Contrast (band)
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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 On the music label MyraMusic the maxi-CD from Einheitsstep was supposed to appear, but it was withdrawn shortly before the release.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)
Web links
- Official website
- Contrast at Discogs (English)