Daniel Ebel (born 27 June 1974), better known as Dendemann, is a German rapper. He is known for his rough voice and his witty, wordplay-filled lyrics in which he mostly tells stories from everyday life.

Biography

Born in

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, Dendemann was raised in

Menden Menden (, official name: ''Menden (Sauerland)''; Westphalian: ''Mennen'') is a city in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river. History Menden' ...

and later relocated to

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

in 1996. His first success was with the crew Arme Ritter, who often functioned as support for

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and were featured on their album ''außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack''. Arme Ritter had previously released a single called ''Disco '95'' on

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, but to little avail. In the mid-1990s, Dendemann and Thomas "Rabauke" Jensen, the tour DJ of Fettes Brot, founded the hip hop duo Eins Zwo. At the same time, Dendemann was working with the former Arme Ritter artist Majubiese and his friend

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, under the alias Mutter Natur. In 2003, Eins Zwo disbanded and both Dendemann and Rabauke are pursuing their solo careers. In the same year, Dendemann release the EP ''DasSchweigenDilemma'', for which he produced the beats himself. His album ''Die Pfütze des Eisbergs'' was published on 1 September 2006, the instrumentals were produced by Jansen & Kowalski and the Audiotreats. The video to the single ''3½ Minuten'' parodies music and video of

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's song "

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" - Dendemann shaved his head and wore fake rubber muscles to imitate D'Angelo's looks and stature. Dendemann toured Germany during 2007 and 2008 as supporting act for the Beatsteaks and

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in big stadiums all through Germany. The live-album ''abersowasvonlive'' was released on 18 July 2008, featuring songs from Die Pfütze des Eisbergs as well as rare

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and a new track. His current album ''Vom Vintage verweht'' was published on 9 April 2010 alongside the single ''Stumpf ist Trumpf 3.0''. The album is more rock-oriented than the previous, and was produced by Moses Schneider, who also produces the Beatsteaks. From January 2015 to December 2016, Dendemann worked as the musical director and band leader for the weekly satire comedy series ''Neo Magazin Royale'' hosted by

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, which airs on

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and was originally only aired on

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under the name ''Neo Magazin''.

Discography

''For releases with Eins Zwo, see Eins Zwo#Discography.''

Albums

* 2006: ''Die Pfütze des Eisbergs'' (Yo Mama) * 2008: ''Abersowasvonlive'' (Yo Mama) * 2010: ''Vom Vintage verweht'' (Yo Mama) * 2019: ''Da nich für!'' (Vertigo Berlin)

Singles

* 2003: "DasSchweigenDilemma" ( EP) (Yo Mama) * 2006: "3½ Minuten" (Yo Mama) * 2007: "Endlich Nichtschwimmer" (Yo Mama) * 2010: "Stumpf ist Trumpf 3.0" (Yo Mama)

Features

* 1996: "... Und ich geh nicht zum Arzt" (as Arme Ritter with Fettes Brot on ''Außen Top Hits, Innen Geschmack'' by Fettes Brot) * 1998: "Es ist nicht so, wie du denkst" (on the soundtrack to

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's film Short Sharp Shock) * 1998: "Susanne zur Freiheit" (Single from Fischmob's album ''Power'') * 1998: "Dein Herz Schlägt Schneller (Remix)" ( Fünf Sterne Deluxe single; with I.L.L. Will) * 1999: "Schnappsidee" (DJ Thomilla single; with Wasi) * 1999: "3D" (with

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; on Doppelkopf's album ''Von Abseits'') * 1999: "Bonustrack" (as Mutter Natur on ''Spiegelbilder'' by MajuBiese) * 1999: "K Zwo" (with Das Bo, Falk, Samy Deluxe,

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and

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on Beginner's 12" "Füchse/K Zwo") * 2000: "DD im Haus" (on Dynamite Deluxe's album ''Deluxe Soundsystem'') * 2000: "T2wei" (with

on Deichkind's album ''Bitte ziehen Sie durch'') * 2001: "Einer von Ihnen" (with Nico Suave on DJ Friction's album ''Alarmstufe Rot'') * 2001: "Jugendsünden" (with

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on Nico Suave's album ''Suave'') * 2001: "Session" (with Illo and Nico Suave on the album ''Samy Deluxe'') * 2002: "Kurzschluss" (on

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' album ''Das Teredeum'') * 2002: "Irgendwas" (on Chima's album ''Reine Glaubenssache'') * 2002: "Siebenschläfer" (on Roey Marquis II's album ''Herzessenz'') * 2002: "Mythos - Headz hoch" (with Tefla & Jaleel on the sampler ''Splash! Masterblaster 2002'') * 2002: "Cro & Pontra" (on I.L.L. Will's album ''LP, Nicht Vollständig'') * 2002: "Backstagepass" (on Tefla & Jaleel's album ''Direkt Neben Dir'') * 2004: "God is a music (Tropf-Remix)" (on Beginner's single ''Morgen Freeman'') * 2004: "Beat a i já und ich" (on

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's album "HDP") * 2005: "Tut mir leid" (Single from J-Luvs album ''Threeshot - Hip Hop Kingz'') * 2006: "Das verbotene Z-Wort" (on the Kool DJ GQ Album ''Birth of Kool'') * 2006: "King Promo" (on

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's single "Struggle") * 2006: "Für immer und dich (Tropf-Remix)" (on

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's single ''Für immer und dich'') * 2016: "So schön" (Single from Beginner's album ''Advanced Chemistry'')

External links

Official website

at laut.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dendemann Living people People from Menden (Sauerland) German rappers 1974 births