Auletta is an Indie-Rock band from Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The band named itself after the town Auletta

Auletta

Auletta is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Geography:The bordering municipalities are Buccino, Caggiano, Corleto Monforte, Pertosa, Petina, Polla, Salvitelle and Sicignano degli Alburni....

 in Italy, where they went on holiday to in 2006.

History

The band was founded in 2005. In 2007 the band got their break by performing at the Emergenza

Emergenza

is an international music festival for up-and-coming bands, with concerts in more than 150 cities around the world.- History :The first Emergenza Festival was the result of an idea of a group of musician friends in 1991. In 1992, the first ever Emergenza Festival in Rome was held to 245 people....

 European festival and later that same year they won the 'Rockbuster' competition. The following year, they appeared with Art Brut and Kilians

Kilians

Kilians are a German indie rock band. They started out as a loose group of music mad students from Dinslaken, Germany. In 2005, the band's line-up stabilised and they recorded their first self-titled EP...

. At the end of 2008, Auletta signed a record deal with EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. On 26 June 2009, the band released their first album "Pöbelei & Poesie" (literally translated as Vulgarity and poetry). "Meine Stadt" (My Town), one of the songs on the album, was included in the FIFA 10

FIFA 10

carlos leivaFIFA 10 is the 17th title in Electronic Arts' FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it was published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released on 2 October 2009 in Europe, 30 September in Australia and 20 October 2009 in North America...

 video game. On 1 October 2010, the band represented Rheinland-Pfalz 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...

 2010 and finished 14th place out of 16 performing "Sommerdiebe" (Summer thieves).

Discography

Release date	Type of release	Title	Relevant German chart peak
2007	EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...	Heimatmelodien	–
8 May 2009	Single	Meine Stadt	–
19 June 2009	Single	Ein Engel Kein König	–
26 June 2009	Album	Pöbelei & Poesie	93
8 February 2010	Single	Pöbelei & Poesie	–
24 September 2010	Single	Sommerdiebe	80
12 August 2011	Album	Make Love Work	36
2011	Single	Make Love Work	54

External links

(in German)

• Auletta profile on Laut.de (in German)