Deine Lakaien is a German Darkwave

Darkwave

Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...

 group composed of Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 vocalist Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov became famous through singing in the darkwave band Deine Lakaien which he founded with Ernst Horn in 1985.- Biography :...

 and the classically trained composer, pianist and drummer Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn is a German musician who played a crucial part in founding the bands Deine Lakaien, Qntal and Helium Vola.-Biography:...

.

History

The band started in 1985 with an advertisement in the classifieds of a magazine ("Vocalist wanted who enjoys experimenting") posted by Ernst Horn. Most of the band's recordings have been released on Chrom Records although a few recent albums were released by Sony and EMI. The band's sales exceed 500,000 units.

Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn is a German musician who played a crucial part in founding the bands Deine Lakaien, Qntal and Helium Vola.-Biography:...

 studied classical music in Freiburg

Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...

 and Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 and was working in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 as conductor and pianist while Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov became famous through singing in the darkwave band Deine Lakaien which he founded with Ernst Horn in 1985.- Biography :...

 was attending a film and theatre class.

The name Deine Lakaien (which translates to "Your Lackeys") came from a song by Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

 ("Die Genaue Zeit").

Alexander Veljanov has also released three solo albums, as well as released one album with his rock band Run Run Vanguard, and Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn

Ernst Horn is a German musician who played a crucial part in founding the bands Deine Lakaien, Qntal and Helium Vola.-Biography:...

 has founded two bands which play medieval music, Qntal

Qntal

Qntal is a German "electro-medieval" band founded in 1991 by Michael Popp and Ernst Horn. They later added vocalist Syrah to complete the band. It has roots in Estampie, a band of similar genre but different style; Michael Popp and Syrah are the principal members. Horn left the group in 1999, to...

 and Helium Vola

Helium Vola

Helium Vola is a German Darkwave or "Electro-Medieval" band founded in 2001 by Ernst Horn, who was also one of the founding members of Qntal. In the contract with Chrom Records Horn insisted on Helium Vola not being seen as a successor of Qntal nor being marketed as such...

 although he is no longer a part of Qntal. He also composes music for theatre productions and radio plays.

Their 2005 album, "April Skies

April Skies (album)

April Skies was released in 2005, and is the 8th studio album to be released by the group Deine Lakaien.-Track listing:# "Over and Done" – 5:12# "Slowly Comes My Night" – 4:24# "Secret Hideaway" – 4:19# "Supermarket " – 5:23...

", came to life through the co-operation with the musicians of the "White Lies" tour: B. Deutung (cello), Ivee Leon (violin, vocals), Sharifa (violin, vocals) and Robert Wilcocks (guitars, keyboards).

The latest album, "Indicator", was released on 17 September 2010.

Albums

• Deine Lakaien, 1986
• Dark Star, 1991 (reissued in 2005 combined with '2nd Star' EP)
• Dark Star Live, 1992
• Forest Enter Exit, 1993
• Acoustic, 1995 (Live Recording)
• Winter Fish Testosterone, 1996
• Kasmodiah
  Kasmodiah (album)
  -Track listing:# "Intro" - 0:45# "Return" - 4:24# "Kiss The Future" - 4:06# "My Shadows" - 4:39# "Into My Arms" - 5:21# "Overpaid" - 3:34# "Venus Man" - 4:06# "The Game" - 4:24# "Kasmodiah" - 3:52# "Lass mich" - 4:46# "Sometimes" - 4:35# "Fight" - 5:36...
  
  , 1999
• White Lies, 2002
• 1987, 2003 (Early material)
• Live in Concert, 2003
• April Skies
  April Skies (album)
  April Skies was released in 2005, and is the 8th studio album to be released by the group Deine Lakaien.-Track listing:# "Over and Done" – 5:12# "Slowly Comes My Night" – 4:24# "Secret Hideaway" – 4:19# "Supermarket " – 5:23...
  
  , 2005
• 20 Years Of Electronic Avantgarde, 2007 (Orchestral recordings)
• Indicator, 2010

Singles and EPs

• 2nd Star EP, 1991
• Mindmachine, 1994
• Return, 1997
• Into My Arms, 1999
• Sometimes, 1999
• Generators, 2001
• Where You Are/In The Chains Of, 2001 (Two-part release - first part with songs, second part with remixes)
• Over and Done, 2005
• Secret Hideaway-Promo CDS-2005
• Gone 2010
• One Night 2011

Video/DVD

• Mindmachine, 1994 (Video Single)
• Forest Enter Exit, 1994 (Live Video)
• First Decade, 1996 (Video Compilation)
• Live In Concert, 2003 (Live DVD)
• The concert that never happened before. (2006) (Live DVD)
• 20 Years Of Electronic Avantgarde, 2007 (2 DVDs of orchestral recordings - also available as 3DVD+2CD box set)

External links

• Official homepage
• Deine Lakaien - "20 Years of Electronic Avantgarde" - interview