TET - Travailleur En Trance

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TET - Travailleur En Trance
TET - Travailleur En Trance
TET - Travailleur En Trance
General information
Genre (s) Electric
founding 1993
Website www.tet.org
Current occupation
Singing , music , live e-drums
 CS
Live mix and samples
 RI

TET - Travailleur En Trance is an electronic band from Hamburg .

The group moves stylistically in the area of ​​the electro environment of the 1990s, but extends their music to include influences from more recent electronic dance music ( electronica and minimalist techno , but unlike the band name suggests no trance ). An important non-musical source of inspiration are militaristically influenced trash films from the Cold War era .

Band history

The band was founded in Flensburg in 1993 as a solo project by CS ( synthesizer / vocals / live e-drums) in Flensburg. The first publications, strongly influenced by models such as Front 242 , Tommi Stumpff , Front Line Assembly , Nitzer Ebb or Klinik , were made on music cassettes. RI ( sampler ) was used for the always very aggressive appearing live performances .

As a result of the regression of electronic body music in the early 1990s and the emergence of more modern forms of electronic music such as IDM , techno , drum and bass , TET was initially put on hold by CS in 1996. In the following years he published various vinyl records with the techno- electronica project rotorik .

In 2004 TET - Travailleur En Trance was revived in the original line-up in Hamburg . The band not only released individual pieces on vinyl, but also recorded their first CD album "Ultima Ratio Intervention", in which various well-known greats of different styles of electronic music participated as remixers.

The band received a special honor in 2006 when they played live at the 25th anniversary of Front 242 in the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.

Media coverage

Relevant, German and international print media and websites praised the first album by TET - Travailleur En Trance, among other things, that they " pick up on traditional values ​​[note: electronic body music ] and develop them logically and in a way that is compatible with the listener" and thus "an extremely rousing modification of the old Belgian EBM style ", which" let you think back to better days in Belgium with a pleasant shower ". This judgment is typical, others also saw the band "sonically [..] completely connected to the Belgian power sound of the 80s - energetic, direct, danceable to the core. At the same time, the concept is successfully ported into the 21st century." and assumed that "fans of the good old EBM era [...] would be shaken by pleasant nostalgia for the many bold film samples, the militarily pounding" four-to-the-floor "beats and the distorted vocals." Others saw the title "Red Spot" as "one of the best modern EBM tracks".

Publications

  • Travail Par Équipe (MC; 1993; Norsk Tapes)
  • Hear the signals! (MC; 1993; Norsk Tapes)
  • Amok (MC; 1993; Norsk Tapes)
  • Turbines (MC; 1994; Norsk Tapes)
  • Anesthetic Disco (MC; 1994; Norsk Tapes)
  • Sector Champion (Vinyl; 2004; Acido Records), as " rotorik vs. TET"
  • Ultima Ratio Intervention (CD; 2005; maneuver records), with remix contributions from Front 242 , Dave Tarrida, Insekt , Mark Hawkins and Plastic Noise Experience
  • Phantom Commando EP (vinyl; 2005; mother sound carrier), split record with rotorik
  • Ultima Ratio Interception (digital release; 2007; rotodrôme recordings), new version of the first album including bonus tracks
  • Cobra Coded Escalation (announced) (CD; 2007; maneuver records / rotodrôme recordings), with guest contributions from Front 242 , The Weathermen, Plastic Noise Experience and others. a.

Appearances (selection)

  • 1995: "Stahlklang-Party", Markthalle, Hamburg
  • 2005: "Golden Pudel Klub", Hamburg
  • 2005: "Bodybeats", Berlin
  • 2005: "E-Fest", Antwerp (with insect)
  • 2006: "Two Days With Front 242 ", Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
  • 2006: "Allesfliesst", Rote Flora , Hamburg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sonic Seducer, September 2005 edition
  2. ^ Raveline, June 2005 edition
  3. ↑ Orkus, July 2005 edition
  4. ↑ Movinghands.net Webzine, February 2006