Circle (band)

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General information
Genre (s) Disco , rock
founding 1973
resolution 1982
Founding members
Arnold Fritzsch
Singing, flute
Eva Fritzsch
guitar
 Gerhard Witte (until 1979)
Matthias Neumann (until 1974)
Uwe Peschke (until 1979)
Peter Rosenhahn (until 1974)
former members
guitar
 Wolfgang Nicklisch (from 1979)
bass
 Jörg Dobbersch (from 1979)
Drums
 Dietmar Stephan (from 1979)
bass
 Helmut Sickel (until 1979)
Annual hit parade of the GDR
title
But I wanted to know
  GDR 3 1975
Will you be There
  GDR 17th 1976
You make me tired
  GDR 19th 1976
I have to see you
  GDR 28 1977
She is still alone
  GDR 45 1977
I was the fifth Beatle
  GDR 17th 1978

Kreis was an East German disco and pop band . It was founded in 1973. In the first four years the musical direction of the band was geared towards the Philly sound, later the tracks became rockier and more melodic. In 1982 the band broke up.

history

The band was founded in 1973 by Arnold Murmel Fritzsch . Fritzsch brought his then wife Eva into the band. Gerhard Witte took over the guitar (later went to Winni II ), Matthias Neumann the bass guitar, Uwe Peschke the drums and Peter Rosenhahn the saxophone. In 1974 Rosenhahn left the band and Helmut Sickel took over the bass guitar for Neumann. In 1978 the band recorded an English-language album on the Czechoslovak record label Supraphon . Dean Reed had translated most of the texts into English.

Arnold and Eva Fritzsch re-formed the band in 1979 because they wanted to be a little more rocky and melodic. Wolfgang Nicklisch (later went to the Modern Soul Band , tuxedos ) took over from Witte, Dietmar Stephan (later went to electra ) came for Peschke and Jörg Dobbersch (went to the Modern Soul Band, tuxedos) took over from Sickles.

Arnold Fritzsch was always the musical head of the band. After her dissolution he continued to work as a musician and composer and wrote melodies for Wolfgang Lippert , Arnulf Wenning and Ines Paulke , with whom he worked until her death.

Discography

LPs

  • 1976: Kreis ( Amiga )
  • 1978: All hands on deck (Amiga)
  • 1979: Circle (Supraphon)
  • 1980: Kreis (Rocktopus / Berlin (West)) - Amiga recordings never published in the GDR

Singles

  • 1975: Eva always knows a twist (A), but I wanted to know (B) (Amiga)
  • 1975: I want you (A), will you be there (B) (Amiga)
  • 1976: Save Your Kisses for Me (A), Ein Bett im Kornfeld (B) (Amiga)
  • 1976: And we approached (A), you make me tired ' (B) (Amiga)
  • 1977: She's still alone (A), never give up (B) (Amiga)
  • 1977: Rock 'n' Roll Madonna (A), You have my word (B) (Amiga)
  • 1978: Empty arena (A), Can that be (B) (Amiga)
  • 1979: Gartenstrasse No. 2 (A), Goldene Blocken (B) (Amiga)
  • 1979: Come, come closer (A), He was the clown (B) (Supraphon / CSSR)
  • 1980: You don't shoot angels (A), just call me Robinson (B) (Hansa) / also as a maxi single - never released in the GDR

CDs

  • 1991: Kreis (the first album from 1976, BMG AMIGA)
  • 2007: Kreis - The Greatest Hits (digitally remastered original tracks)

Compilations (selection)

  • New recording But I want to know , goodbye is fun

literature

  • HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms . VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin (East) 1977.
  • Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-303-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9
  2. ↑ Circle portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 29, 2012
  3. ↑ biography on arnoldfritzsch.de