Tele (band)
Encyclopedia
Tele is a German Rock/Pop
-band
from Freiburg
(now Berlin
).
guitar sound and arranged their songs in a post rock way.
The record company Tapete Records
from Hamburg
distributed their album in 2002 and published an EP with five new songs. Tapete Records published as well their second album Wovon sollen wir leben in 2004. This album contains mainly German pop songs with background stories in the texts. In the majority of cases the texts deal with the individual every day life, often with respect to their love affairs.
The music by Tele resembles that of the 1980s
, but does not seem to be forced retro
-style. This is due to the use of keyboard
-arrangements and synthesizer
-wind instrument
s
Both their second album and their third Album Wir brauchen nichts were produced by producer and sound engineer Patrik Majer, who also arranged the productions for the band Wir sind Helden
.
In June 2006, shortly before the completion of the third album, Tele executed a tour through Africa (South Africa
, Mosambique, Namibia
, Zimbabwe
, Tansania, Zanzibar
und Madagascar
) by order of the Goethe-Institut
.
In October 2007 Tele played (with the Berlin Band MIA.
) on behalf of the Goethe-Institut again, this time in China
(Nanjing
).
On 9 February 2007 Tele represented the state Baden-Württemberg
at the Bundesvision Song Contest
with the song Mario and achieved rank 10 after viewer voting per telephone.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
from 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...
(now Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
).
Band history
Tele produced their debut album 1001 Verdacht themselves in 2000. At first they played typical Indie rockIndie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
guitar sound and arranged their songs in a post rock way.
The record company Tapete Records
Tapete Records
Tapete Records is an independent record label from Hamburg, GermanyIt was founded in 2002 by Gunther Buskies and Dirk Darmstaedter and primarily focused on Deutschpop-bands such as Erdmöbel, Niels Frevert, Tele and Anajo...
from 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...
distributed their album in 2002 and published an EP with five new songs. Tapete Records published as well their second album Wovon sollen wir leben in 2004. This album contains mainly German pop songs with background stories in the texts. In the majority of cases the texts deal with the individual every day life, often with respect to their love affairs.
The music by Tele resembles that of the 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
, but does not seem to be forced retro
Retro
Retro is a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall postmodern past, that has since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of "retro" style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc...
-style. This is due to the use of keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
-arrangements and synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
-wind instrument
Wind instrument
A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
s
Both their second album and their third Album Wir brauchen nichts were produced by producer and sound engineer Patrik Majer, who also arranged the productions for the band Wir sind Helden
Wir sind Helden
Wir sind Helden is a German Alternative Rock band from Berlin, established in 2001 in Hamburg. The quartet is composed of lead singer Judith Holofernes and musicians Pola Roy, Mark Tavassol, and Jean-Michel Tourette. The group's style has often been considered similar to that of the Neue Deutsche...
.
In June 2006, shortly before the completion of the third album, Tele executed a tour through Africa (South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Mosambique, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, Tansania, Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
und Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
) by order of the Goethe-Institut
Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit German cultural institution operational worldwide, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations. The Goethe-Institut also fosters knowledge about Germany by providing information on German...
.
In October 2007 Tele played (with the Berlin Band MIA.
MIA.
MIA. is a German rock/pop band from Berlin.-Biography:MIA. originally formed in 1997 when TV host Sarah Kuttner introduced schoolmates Mieze and Andreas Ross to Robert Schütze and Ingo Puls...
) on behalf of the Goethe-Institut again, this time in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
(Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
).
On 9 February 2007 Tele represented the state Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
at 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. The songs are performed on live television in order to find the most popular song in the competition...
with the song Mario and achieved rank 10 after viewer voting per telephone.
Cooperations
- Judith HolofernesJudith HolofernesJudith Holofernes is a German musician and lyricist who is most widely known as the lead singer of the German Pop-Rock band Wir sind Helden....
sings the background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
in two songs on the 2004s album. - On the song "Für nichts garantieren" by Wir sind HeldenWir sind HeldenWir sind Helden is a German Alternative Rock band from Berlin, established in 2001 in Hamburg. The quartet is composed of lead singer Judith Holofernes and musicians Pola Roy, Mark Tavassol, and Jean-Michel Tourette. The group's style has often been considered similar to that of the Neue Deutsche...
Francesco Wilking sings together with Judith HolofernesJudith HolofernesJudith Holofernes is a German musician and lyricist who is most widely known as the lead singer of the German Pop-Rock band Wir sind Helden....
. - Tele were the opening actOpening actAn opening act or warm-up act is an entertainer or entertainment act that performs at a concert before the featured entertainer...
on the "Wir sind Helden" tour 2008
Albums
- 2000 Tausend und ein Verdacht (first own distribution, then 2003 distributed by Tapete RecordsTapete RecordsTapete Records is an independent record label from Hamburg, GermanyIt was founded in 2002 by Gunther Buskies and Dirk Darmstaedter and primarily focused on Deutschpop-bands such as Erdmöbel, Niels Frevert, Tele and Anajo...
) - 2004 Wovon sollen wir leben (Universal Music)
- 2007 Wir brauchen nichts (Universal Music)
- 2009 Jedes Tier (Tapete (Indigo))
Singles
- 2004 Falschrum (Universal Music)
- 2005 Es kommt ein Schiff (Universal Music)
- 2007 Mario (Universal Music)
- 2007 Fieber (Universal Music)
- 2007 Bye Bye Berlin (Universal Music)
Compilation contributions
- 2003 "Now Now Now" auf „Müssen alle mit“ (Tapete Records)
- 2004 "Wunder in Briefen" auf „Müssen alle mit 2“ (Tapete Records)
- 2004 "Now Now Now" auf „Immergutrocken“ (Grand Hotel van CleefGrand Hotel van CleefGrand Hotel van Cleef is an independent record label headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.- Label history:Grand Hotel van Cleef was founded in 2002 by Thees Uhlmann, Marcus Wiebusch and Reimer Bustorff...
) - 2005 "Es kommt ein Schiff" auf „Müssen alle mit 3“ (Tapete Records)
- 2007 "Mario" auf „Müssen alle mit 4“ (Tapete Records)
Remixes
- 2005 "Falschrum (Rework Remix)"
- 2007 "Mario (Erobique Slick Mix)" by Erobique (International Pony)
- 2007 "Fieber (Discofox Remix)" by Tommy FinkeTommy FinkeTommy Finke is a singer-songwriter of Indie, German rock and pop music, and a composer of electronic and computer music.- Bio :...