Lali Puna is a German,
Munich
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-based
electropop band originally from
Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany.
History
Valerie Trebeljahr, the lead writer and singer, comes from
Busan
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,
Korea
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. The name of the band, meaning ''Valerie from Busan'', references this, as ''Lali'' is a diminutive form of ''Valerie'', and ''Puna'' is a childish spelling of Busan (which is often transliterated ''Pusan''). She also lived ten years in
Portugal
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before moving to Germany, and that's reflected in some of her songs, featuring lyrics in Portuguese.
Valerie played in an all-female band called
L.B.Page, until 1998, when she released a 7" called ''Safe Side'' under the moniker ''Lali Puna''. She was later joined by
Markus Acher
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, already lead singer and guitarist of
The Notwist and
Tied & Tickled Trio (with whom she was also romantically involved and also formed a side-project called
John Yoko), Christoph Brandner, who played drums with Acher in the
Tied & Tickled Trio, and keyboardist Florian Zimmer.
In 2002 Florian Zimmer left for
Hamburg
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to work on Iso68, being eventually replaced in 2003 with
Christian Heiß on the ''Left Handed'' EP.
In 2017, before the release of the ''Two Windows'' album, Markus Acher left the band.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Tridecoder'' (1999)
* ''
Scary World Theory
''Scary World Theory'' is the second studio album by German electronic music band Lali Puna. It was released on 15 October 2001 by Morr Music.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Lali Puna
* Valerie Trebe ...
'' (2001)
* ''
Faking the Books'' (2004)
* ''
Our Inventions''
(2010)
* ''Two Windows'' (2017)
Compilation albums
* ''I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed, and B-Sides'' (2005)
EPs
* ''Clear Cut'' (2001) with
Bomb the Bass
* ''Left Handed'' (2003)
* ''Silver Light'' (2012)
Singles
* "The Safe Side" (1998)
* "Snooze" (1999)
* "Nin-Com-Pop" (2001)
* "Common Ground" (2002)
* "Micronomic" (2004)
* "Remember" (2010)
* "Move On" (2011)
* "Machines Are Human" (2014) with
Trampauline
* "Deep Dream" (2017)
* "The Bucket" (2017)
* "Two Windows" (2017)
* "Being Water" (2019)
Remixes
*
Two Lone Swordsmen - "It's Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix)" from ''Further Reminders'' (2001)
*
Dntel - "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Lali Puna Remix)" from "
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" (2002)
*
Boom Bip - "Awaiting an Accident (Lali Puna Remix)" from ''Corymb'' (2004)
References
External links
*
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German electronic music groups
Lex Records artists
Morr Music artists