Couch is an instrumental

post-rock Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation ...

band based in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

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. The band released music on Kitty-Yo Records and starting in 2000 licensed their music to

Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts. History Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apart ...

for American distribution, issuing full-lengths in 2000 and 2001 concurrently on those labels. In 2006, they released their final album, ''Figur 5'', on

Morr Music Morr Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1999 by Thomas Morr. Most artists on the label fall into the categories of intelligent dance music, electronica and dreampop, but all reflect Thomas Morr's pers ...

. The group's sound is heavily indebted to the German

Krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electronic music, a ...

bands of the 1970s.Profane review

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Members

Jürgen Söder Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born ...

(Guitar) *

Thomas Geltinger Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(Drums) *

Michael Heilrath Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(Bass) * Stefanie Böhm (Keyboards); also plays in Ms. John Soda.

Discography

*''

Couch A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, or chesterfield, is a cushioned item of furniture for seating multiple people (although it is not uncommon for a single person to use a couch alone). It is commonly found in the form of a bench with u ...

'' (LP) (Kollaps) (1995) *'' 3/Suppenkoma'' (7") (Kollaps) (1996) *'' Etwas benutzen'' (LP/CD) (Kollaps/ Kitty-Yo) (1997) *''

Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...

'' (Kollaps/ Kitty-Yo/

Matador A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

) (August, 2000) *'' Profane'' (Kollaps/ Kitty-Yo/Matador) (April, 2001) *'' Figur 5'' (

) (June, 2006)

References

External links

Couch's Official Website
German post-rock groups Kitty-Yo artists Morr Music artists Matador Records artists {{Germany-band-stub