. Retrieved June 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Laut.de: Hamburger Hill: Alles Aus. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Intro.de: Hamburger Hill: Alles Aus. Retrieved June 19, 2020 .