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Klee (literally "Clover
Clover

Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics....
"), named after Paul Klee
Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Switzerland Painting of Germany nationality. His highly individual style was influenced by many different art trends, including expressionism, cubism, and surrealism....
, is a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 pop-band from Cologne
Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
.


he 1990s Tom Deininger, Sten Servaes and Suzie Kerstgens formed Ralley, but an accident in 2002 forced them to take a break and reform as Klee. The name was inspired (according to Suzie Kerstgens) by the work of Paul Klee, and also refers to the four leaf clover as a good luck symbol.

With the change of name there was also a slight change of style from guitar music to electropop.

In 2002 the Song "Erinner Dich" was released from the first Klee album Unverwundbar.






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Klee (literally "Clover
Clover

Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics....
"), named after Paul Klee
Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Switzerland Painting of Germany nationality. His highly individual style was influenced by many different art trends, including expressionism, cubism, and surrealism....
, is a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 pop-band from Cologne
Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
.

Lineup (studio)

  • Suzie Kerstgens (vocals)
  • Tom Deininger (guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    )
  • Sten Servaes (piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    , keyboard
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    , vocals)


History of the band

In the 1990s Tom Deininger, Sten Servaes and Suzie Kerstgens formed Ralley, but an accident in 2002 forced them to take a break and reform as Klee. The name was inspired (according to Suzie Kerstgens) by the work of Paul Klee, and also refers to the four leaf clover as a good luck symbol.

With the change of name there was also a slight change of style from guitar music to electropop.

In 2002 the Song "Erinner Dich" was released from the first Klee album Unverwundbar. It charted at 94 and remained one week in the Top 100.

In October 2004 the second album appeared Jelängerjelieber. The first single release "2 Fragen" ("Two Questions") brought Klee to the notice of radio and TV. In November 2004 Sarah Kuttner (MTV show) brought Klee's new song "Gold" to a larger TV-public. In February 2005 Klee appeared on the Bundesvision Song Contest
Bundesvision Song Contest

The Bundesvision Song Contest is an annual competition created by German TV entertainer Stefan Raab in 2005. For each of the 16 states of Germany a song is chosen by regional radio stations....
 and performed "Gold" representing for the Saarland and came 10th. Gold is Klee's biggest hit to-date. It reached number 54 the German Top 100 and was nine weeks in the charts altogether. Jelängerjelieber appeared in July 2006 under the title Honeysuckle the USA (so called because Americans apparently preferred a more accessible name). From this album three singles were released in English, "Für alle, die" ("This is for Everyone"), "Tausendfach" ("A thousand ways") and Gold. On 4 August 2006 Klee's third album Zwischen Himmel und Erde, appeared, and charted at 17.

On 7 July 2006 the single "Die Stadt" ("The City") appeared and reached place 55 in the first week.

On the new album Zwischen Himmel und Erde and with the live-appearances supported with percussion and bass rock was again more prominent.

On July 11, 2008 the band released their new single "Zwei Herzen" ("Two Hearts") which can be viewed on their myspace.

Live appearances

Klee frequently performs live, with about 120 concerts in 2005 alone. Appearances range from small venues to appearances opening for bands like The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall , Buzzcocks and Gang of Four ....
 and Nena
Nena

Nena is a singer and actress and the co-founder of the Neue Schule Hamburg, a school following the Sudbury school. She rose to international fame in 1984 with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons", whose English version is called "99 Red Balloons"....
. The band adds a drummer and bassist to its live lineup and adopts a more "rock sound" than in its studio work. Concerts are characterized by individual statements and spontaneous interjections by Kerstgens.

Lyrics

Most of Klee's lyrics and music are written by the group's three core members, but the band collaborates with lyricist Tom Liwa
Tom Liwa

Tom Liwa is a Germany singer-songwriter who has been performing as a solo artist in addition to being a founding member and frontman of the band Flowerpornoes....
 on some songs. Klee's lyrics refer to deeply felt moments in human relationships. Klee's lyrics straddle the material world and a dream world in which desires and conflicts intermingle. A large portion of their lyrics have also been criticized for their drug-related symbolism promoting a mental highness or euphoria as well as mindless promiscuity.

Discography


Albums

  • 2002: Unverwundbar (Invulnerable)
  • 2004: Jelängerjelieber (The Longer The Dearer) D: #75
  • 2005: Jelängerjelieber (Live Edition 2CD-Package)
  • 2006: Honeysuckle (US-Version of Jelängerjelieber)
  • 2006: Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Between Heaven and Earth) D: #17
  • 2006: Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Limited Deluxe Edition" with Bonus Concert DVD)
  • 2008: Berge Versetzen (Moving Mountains)


Singles

  • 2002: Erinner dich (Remember) D: #94
  • 2003: Lichtstrahl (Ray of light)
  • 2003: Nicht immer aber jetzt (Not always, but now)
  • 2004: 2 Fragen (2 questions)
  • 2005: Gold (Gold) D: #54
  • 2005: Tausendfach (Thousandfold) D: #85
  • 2005: Für alle, die (For all who)
  • 2006: Die Stadt (The city) D: #55
  • 2006: Liebe mich Leben (Love me life)
  • 2007: Dieser Fehler ("This Mistake")
  • 2008: Zwei Herzen ("Two Hearts") D: #29
  • 2008: Berge versetzen ("Moving mountains") D: #57


Gallery


External links

  • (German indiepedia)