Deichkind (, literally '' Dyke Child'') is a German

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band formed in

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in 1997. Current members are “Kryptik Joe” alias Philipp Grütering (rapper/songwriter), Henning “DJ Phono” Besser (DJ), Sebastian “Porky” Dürre (rapper/songwriter) and Roland “Roy” Knauf (producer). Deichkind started with

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, later added elements of

electronic dance music Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...

to its style. The band themselves call their music TechRap as a combination of techno and rap music. The songs are often satirical and criticize

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and the performance-oriented society.

History

The band had its first success at the turn of the millennium with single ''Bon Voyage''. Deichkind's early style could be described as alternative hip hop, during the 2000s its style incorporated more and more elements from

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

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and

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. The most famous examples of this electronic-leaning hip hop sound are the three singles, ''Remmidemmi (Yippie Yippie Yeah)'' (2006), ''Arbeit nervt'' (2008), and ''Leider geil'' (2012). These three singles placed in the charts. In 2005, the group represented

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in the

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, with the song ''Electric Super Dance Band'', placing 14th with 12 points. In 2009, Sebastian “Sebi” Hackert, the band's longtime producer, died. ''Befehl von ganz unten'' (2012) was Deichkind's first hit album, selling more than 200,000 units. ''Niveau Weshalb Warum'' (2015) debuted at number-one on the album charts in Germany and Switzerland. The group contributed the song ''Happy New Fear'' to the

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of the German film '' Victoria'' in 2015. In 2018, rapper Sascha Reimann alias

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and “Ferris Hilton” left Deichkind after ten years. Although the band originates from Hamburg, it now works mainly in Berlin.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

* * {{Authority control German hip-hop groups Hamburg hip-hop Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups from Hamburg 1999 establishments in Germany