Suicide Booth
| Suicide Booth | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Munich , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Electronica , synth-pop , new wave |
| founding | 2007 |
| Founding members | |
| Spif Anderson | |
| Stefan Fenzel (until 2009) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Spif Anderson |
Keyboard, sampler |
Daniel Dreßler (since 2009) |
Suicide Booth is a synth-electro-pop duo founded in Munich in 2007 . Suicide Booth is supported by various singers.
Band name and style of music
The band's name Suicide Booth means German "suicide cell" and comes from the US science fiction - animated series Futurama . Suicide cells offer fast, painless or slow, excruciating possibilities for suicide for a small fee .
The duo's sound is influenced by “ Planet der Vampire ” -style B-movies , 1980s synth pop and New Wave .
history
The band was founded in April 2007 by the two musicians Spif Anderson aka Lennart ( Roman Bichler ) and Stefan Fenzel.
In 2007, the duo released the vinyl EP Aura 12 with five titles on the Berlin label das drehmoment . The first hundred copies were pressed in red vinyl. There were also various remixes , including for Eisenfunk .
In 2008 Danse Macabre released their debut CD Terror From the Sky with 14 tracks. The album reached number 3 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC). Numerous concert appearances brought the band to prominence in the black scene . Among other things, Suicide Booth performed as support for Kirlian Camera at the ELekTroShokK festival in the Live Factory in Adelsheim in 2009 .
After Fenzel left the project, the musician, music journalist and radio presenter Daniel Dreßler took his place in 2009 . In 2010 Suicide Booth released the second album entitled We Are the Future with First & Only Records with 12 songs. The album was presented as part of a joint concert with at least in.a.box and contrast in the Metropolis in the Kultfabrik .
Discography
- 2007: Aura (EP)
- 2008: Terror From the Sky (CD)
- 2010: We Are the Future (CD / Album)
Web links
- Suicide Booth at Allmusic (English)
- Suicide Booth at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suicide Booth - Aura 12 "/ EP , das drehmoment, Berlin.
- ↑ Suicide Booth -> Terror From The Sky (CD / 2008) , Gothic-Witch, 2008.
- ↑ Suicide Booth , Labellos.de.
- ↑ 2008 annual charts, German Alternative Charts.
- ↑ Information on Elektroshokk 2009 , ELekTroShokK.
- ^ Daniel Dressler , Discogs.com.
- ↑ Suicide Booth Presents , PromoFabrik, 2010.