Echt (band)
Encyclopedia
Echt was a German
pop band from Flensburg
active from 1997 to 2002. In 2000 the band was awarded with the Bambi
. Kim Frank played the role of Henrik Heidler in the German film NVA
. In the summer of 2000 the band covered the song Junimond by Rio Reiser
for the film Crazy. On March 2, 2007 Kim Frank released a solo Album titled Hellblau, which reached number 28 on the German charts.
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...
pop band from Flensburg
Flensburg
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
active from 1997 to 2002. In 2000 the band was awarded with the Bambi
Bambi (prize)
The Bambi - Deutschlands Wichtigster Medienpreis, often simply called Bambi Awards and stylized as BAMBI, are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year",...
. Kim Frank played the role of Henrik Heidler in the German film NVA
NVA (film)
NVA is a German film comedy released in 2005 that involves two friends who serve in the National People's Army of the former DDR. It was directed by Leander Haussmann , who together with Brussig Thomas also wrote the screenplay. The film caricatures the life of the National People's Army in the...
. In the summer of 2000 the band covered the song Junimond by Rio Reiser
Rio Reiser
Rio Reiser , was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Christian Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46 in the little German town of Fresenhagen. Rio Reiser was politically active during his whole life...
for the film Crazy. On March 2, 2007 Kim Frank released a solo Album titled Hellblau, which reached number 28 on the German charts.
Members
- Kim Alexander Frank (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Kai Fischer (GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Florian "Florst" Sump (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) - Andreas "Puffi" Puffpaff (Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Gunnar Astrup (KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
)
Albums
- 1998: Echt
- 1999: Freischwimmer
- 1999: Live bei Overdrive
- 1999: Echt präsentiert die Play it music school (2 CD + Songbook including chords for the guitar)
- 2000: Recorder
Singles
- 1998: Alles wird sich ändern
- 1998: Wir habens getan
- 1998: Wo bist Du jetzt? (originally by Michel van Dyke)
- 1999: Fort von mir
- 1999: Du trägst keine Liebe in dir (originally by Michel van Dyke)
- 1999: Weinst du
- 2000: Junimond
- 2000: 2010
- 2001: Wie geht es Dir so
- 2001: Stehengeblieben
Samplers
- 1999: POP 2000 / Das Gibts Nur Einmal (König von Deutschland)
- 2000: Crazy, Original Soundtrack (Junimond)
DVD
- 2000: Crazy Platinum Edition with 6 Live Videos, making of Junimond, Junimond music videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...