Das Ich
Das Ich is a
German electrogoth band formed in
1989. The group, fronted by
Stefan Ackermann and
Bruno Kramm, reaches out to a growing audience with their form of electronic
gothic music. They were one of the founders of a movement in the early 1990s, which was called "Neue Deutsche Todeskunst" (
New German Death Art). The German term
das Ich makes reference to
freudian psychology.
Their first full-length album,
Die Propheten, was released in
Germany in
1991 and was reissued in the US in
1997, selling over thirty thousand copies. Das Ich toured in
America in
1996 and
1997. One of their later albums,
Egodram (released in
1997) is said to be somewhat more "danceable" than their earlier albums. In
1999 they released a remix album,
Re-Laborat, that included work done by popular
Industrial bands. In
2000 they released an album with songs to
Gottfried Benn's
Morgue, while
Bruno Kramm released his solo spin of
Coeur in
2000.
In
2001, Das Ich released the album
Antichrist, which is a critical reflection on world politics. In
2002 the
Best Of Album Relikt was released. In
2004 they released the double album
LAVA:glut and
LAVA:asche, and in
2006 they released an additional dual album,
Cabaret and
Varieté, and a new DVD,
Panopticum.
*Stefan Ackermann, (
Vocals,
Lyrics)
*Bruno Kramm, (
Music,
Instruments,
Backing Vocals)
Live Band Members
*Daniel Galda (Live Member from 1994 - 1999)
*Kain Gabriel Simon (Live Member from 2000)
*Chad Blinman (Live Member from 1994-1996)
*Jakob Lang (Live Member from 1998-1999)
*Michael Schmid (Live Member from 1999-2000)
Music by Das Ich made up the soundtrack of the movie
Das Ewige Licht, directed and produced by
Hans Helmut Haessler.
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1990: Satanische Verse (EP)
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1991: Die Propheten (LP)
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1993: Stigma (MCD)
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1994: Staub (LP)
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1995: Feuer (Live-LP)
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1995: Die Liebe (feat.
Atrocity, LP)
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1996: Das innere Ich (Soundtrack-LP)
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1996: Kindgott (MCD)
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1997: Egodram (LP)
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1997: Destillat (MCD)
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1998: Morgue (LP):In this Album "Das Ich" used Lyrics from "Morgue und andere Gedicht" which is from
Gottfried Benn,
1912.
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1999: Re-Kapitulation (BestOf-LP, US only)
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2000: Re-Laborat (Remix-LP)
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2002:
Anti'christ (LP)
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2002: Momentum (VCD/DVD)
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2003: Relikt (BestOf-LP)
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2004: LAVA:glut (LP)
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2004: LAVA:asche (Remix-LP of Lava:glut)
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2006: Cabaret (LP)
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2006: Varieté (Remix-LP of Cabaret)
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2006: Panopticum (DVD)
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(Official site)*
Unofficial MySpace Profile
