Contrast (band)

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contrast
Music group Contrast.jpg
General information
origin Germany
Genre (s) Electronic music
founding 1992
Website www.einheitsstufe.de
Current occupation
singing
 Roberto "Lorenz" Lindner
music
 Dirk Heinrich
technology
 Falko "H" Heinbokel
singing
 Mist Spirit

Contrast is a music project that operated under the name ISECS until 1999 . Their style can be characterized by the terms electropop and minimal electro .

history

In 1992 ISECS (later Contrast) was founded by Dirk Heinrich, Roberto Lindner and Tobias Messias.

That year they released a very small edition of the tape called The Missing Link with the Key to Your Heart .

In 1994 Tobias Messias left the band and the first demo version of Einheitsstep was released.

In 1995 Falko Heinbokel joined the band, which is still a member today. Likewise, the music album EKM was published as tape and compact disc in self-distribution. Their live debut took place in October in the “Spot” disco in Kassel .

In 1996 Holger Heinrich, the brother of co-founder Dirk Heinrich, found his way into the band. Was electronic body music? published as self-distribution.

In 1997 the rare audio tape Da laughs the black coral ... was published.

In 1998 a "best of" tape was released with the name Tod ... I think it's good! . Due to their success, they were among other things opening act for Funker Vogt from Hameln and Joachim Witt . The increasing popularity helped them to get some interviews in reputable magazines. This year the members also devoted themselves to various other projects.

  • Dirk Heinrich and Roberto Lindner took care of the TRANSISTOR project and recorded material for an album.
  • Roberto Lindner created his TRINITY 5 project .
  • Falko Heinbokel worked for the AUTUMN SKYS group.

1999 TRANSISTOR : Transmission 001 was released as a demo tape, and the piece of Chromium appeared on a sampler .

1999 ISECS : The band changed their name to “Contrast”. Under this name they played their first concert in May as a support act for Clan of Xymox . On the music label MyraMusic the maxi-CD from Einheitsstep was supposed to appear, but it was withdrawn shortly before the release. Only a few promo copies came into circulation.

In 2000 there were some well-attended concerts with artists such as Psyche and Welle: Erdball , otherwise the work on the album Klang der Zukunft came first.

In 2001 Holger Heinrich decided to leave the band. It was separated from the MyraMusic label .

2002 was the year of its tenth anniversary. This year contrast played with bands like KiEw , the Crüxshadows and the band Untoten from Berlin . The play of death ... I think it's good! was released as a relaunch on a compilation. The album Contrast: Program was released under the label UpSolution and it was followed by nationwide release parties, followed by interviews with magazines known in the black scene . In this year Nebelgeist was represented as a guest singer for the first time.

In 2003 the maxi CD was released Promised? , accompanied by many concerts together with Nebelgeist, including in Switzerland .

Another album followed in 2004 with the name Industrie <> Romantik , again on the UpSolution label.

In 2006 Lexi, who had previously been very closely involved as a consultant, web designer, stage technician and producer, became a permanent member of the band.

In 2007 the CD-Maxi 80s was published in self-distribution. On October 24, 2008, the third contrast album Vision and Tradition was released on the Danse Macabre-Records label. The album reached the top 10 of the German Alternative Charts and number 1 in the German Electronic Web Charts. The song Breakthrough also reached number 1 on the German Electronic Web Charts. A fan video for the song Forever Over received more than 500,000 views on YouTube.

In 2013, after a five-year break, contrast released the Maxi Liebe light self-distribution - not as a CD, but as a strictly limited USB stick . Nebelgeist had meanwhile become a permanent member of the band, while Lexi was no longer there. In October 2014 the download single John Maynard was released , a setting of the ballad of the same name by Theodor Fontane , and the fourth album Balance , again on Danse Macabre Records. Both publications achieve high chart positions in the German Alternative Charts and the German Electronic Web Charts.

Discography

Albums

  • 1995/96: Electronic body music? (Album, as ISECS)
  • 1999: Transmission 001 (album, as transistor)
  • 2002: Program (album)
  • 2004: Industry <> Romance (album)
  • 2008: Vision and Tradition (album)
  • 2014: Balance (album)
  • 2019: Unstoppable (Album)

Others

  • 1995: The Missing Link With The Key To Your Heart (tape, as ISECS)
  • 1997: The black coral laughs (tape, as ISECS)
  • 1997: Death ... I like it! (Tape, as ISECS)
  • 2000: unit step 2000 (Maxi-CD)
  • 2003: Promised? (Maxi CD)
  • 2013: Love light (Maxi)
  • 2014: John Maynard (Maxi)
  • 2019: John Schehr and comrades (Maxi)
  • 2019: Plänterwald (Maxi)
  • 2019: Night Club (Maxi)

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