Station 17 is a
Hamburg
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-based
experimental rock
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group which was founded in 1989. The collective started as both a creative and social project and was the first to connect musicians with and without
disabilities
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in the alternative music scene in Germany. On their first album, released in 1989, the group collaborated with a number of artists such as
Michael Rother
Michael Rother (; born 2 September 1950) is a German experimental musician, best known for being a founding member of the influential bands Neu! and Harmonia (band), Harmonia, and an early member of the band Kraftwerk.
Early life and educat ...
,
Holger Czukay
Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician who co-founded the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay a ...
and
F.M. Einheit
Frank-Martin Strauß, better known as F.M. Einheit and also known as Mufti, (born 18 December 1958, in Dortmund) is an industrial and electronic musician and actor from Germany.
While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential ...
among others and they developed a unique experimental sound.
In the following decades the band released eight albums on several European labels such as
Whats so funny about,
Mute Rec and later on their own label
17 Rec. They toured clubs and played festivals throughout Europe including:
Kilbi Festival,
Hurricane Festival
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,
Burgherzberg Festival,
Schiphorst Avantgarde.
Their last two efforts, „Fieber“ (2011) and the political disco album „Alles für Alle“ (2014) focused strongly on their fundamental idea of inclusion (all members of the group are qualified in a similar way, regardless of their disabilities).
The German Federal Agency for Civic Education presented their concept of inclusion and music to a wider audience by interviewing the group on their website.
In 2012 the German Federal President
Joachim Gauck
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During the P ...
invited them to play at the "Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten" in
Berlin
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.
In 2013 they won an award for their music video to "Uh Uh Uh" at the OSKA Bright Film Festival.
The sound spectrum of the group contains a mixture of
electronic
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,
krautrock
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,
disco
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,
noise
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and
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Pop music, a musical genre
Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop! (British group), a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Album ...
. Their ninth album is scheduled for spring 2018.
Discography
Albums
* Station 17 (1990)
* Genau So (1993)
* Scheibe (1997)
* Bravo (1999)
* Hitparade - Remix Album (2001)
* Mikroprofessor (2006)
* Goldstein Variationen (2008)
* Goldstein Variationen Remix (2011)
* Fieber (2011)
* Alles für Alle (2014)
Singles
* Station 17 / 不要表态 - Split (1993)
* Nadine/Fahrstuhl - Remixes by Console & Remute (2006)
* Drogen Sind Schlecht Für Die Haut - Remixes by Pelle Buys & Lawrence (2007)
* Goldstein Variationen #01 - Station 17 + The Robocop Kraus + Barbara Morgenstern / Remixes by Mense Reents & Thomas Fehlmann (2007)
* Goldstein Variationen #02 - Station 17 + Von Spar + Melissa Logan / Remixes by Sid Le Rock & Cab Drivers (2008)
* Goldstein Variationen #03 - Station 17 + Schneider TM + Ted Gaier + Melissa Logan / Remixes by kptmichigan & Erobique (2008)
* Goldstein Variationen #04 - Station 17 + Stereo Total + Michael Rother / Remixes by MyMy & Tobias Thomas/Ada (2008)
* Goldstein Variationen #05 - Station 17 + Fettes Brot + Knarf Rellöm Trinity / Remixes by Justus Köhncke & Christopher Just (2009)
* Uh-Uh-Uh REMIXES (2011)
References
German experimental rock groups
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