Goethes Erben is a musical group from Germany

Germany

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 started in 1989 by Oswald Henke and Peter Seipt.

History

The founding idea for Goethes Erben was to combine German spoken words with musical theater. They are one of the first Neue Deutsche Todeskunst

Neue Deutsche Todeskunst

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 bands.

By 1991, Peter had left the band and was replaced by American Mindy Kumbalek in February. Their debut album Das Sterben ist ästhetisch bun was released in 1991.

The band's unique blend of music and theater lends itself well to multimedia releases, and they have used DVDs with pictures, interviews and concert footage since 2001.

Goethes Erben have established themselves as favorite festival band, playing at M'era Luna 2001, the Eurorock Festival in Belgium, and Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2002.

Compact Cassettes

• 1990 Live
• 1990 Der Spiegel, dessen Weg durch stumme Zeugen zum Ende führt
• 1991 Live - Festival d'Etage
• 1991 Das schwarze Wesen

Albums

• 1992: Das Sterben ist ästhetisch bunt
• 1992: Der Traum an die Erinnerung
• 1993: Leben im Niemandsland (live recording from June 10, 1993 at Club Zwischenfall, Bochum
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• 1994: Tote Augen sehen Leben
• 1994: Erstes Kapitel (reissue of Der Spiegel, dessen Weg durch stumme Zeugen zum Ende führt and Live Recording)
• 1995: Goethes Erben (The "Blue" Album)
• 1997: Schach ist nicht das Leben
• 1999: Gewaltberechtigt? (re-release of Die Brut and Sitz der Gnade)
• 1999: Kondition: Macht! – Das Musikwerk
• 2001: Nichts bleibt wie es war
• 2005: Dazwischen

Singles

• 1993: Die Brut
• 1995: Der Die Das
• 1997: Sitz der Gnade
• 1998: Marionetten
• 2001: Der Eissturm
• 2001: Glasgarten
• 2005: Alptraumstudio (500 copy limited edition)
• 2006: Tage des Wassers (500 copy limited edition)

Other Publications

• 1996: Live im Planetarium (semi-official, limited to 1000 copies of a live show on September 15, 1995 at the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena
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• 1998: Kondition: Macht! – Das Musiktheaterstück (Live double CD, limited to 2000 copies)
• 1999: Epochenspiel (VHS)
• 1999: Goethes Erben - 10 Jahre (3 CD Box Set, limited to 1000 signed copies)
• 2000: Bittersüß und schmerzvoll (Vinyl, 500 copies)
• 2000: Königlich und doch rebellisch (Vinyl, 500 copies)
• 2000: Gewalttätige Gedanken (Vinyl, 500 copies)
• 2001: 1302 km Island – Auf der Suche nach dem Glasgarten (DVD, limited to 1000 copies)
• 2002: Was war bleibt (DVD, all videos from Nichts bleibt, wie es war to Fleischschuld)
• 2002: Iphigenies Tagebuch
• 2003: Leibhaftig (DVD/CD)
• 2004: Blau Rebell & Gewinn für die Vergangenheit (DVD)
• 2006: Traumaspiele (DVD)
• 2010: Zeitlupe (Best-Of Compilation)

External links

• Official Homepage
• Goethes Erben at laut.de
• Works by and about Goethes Erben at the German National Library
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