Enter the cathedral

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Tritt ein den Dom is a song by the Dresden group electra that was recorded in 1972 and only released on record in 1980 .

history

The Electra combo at the time consisted of Bernd Aust (saxophone, flute, keyboard, background vocals), Stephan Trepte (vocals), Wolfgang Riedel (bass), Peter Ludewig (vocals, drums), Karl-Heinz Ringel (keyboard) and Ekkehard Berger (guitar). Trepte had only just joined the band and sang the title instead of the originally intended Ludewig. During the recording it turned out that Trepte was lisping so that Bernd Aust had to sing all the "s" and "z" sounds. The text was written by Kurt Demmler based on a poem by the Russian poet Alexander Blok , which Ludewig had given him with a request for editing. The composition comes from Bernd Aust, who wrote it for the text in a short time. The song was produced by Luise Mirsch for radio in the GDR . The "editing", that is, the censorship , happened and from then on it was played on the radio. It reached number 1 in several GDR rating programs, but was then no longer played, except for a few occasions, because its text was understood as an advertisement for the churches as institutions. According to Aust, this was not the intention. Entein in the cathedral continued to be played at concerts. As a result of the de facto ban, the Electra combo, and especially the song, became particularly popular. The song was not yet allowed to appear on the 1974 album Electra-Combo . Six years later it was first released on phonogram; the Amiga long-playing record 3 of the band now called electra also contained newer songs with the singer Manuel von Senden .

description

Tritt ein den Dom is a 10:10 minute long progressive rock track . Stephan Trepte sings the title in a high pitch expressively to a slow rhythm. In addition, there is the high, soulful vocals from other band members, especially Ludewigs and Austs. The instrumentation is determined by the organ . The middle section is determined by a jazz-rock intermezzo dominated by the alto saxophone and synthesizer . Songs by the Polish rock musician Czesław Niemen , who was popular in the GDR at the time, served as a model .

The singer repeatedly asks the listener to visit a cathedral and feel the sublime atmosphere inside. The accompanying choir indicates that it was people who built the cathedral.

Outputs (without compilations)

Albums

  • 1980: 3 ( Amiga )
  • 1980: The Sistine Madonna ( Pool / Teldec , only Federal Republic of Germany)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Stories from the Saxon three . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3896023230 , p. 69.
  2. ↑ Interview with Stephan Trepte at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on July 27, 2012
  3. ↑ Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Stories from the Saxon three . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3896023230 , p. 71.
  4. ↑ Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Stories from the Saxon three . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3896023230 , p. 73.