Polis (band)
| Polis | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Plauen , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock , art rock , hard rock |
| founding | 2010 |
| Website | polisband.de |
| Founding members | |
| Christian Roscher | |
guitar |
Christoph Kästner |
| Marius Light | |
| Andreas Sittig | |
| Cornelius Grünert | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Christian Roscher |
guitar |
Christoph Kästner |
Keyboard |
Marius Light |
bass |
Andreas Sittig |
Drums |
Sascha Bormann |
Polis is a band from Plauen founded in 2010 . Her pieces, sung in German, range between progressive rock , art rock and hard rock with echoes of the tradition of progressive rock music of the GDR and West German krautrock .
history
Polis was founded in 2010 in Plauen in Vogtland . A year later, their first album , titled Eins , was released. It has already been recorded with the drummer Sascha Bormann, who replaced Cornelius Grünert. The second album Sein was released in 2014. From 2016 on, the band set up their studio in a suburb of Plauen, which they called Weltklang . There they recorded their album of the same name, which was mixed in the Real World Studios founded by Peter Gabriel . In spring 2020 it was released on Progressive Promotion Records.
Polis took part in several festivals, including the Artrock Festival VII in Reichenbach in Vogtland in 2019 and the Burg-Herzberg-Festival .
style
Polis stand in the tradition of progressive rock music as well as hard rock, "retro-heavy rock meets prog rock" reviewers also emphasize the "tradition of so-called east rock bands from the 70s and 80s" or an "affinity for krautrock and above all to the East German Artrock ”. Singer Christian Roscher denies a closer conscious reliance, "In the majority, however, we are not influenced by Ostrock". The band prefers analog instruments, typically using a Hammond organ and Moog Minimoog synthesizer.
The texts are written exclusively in German. According to singer Christian Roscher, the German lyrics are “the anchor point of our songs”. According to a review by Deutschlandfunk, the poetry contains culture of "naturalism and existentialism permeated texts full of poetry."
reception
To the album Sein :
“Music as if it had fallen out of time - with lyrics full of poetry [...] they get inspiration for their own sound from Krautrock, the great rock albums of the 1970s and Ostrock right up to the late romantic classical music. In addition, they sing poetic texts permeated with naturalism and existentialism. "
About the album Weltklang :
In a review on streetclip.de, the album received the highest rating with 10 out of 10 points.
“In a nutshell, 'Weltklang' is the best German-language Artock album of recent years. [...] POLIS are unique these days and with ´Weltklang´ they effortlessly assert themselves in the neighborhood of many classics of art and herb rock history. "
“To get straight to the point, with the new album the five musicians have created a masterpiece. It is bursting with musical sophistication and diversity, both in the music and in the lyrics. "
Discography
- 2011: Eins ( album , self-published)
- 2014: Sein (album, self-published)
- 2020: Weltklang (album, progressive promotion )
Web links
- Official website
- Polis on the baby blue sides
- Interview with singer Christian Roscher on deutsche-mugge.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Interview with singer Christian Roscher on deutsche-mugge.de, accessed on April 27, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Michael Haifl POLIS - Weltklang on streetclip.de, accessed on April 25, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Bodo Kubatzki, review of Weltklang on deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on April 25, 2020.
- ↑ a b , Martin Risel, Naturalistic Rock from the Vogtland , contribution to the Soundscout broadcast on Deutschlandfunkkultur on May 17, 2016, accessed on April 25, 2020.