From Spar

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From Spar
From Spar at Melt! 2015
From Spar at Melt! 2015
General information
origin Cologne , Germany
Genre (s) Electropunk , post-punk
founding 2003
Website www.vonspar.net
Current occupation
Sebastian Blume
Jan Philipp Janzen
Christopher Marquez
Phillip Tielsch
former members
Thomas Mahmoud

Von Spar is a German band from Cologne founded in 2003 .

The name Von Spar is derived from Von-Sparr-Straße in the Cologne district of Mülheim , near which was the rehearsal room where the band came together.

history

Her first album, which was released in 2004 on the Hamburg label L'age d'or under the title Die unrestricted freedom of the private initiative , consisted of danceable electropunk with indie rock elements and was classified as post-punk .

In 2007 the singer Thomas Mahmoud left the band after internal quarrels shortly before the tour began. Since then the band has not had a permanent singer.

The second album named after the band was released by the Cologne label Tomlab and ties in with the krautrock of the 1970s with two organically growing 20-minute songs .

The third and fourth studio albums, Foreigner and Streetlife, were published by the Berlin label italic records .

The fifth studio album Under Pressure was released in 2019 by Bureau B .; Singer / songwriter Chris Cummings (who already worked on Streetlife ), Lætitia Sadier (formerly Stereolab ), Vivien Goldman , Eiko Ishibashi and R. Stevie Moore can be heard as guests .

Discography

Albums

  • 2004: The unrestricted freedom of private initiative
  • 2007: From Spar
  • 2010: Foreigner
  • 2013: with Stephen Malkmus as Stephen Malkmus and Friends : Can's Ege Bamyasi (album on the Matador label in green vinyl (OLE 1030-1) and on the Domino Records label in red vinyl (Domino - WIG-LP311), live cover of album of the same name by the band Can at the Cologne Weekend Festival in November / December 2012)
  • 2014: Streetlife
  • 2019: Under Pressure

EPs

  • 2003: Thank you for your understanding
  • 2004: Thank you for your understanding Vol. 2
  • 2009: HyBolt
  • 2010: trOOps
  • 2011: Soarex
  • 2012: Jon Voight

Web links

Commons : Von Spar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Schröder: The mountain of knowledge. In: Tagesspiegel. May 14, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ From Spar. In: laut.de. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .