Chassalla
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1989-1994
Chassalla was founded by Mark HessburgMark Hessburg
Mark Hessburg is a German musician, movie sound design artist and developer of Apps for the iPhone.He was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1989 he started his music project Chassalla. Beside "Chassalla", Hessburg composed songs with Darrin Huss for the Canadian synthy pop band Psyche...
in 1989, Johannes Häusler (from the Canadian synth pop band Psyche
Psyche (band)
Psyche are a Canadian dark synthpop band, now based in Germany. They are centered on singer Darrin Huss, who has been the only constant member, with various line-ups including his brother Stephen Huss, later followed by David Kristian, Per-Anders Kurenbach, and Remi Szyszka, all recording albums...
) joined the Project in 1992 in the final production phase of the first CD album "Shadows". After the "Shadows" Tour and 3 compilation releases Häusler left Chassalla in 1994 during the production of the second Chassalla album "Mistress" (1993–1994), after a controversy in the studio of the producer Carlos Perón
Carlos Perón
Carlos Perón is a Swiss musician, and was a founding member of the band Yello.-Biography:His first solo album was Impersonator . Perón founded the TRANCEONIC studio in Zürich together with Boris Blank. In this experimental studio the two developed what would later on become the famous Yello sound...
(Yello
Yello
Yello is a Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their singles "The Race" and "Oh Yeah", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music....
). "Mistress" was never released but two Songs made it on the third album "Phoenix out of the ashes" (1995–1996).
1994-1999
Matthias Rode and Christian Rossbach joined Chassalla in 1995 and the Band got a new contract with the German label SPVSPV GmbH
SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
. Stephanie Kühn (Background Vocals) and Frank Matthäus (Guitars) joined 1996 for the recording sessions of "Phoenix - out of the ashes". After the release of the third album the Band paused while Mark Hessburg founded the "Green-Hill audio design" Studios in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. During the next years the Band came apart and Christian Rossbach joined the Gothic Band Madre del Vizio.
1999-2005
In 1999 Sony Music Germany was interested in Chassalla and Hessburg worked in his spare time together with Ira Göbel on new songs but they never released any of them. Today Hessburg, Häusler and Rode are working on a comeback of Chassalla in 2008.Albums
- 1996: Chassalla - Phoenix out of the ashes (Oblivion / SPVSPV GmbHSPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
/ Eisenberg / Warner Chappell) - 1994: Chassalla - Mistress (never released)
- 1992: Chassalla - Shadows (Dead per Beat / Apollyon / EFAEFAEFA may refer to:In law:*Elder Financial Abuse a term describing a criminal act against seniors and other dependents.In organizations:*Egyptian Football Association, the governing body of association football in Egypt...
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Compilation albums
- 2005: Beyond the Skies (Shift Music Media / ZyxZYXwas a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...
) - 2004: Mystic Dreams Vol. 1 (Edel Records)
- 2003: Dragons And Dreams (Sony Music)
- 2003: Mystic Beats 2 (Zyx musicZYX MusicZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s...
) - 2003: Mystic Spirits 8 (Zyx musicZYX MusicZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s...
) - 1999: Cryptichon (SPVSPV GmbHSPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
) - 1998: The Power of Gothic (SPVSPV GmbHSPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
) - 1996: Piercing your mind (SPVSPV GmbHSPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
) - 1994: Celtic Circle Sampler II (CCP / Semaphore)
- 1993: Electronic Youth (Music Research / Semaphore)
- 1993: Celtic Circle Sampler (CCP / Semaphore)
- 1992: The Queen is dead (Outo-o-Space / EFAEFAEFA may refer to:In law:*Elder Financial Abuse a term describing a criminal act against seniors and other dependents.In organizations:*Egyptian Football Association, the governing body of association football in Egypt...
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