SYPH

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SYPH is a German punk band from Solingen . Members of the band switched to the bands Lunch Break , Fehlfarben , Die Krupps and Propaganda , among others .

history

The band was founded in Solingen in 1977 by Peter Braatz (vocals and known under the pseudonyms Harry Rag , Petrus Braatzi), Thomas Schwebel (guitar), Uwe Jahnke (guitar) and Ulli Putsch (drums). Thomas Schwebel left the band and switched to the Düsseldorf band for lunch . In addition to Braatz, Jahnke, Putsch, the core line-up also included Jojo Wolter, who joined the band as bass player on the first LP in 1980. The group was always supplemented around the core by Gilbert Hetzel, Thomas Oberhoff, Uwe Haller, Jörg Rhode, Ingo Giesing, Ralf D Körper (later with the bands Die Krupps and Propaganda ), Waldemar Kutschma and Jan Starek.

In 1978 SYPH released its first records and soon rose to the front row of the "original NDW" bands. Their debut EP Viel Feind, viel Ehr caused discussions due to the controversial cover ( RAF reference). The piece Back to Concrete is a classic and was already covered by bands like lunch break or PD back then . The piece also provided the title for the highly acclaimed exhibition on “The Beginnings of Punk and New Wave in Germany” in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in the summer of 2002. At the end of 1979, the cast of Braatz, Jahnke, Wolter and Putsch was relatively stable.

Her debut LP, released in 1980, surprised by two different sides. On the first page SYPH offered short and almost 1½ – 2½ minute long punk cracker brand Zurück zum Beton or Industrie-Mädchen ( covered by the Fehlfarben under the title Große Liebe Maxi ), on the second page the group offered more experimental and longer pieces that were partly based on Can . So it was no wonder that Holger Czukay (from Can) produced the album Pst in 1980 . Braatz released two “Rest Of” albums with previously unreleased material.

In 1982 Peter Braatz and Uwe Jahnke met to create new recordings. This resulted in a double single and the album Harbeitslose , which was again much more experimental. Thomas Oberhoff and Gilbert Hetzel were there. Braatz made a film about the title Der Bauer im Parkdeck, contained on the double single .

In 1984 they came together again with the line-up of Braatz, Jahnke, Wolter and Putsch. In 1985 SYPH surprised with the catchy double album Wieleicht , the cover of which was based on the white Beatles album . Putsch left the group in 1986 and was replaced by Ralf Bauerfeind, who made his debut on the album Am Rhein . After a live recording, the group got pretty quiet. In 1993 the album Rot Geld Blau was released as the last SYPH album for a long time. The core of the band met now and then in a relaxed atmosphere and so u. a. the double CD sampler Ungehörsam was released in 2004. In 2006 Braatz and Wolter recorded the album -1 with various guest musicians . In 2009 there was a rare appearance in the Festsaal Kreuzberg by the group SYPH with Bauerfeind, Braatz, Jahnke and Wolter. In 2011 new recordings took place in Solingen, in addition to Bauerfeind, Jahnke, Wolter, Jörg Lehnardt (guitar) and Georg Zangl (steel harp) were involved. The vocal recordings added to the music afterwards were part of the rift between Bauerfeind, Jahnke, Wolter, Zangl and Braatz. The group decided to split up with Peter Braatz and prepared the SYPH album EX , which was provided with new texts and vocal recordings by Doc Schoko, for publication on Wallpaper Records , which was prevented for the time being in July 2013 by Peter Braatz's injunction.

Discography

  • "Much Enemy, Much Honor" - single, 1979
  • "SYPH Pure Joy (Hello to the Mipau)" - LP, 1980
  • "Pst" - LP, 1980
  • "New, bigger, softer, juicier (Live in SO36 / Live here and there)" - LP, 1981
  • "SYPH (The 4th)" - LP, 1981
  • "SYPH" - DoSingle, 1982
  • "The sounding SYPH book" - 3MC-Box, 1982
  • "Unemployed" - LP, 1982
  • "Wieleicht" - DoLP, 1985
  • "I Want U" - Maxi, 1986
  • "Am Rhein" - LP, 1987
  • "Stereodrom (Live)" - LP, 1987
  • "Red Money Blue" - LP + 7 "/ CD, 1993
  • "Inaudible" - DoCD, 2004
  • "Rare and Lost into the future" - LP, 2004
  • "-1" CD, 2006

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