Flake helps release music from the Feeling B archives
Some of you know that Rammstein’s keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz was a member of the East-German punk band Feeling B back in his younger days, long before Rammstein was ever thought of. Not many people have had the opportunity to hear many of the older Feeling B recordings, and then the band split up in 1993 when Flake later became part of Rammstein. Skip ahead five albums, and we arrive at the image of Rammstein on hiatus after releasing Rosenrot. The band members had a lot of free time on their hands. Some of them spent it relaxing and some of them spent it working on other musical projects. Flake spent a good part of his time digging through his archives to find the old Feeling B music.
Grün & Blau is partially a retrospective of Feeling B’s past songs and partially the long-awaited debut of some songs that were long thought to be lost. The album contains thirteen songs that Flake mixed and remastered so they sound more like how the band originally envisioned them years ago. There will be 2 versions available: The standard jewelcase version will be released on October 19th (according to most sources I’ve seen). The limited edition version will be accompanied by a hardcover book (some sources say 120 page, some say 160) where Flake discusses Feeling B, which will be released on November 9th.
Check out Feeling B’s MySpace page to hear what Flake’s music used to sound like. He has certainly come a long way!
Feeling B - Grün & Blau tracklist:
01. Graf Zahl
02. Langeweile
03. Dufte
04. Frosch im Brunnen
05. Herzschrittmacher
06. Keine Zeit
07. Häßlich
08. Gipfel
09. Schlendrian
10. Wieder keine Zeit
11. Spacerace
12. Veris Dulcis
13. Grün & Blau
October 13th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I’m really looking forward to this one. Of course I’ve pre-ordered the version with the book.
To add a bit more to what you’ve said here, Feeling B were a very active and influential live band in the DDR, even if they ultimately only released 3 albums, and those very late in their career. Also, they later reformed with mostly new members and kept performing until the untimely death of singer and founder Aljoscha Rompe in 2000. Finally, Flake wasn’t the only Rammstein member involved, although he does appear to be the main force behind this retrospective release. Paul Landers was in Feeling B for about the same time frame as Flake, and Christoph Schneider was a member from 1990-93.
Fans of chaotic, FUN punk, and/or Rammstein fans who want to see the guys’ musical history, should definitely check out Feeling B.
October 17th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Wonderful! I’m very glad when my fellow Germaniacs can help extend the conversation I try to start with my posts. That’s really informative and a big bonus for everyone, especially since this is a band that I only know the basics of. Thanks, Nadja.
-Greg