Captain Peng & The Tentacles of Delphi

Captain Peng & The Tentacles of Delphi
Captain Peng & The Tentacles of Delphi on the Spack! Festival 2013
General information
Genre (s)	Alternative hip hop
founding	2012
Current occupation
singing	Robert Gwisdek (Captain Peng)
Drums , vocals	Johannes Gwisdek
guitar	Moritz Bossmann
Percussion	Peter Bartz
double bass	Boris Nielsen

Captain Peng & The tentacles of Delphi is a corporation founded in 2012 German Alternative hip-hop - band with actor Robert Gwisdek as a singer.

history

The brothers Robert and Johannes Gwisdek had been playing as Shaban & Käptn Peng for several years until they founded Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi together with three other musicians in 2012 . On April 12, 2013 they released their first album Expedition ins O on their own label Kreismusik . Laut.de describes it as a "charming and largely acoustically produced fusion of funk rock and alternative ."

In February 2017 the band announced their third album Das zeroth Kapitel , which was released on May 19, 2017. On March 10, the single Wobwobwob was released.

style

Instruments of the band - some common household items are used.

The tentacles of Delphi play with musical instruments - audio samples are dispensed with - and also use unusual instruments such as household items (“There is a lot of obscure stuff here, from baking trays to old suitcases to worn brooms.”).

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Expedition to the O   DE 60 04/26/2013 (1 week) Chapter zero   DE 12 05/26/2017 (2 weeks)   AT 15th 06/02/2017 (2 weeks)

Albums and EPs

• 2013: Expedition into the O (circle music)
• 2015: Alki Alki OST (district music)
• 2017: The zeroth chapter (circle music)
• 2019: It's is my life - Cyclops in the tractor beam (EP, circle music)

Web links

Commons : Captain Peng & the Tentacles of Delphi  - Collection of images

• Captain Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi at Kreismusik
• Captain Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi at laut.de.
• Captain Peng & The tentacles of Delphi at Discogs (English)
• Captain Peng's got it with language - article in Der Zeit

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review of Expedition Ins O at laut.de.
2. ↑ Nastassja Lotz: Käptn Peng and Die Tentakel von Delphi announce a new album - rap.de. In: rap.de. February 27, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017 . 
3. ↑ KreisFilm: Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi - The zeroth chapter album teaser. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017 . 
4. ↑ KreisFilm: Captain Peng & The Tentakel von Delphi - Wobwobwob. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Band biography at laut.de
6. ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria