Eisenfunk are a German
electronic body music
Electronic body music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with elements of dance music. It developed in the early 1980s in Western Europe, as an outgrowth of both the punk and the in ...
(EBM) band.
History
The band was founded by Michael Mayer in early 2006. They published its first EP, ''Funkferngesteuert'' later that year. In 2007, Arthur Stauder and Toni Schulz joined the group. That same year the band released their first CD, the eponymous ''Eisenfunk'', and began playing live shows.
In July 2012, the band played at the Amphi Festival in Cologne, Germany.
In May 2014 the band announced the end of the Eisenfunk project. Eisenfunk's last official concert took place on 17 May 2014, in Ingolstadt, Germany. Despite this, their music was still played online, and still gained popularity amongst new
cybergoth
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Opinion dif ...
s.
In July 2024, more than 10 years since they had disbanded, Eisenfunk announced on their
YouTube
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channel that they had reformed and would release an album,
which they did later in the year.
Discography
*''Funkferngesteuert'' (EP, 2006)
*''Eisenfunk'' (2007)
*''300'' (EP, 2008)
*''Schmerzfrequenz'' (2009)
*''8 Bit'' (2010)
*''Pentafunk'' (2011)
*''Superhelden'' (2024)
References
External links
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Eisenfunk Discography
Musical groups established in 2006
German industrial music groups
German electronic music groups
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