RockRainer

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RockRainer
RockRainer, De Lorenzo, Danzeisen (2013)
RockRainer, De Lorenzo, Danzeisen (2013)
General information
origin Friesenheim / Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) Hip-hop , pop , electro-pop
founding 2005
Website www.rockrainer.de
Current occupation
Karl Lauer (Sandro De Lorenzo)
Sarah Jewoh (Sarah Danzeisen) (since 2007)
Ralf (Bob) Steinert
Flowmeister ( Lukas Meister ) (since 2007)
Timo Beil (Timmy Hargesheimer) (since 2007)
Clark Cable (Tobias Fehrenbach) (since 2007)
Edelprolet (CJ Kuse) (since 2007)
former members
Keyboard
 The Öschi (Sebastian Lederle) (until 2010)
DJ
 Domsenz (Dominic Gambert) (until 2011)

RockRainer is a German hip-hop / electro-pop band from Friesenheim and Berlin with a changing line-up. The band has made a name for itself primarily with their special mix of 1980s-heavy synth melodies and witty-ironic rap lyrics as well as their colorful and bizarre stage performances.

history

RockRainer was founded in 2005 by Sandro De Lorenzo and Ralf Steinert in Friesenheim (Baden) . In 2006 their first EP “ Bad Songs for Bad People” was released , which they released through their own distribution and whose single “ Herzlich Willkommen” caused the first radio airplays and attention and enabled the band to make their first appearances.

In 2007 the singer and rapper Sarah Danzeisen and the live musicians Lukas Meister (bass), Timmy Hargesheimer (drums), DJ Clark Cable (DJ) and Edelprolet (keyboard) joined the band as permanent members. After numerous concerts and tours, the first sound carrier of the new line-up was released in 2008: 80s action film was a CD / DVD box with 8 songs and 8 music videos. The sound of the mini-album consisted in equal parts of electro-pop and acoustic hip-hop pieces. The first national successes were achieved with the singles 80s action film and Angst vorm Nobility , a parody of Falco's Austropop (radio and TV airplays on MTV , Yavido as well as competition successes and funding from the Volkswagen Sound Foundation ).

From 2009, De Lorenzo, Steinert and Danzeisen concentrated again on the electronic version of their sound and published in 2009, EP Dance Dance Dance with the single road from here that numerous radios, especially the ARD - Youth Waves was played. In 2010 the EP Elektrorummelplatz followed and in 2011 the free download album Calendar of Abartigcoolness .

At the beginning of 2012, De Lorenzo, Steinert and Danzeisen founded the independent label Rummelplatzmusik in order to publish their own music as well as other bands via this platform. Steinert left the label at the end of 2012 and De Lorenzo and Danzeisen expanded the label work and their own live activities. Extensive tours and more EPs followed in 2012 ( Better than a bad movie ), 2013 ( I'll probably never come back ) and 2014 ( Keep running ).

Since 2014, De Lorenzo and Danzeisen have been concentrating more on label work for fairground music and the constantly growing artist roster as well as musical solo projects, which has resulted in a sharp decline in RockRainer's activity.

Discography

  • 2006: Bad songs for bad people (EP, self-published)
  • 2008: 80s action film (album, CD / DVD set, self-published)
  • 2009: Dance Dance Dance (EP, self-published)
  • 2010: Elektrorummelplatz (EP, self-published)
  • 2011: Calendar of abnormal coolness (album, free download release)
  • 2012: Better than a bad movie (EP, fairground music )
  • 2013: I will probably never come back (EP, fairground music)
  • 2014: Race on (EP, fairground music)

Sampler contributions & features

  • 2007: New Stars of Rock and Pop - presented by HP, Intel and Microsoft - Track: Es ist
  • 2008: Freiburg Tapes Volume 4 - Jazzhaus Records - Track: Movement!
  • 2009: Volkswagen Sound Foundation compilation - Track: Away from here
  • 2010: audiosurf - the best bands on the net! Special edition for Musikmesse 2010 - Track: Weg von hier
  • 2013: Lukas Meister , Wanderjahre - Feature: Not too big for us
  • 2013: Troubadour CD / DVD 2013 - Track: Festzeltrap

Successes (selection)

  • Funded by the VW Sound Foundation as a talent band / family band
  • Participation in the New Music Award 2009 (then still: Radio Award for New Music) of the ARD youth waves
  • 11th place of the YouTube Secret Talents Award 2010 with fear of nobility
  • Semi-final of the Panic Prize of the Udo Lindenberg Foundation
  • 4 × nominated as MySpace Featured Artist
  • Invitation to the Warner Music Demo Battle as part of the Reeperbahn Festival
  • Newcomer of the week in “Kavka vs. The Web “by Markus Kavka
  • 12 weeks in the top ten at MTV Rookie with the video fear of nobility
  • Selection for the "Bandfactory" of the John Lennon Talent Award 2010
  • Selection CocaCola Soundwave Discovery Tour 2009 - Top 50
  • 5 weeks first place in the SWR Dasding Netzparade with an 80s action film
  • Winner of the Frequency OpenStage Contest 2007

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review at MK2 ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Report on Fudder.de ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Report on fear of the nobility - Badische Zeitung
  4. ^ Report from the Badische Zeitung on RockRainer and VW Sound Foundation
  5. ↑ Review of Whiskey Soda ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Brief review on Rappers.in
  7. ^ Report on the establishment of the label - Badische Zeitung
  8. ↑ Portrait on Baden Online
  9. ↑ Brief review of Backspin ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Review Tribe
  11. ↑ www.rockfestivals.at