Ralf Dkörper

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Ralf Dkörper (right) with Jürgen Engler at an appearance at Die Krupps (2014)

Ralf D Körper (born January 11, 1960 in Düsseldorf ) is a German electronic musician who first appeared as part of the Düsseldorf punk movement .

Live and act

He had his first release with the avant-garde band SYPH , followed by the experimental single "Eraserhead / Assault" on the local label Rondo, a homage to the films and soundtracks by David Lynch and John Carpenter .

Body received a high international response after the British DJ John Peel played this record on the BBC. In addition, she was named "Single of the Week" in the British music newspaper New Musical Express . Dörper's publications with the band Die Krupps from 1980/81 (steel works symphony / true work, true wages) were highly praised in British music gazettes; they are considered to be one of the pioneers of electronic body music .

After leaving Krupps in 1982, D ​​Körper changed his style radically and founded the electronic pop band Propaganda , which, alongside Scorpions , Nena and Kraftwerk, became the most successful German pop band of the 80s worldwide. The hits like Dr. Mabuse , Duel , P-Machinery and the album A Secret Wish (1985) were recognized for their sales figures in several countries.

A legal dispute with the record company ZTT as well as internal band changes lead to an involuntary almost three year creative break, while the body tried his hand at writing for other artists. While working on the propaganda album “1-2-3-4” (1989), he pursued various side projects. Together with Andreas Thein he published the acid club track “Dr. Acid & Mr. House ". The Krupps-Nitzer-Ebb cooperation "Machineries of Joy" produced by him led to the revival of the Krupps. He also published a cover version of the Kraftwerk classic "Ruckzuck". On this version, published under the name Technocrat , D Körper also brought together remixers from the “ Intelligent Techno ” environment of the British label Warp Records , such as Richard H. Kirk from Cabaret Voltaire and Sweet Exorcist .

Between 1989 and 1997, D Körper returned to the Die Krupps project together with Jürgen Engler . During this time five new albums were released and the band played more than 200 concerts across Europe and North America. Since 2004 and 2005 he also took part in various Krupps and Propaganda reunion concerts. In 2006 the Krupps celebrated their 25th anniversary with a tour and various appearances at European festivals. The Krupps celebrated the 30th stage anniversary in 2011 with a DoubleHeadliner Tour together with Nitzer Ebb.

In addition to his career as a musician, D Körper worked in the financial sector and was an analyst at what was then WestLB . In the British Financial Times , Ralf D Körper was named Europe's No. at the 2008 Best Brokerage Awards . 1 stick picker excellent in its sector.

Trivia

The doctors dedicated a line of text to him on their album “ Planet Punk ” in 1995 in the song “Meine Ex (plodierte) Freund” (“She had a sweet body, like one of the Krupps, what was his name? - Dbody!”) . Dkörper spoke his last name personally on tape.

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SURNAME Dorp, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electronics musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf , Germany