Bodenständig 2000
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| Bodenständig 2000 | |
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| Formation: | 1995 |
| Genre: | Electronica Electronica Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing... / Chiptunes / Bitpop Bitpop Bitpop is a type of electronic music and also subgenre of Chiptune, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers and video game consoles. Among systems used are Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari 8-bit Home Computer, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System... |
| Website: | http://www.bodenstandig.de |
| Founder members / current members | |
| Singer, Home computer Home computer Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user... : |
Bernhard Kirsch |
| Singer, Home computer Home computer Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user... , Recorder Recorder The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple... : |
Dragan Espenschied Dragan Espenschied Dragan Espenschied is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. Dragan started to develop software for Atari Computers in 1991.... |
Bodenständig 2000 is an electronic music group from Germany, founded 1995 by Dragan Espenschied
Dragan Espenschied
Dragan Espenschied is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. Dragan started to develop software for Atari Computers in 1991....
and Bernhard Kirsch. They are the self-proclaimed pioneers of the home computer folk music movement.
In 1999 they released their debut album "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3" on Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...
, London.
It contains mixture of chiptune
Chiptune
A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously...
s, rave
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
, eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
, some "serious electronica" plus German vocals and was completely produced at home with non-professional equipment and selfmade software.
Up until 2002 some minor releases took place, like remixes, compilation tracks or home computer diskettes. In June 2003 the EP "Hart rockende Wissenschaftler" was released on Feed The Machine records, Detroit, containing hardcore chiptune dance tracks on one side and folky harmony singing on the other.
By invitation of the US subsidiary of the German 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...
, Bodenständig 2000 was able to perform the first concert of the Version>3-Festivals in Chicago in 2003.
The song 'In Rock 8-Bit' is featured in the Annoying Thing animation by TurboForce3d starring Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...
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The musicians achieved worldwide coverage in July 2006 due to their opting out of the music portal iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, which they attributed to fundamental disagreement with the restrictive Digital Rights Management
Digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...
model. Gaining massive momentum in the blogosphere
Blogosphere
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the story finally made its way into the International Herald Tribune
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/16/yourmoney/music17.php. Being accused of trying to pull off a publicity stunt
Publicity stunt
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, the band decided to make the tracks in question available for free download.
Discography
- Hemzärmelig (1998) (Translation: 'Short-sleeved' colloquial)
- Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3 (1999)
- Hart Rockende Wissenschafter (2004) (Translation: 'Hard rocking scientists')