Fotos are a German indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Hamburg

Hamburg

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/Cologne

Cologne

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History

Fotos' first self-titled album was released through Labels (a Sublabel of EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

) on 29 September 2006. Fotos can be characterised as British-inspired indie rock in connection with German lyrics.
In summer 2007, the band played at the German Hurricane Festival

Hurricane Festival

The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a music festival that takes place in Scheeßel near Bremen, Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, as of 2004...

 and Southside Festival

Southside Festival

The Southside Festival, also just Southside, is a music festival that takes place near Tuttlingen, southern Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, since the end of 2004...

 as well as at the Austrian FM4 Frequency Festival

FM4 Frequency Festival

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. Following the release of their second album Nach dem Goldrausch on 28 March 2008, the band went on tour in Germany and Austria, and played several gigs at festivals in China. They played recently at German music festival organised by Max Mueller Bhavan in Pune, India and also at Delhi Public School

Delhi Public School

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 Bangalore South where they were opened by the school's rock band "Velocity".
In 2008, the band's song "Fotos" was used as a Channel 4

Channel 4

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 "Try Life in Another Language" advert. In February 2009, Fotos represented the state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 at the Bundesvision Song Contest

Bundesvision Song Contest

The Bundesvision Song Contest is an annual competition created by German TV entertainer Stefan Raab in 2005. For each of the 16 states of Germany a song is chosen by regional radio stations. The songs are performed on live television in order to find the most popular song in the competition...

 in Potsdam

Potsdam

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 with their song "Du fehlst mir", ending on position #15.

Albums

• 2006: Fotos
  Fotos (album)
  Fotos is the debut album by German indie rock band Fotos, first released in September 2006.-Track listing:#"Komm Zurück" – 3:14#"So Fremd" – 3:02#"Ich Bin Für Dich Da" – 3:16...
  
  (Labels (EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
  )).
• 2008: Nach dem Goldrausch
  Nach dem Goldrausch
  Nach Dem Goldrausch is the second album by German indie rock band Fotos, first released in March 2008 on Virgin Germany.-Track listing:#"Nach Dem Goldrausch" – 3:49#"Serenaden" – 3:00...
  
  (Labels (EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
  )).
• 2010: Porzellan

Videography

• Komm zurück (external link: youtube)
• Giganten (external link: youtube)
• Ich bin für dich da (external link: youtube)
• Nach dem Goldrausch (external link: youtube)
• Explodieren (external link: youtube)

External links

• Official website
• Fotos at Last.fm
  Last.fm
  Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....