KiEw is a German electro-industrial

Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

 project from Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 in 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...

/Germany

Germany

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 founded in late 1990 by Andreas "Thedi" Thedens in order to make music inspired by Thedis lyrics, that made him a local hero of Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 underground culture.

History

KiEw began with avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

 and dada

Dada

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-industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 sound experiments and later changed to more rhythmic power electro-industrial

Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

/power noise

Power noise

Power noise is a fusion genre among noise music and various styles of electronic dance music. It should not be confused with "power electronics", which lacks rhythmic elements and is closer to harsh noise...

 upon the release of Feierabend in 2000. The band uses a lot of break beat

Break beat

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, techno

Techno

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 elements, and voice samples from movies and audio books, among other sources. The band has been signed to Out Of Line Music since 2000. The main themes of the music are insanity, schizophrenia, paranoia, and therapy.

The first lineup of KiEw consisted of founder Andreas "Thedi" Thedens and his school friends Thilo Eichenberg, Birk Lübberstedt and Jan Michel Luckow. After the early recording sessions beginning of 1991, Birk Lübberstedt left the band. Tassilo Schmitt joined during the first sessions and also Thomas "Biwi" Bierbach became a new band member as a singer and percussionist. In December 1993 KiEw had its live debut at Dorfgemeinschafthaus Ochtmissen near Lüneburg (Lower Saxony/Germany). Meanwhile Tassilo Schmitt did not identify with KiEws music and aims anymore, so he left. Stephan "Thiemi" Thiemicke joined the band for playing bass, analog synth, and live performance shouting. Thilo Eichenberg (guitar) took part in the rehearsals, but left a short time before the debut show at Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Ochtmissen. Matthias Kulcke became new guitarist. Together with Stephan Thiemicke (bass), Martin Mälzer (guitar, vocals), and Thorsten Krolow (drums) he also formed the band Mohai in the early 90s.

In 2000 Thomas Bierbach and Jan Michel Luckow left, so KiEw became a trio until 2010, when Martin Mälzer (vocals, drums) officially joined KiEw. Before becoming an official member, Martin Mälzers voice appeared on some KiEw releases. He was special guest at some KiEw live shows as a singer, did remixes for KiEw and assisted the KiEw audio engineer Hauke Dressler several times since 2009.

Members

• Andreas "Thedi" Thedens
• Matthias Kulcke (since 1993)
• Stephan "Thiemi" Thiemicke (since 1993)
• Martin Mälzer (since 2010)

Former Members

• Birk Lübberstedt (1990–1991)
• Tassilo Schmitt (1991–1993)
• Thilo Eichenberg (1990–1993)
• Jan Michel Luckow (1990–2000)
• Thomas "Biwi" Bierbach (1991–2000)

Albums, EPs, Vinyls

• Feierabend – (CD, EP) 2000 - KickBox
• Divergent – (CD) 2001 - Out Of Line
• Diskette – (CD, EP) 2003 - Out Of Line
• Audiotherapy – (CD Album + DVD) 2004 - Out Of Line
• Festplatte – (12", Ltd. Edition White Vinyl [300 copies]) 2004 - Out Of Line
• Exit #72 – (CD, EP) 2005 - Out Of Line
• Visite – (CD, Limited to 500 copies sold at 15 years of KiEw anniversary show) 2006 - Out Of Line
• mental [per]mutation - (2 CD, Album) 2010 - Out Of Line

CDr Recordings

• Die Geburt deines Kalbes erfüllt unser Dorf mit Freude (remastered) – (2CDr, Ltd. Edition [10 copies]) 1997 - no label
• Sauberkeit – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [77 copies]) 1997 - no label
• kiew killz! – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [111 copies]) 1998 - no label
• Aas, 500m (Ilmenau Edition) – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [25 copies]) 1999 - no label
• Aas, 500m (Bielefeld Edition) – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [25 copies]) 1999 - no label
• Aas, 500m (Dresden Edition) – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [25 copies]) 1999 - no label
• Aas, 500m (Living Dead Edition) – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [75 copies]) 1999 - no label
• Aas, 500m (black Living Dead Edition) – (CDr, Ltd. Edition [2 copies]) 1999 - no label

Demo Tapes

• Operationssaal (1991)
• Kühlschrank (1992)
• Untitled (1993)
• Die Geburt deines Kalbes erfüllt unser Dorf mit Freude (1994)

Compilation appearances

• E – (CD) 1999, Track #1 "Feierabend In Kiew" - Kafue Systeme
• Electro Club Attack - Shot Three – (2xCD) 2000, Disc #1, Track #13 "Feierabend" -
• Electro Technik - The Very Limited Collection Vol. 3 – (CD) 2000, Track #11 "Gerüchte Aus Kiew (KiEw Kontact Mix)" - VLE Media
• Access [One] – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #2, Track #10 "Heisse Silke" - XXC
• Awake The Machines Vol. 3 – (CD) 2001, Track #9 "Graograman" - Out of Line
• Electro Club Attack - Shot Four (2xCD) 2001, Disc #1, Track #5 "Gerüchte" - XXC, Zoomshot Media Entertainment
• Extreme Jenseitshymnen 1 – (CD) 2001, Track #6 "Feierabend In Kiew" - UpSolution Recordings
• Gothic Compilation Part XIV – (CD Enhanced) 2001, Track #1 "Heisse Silke" - Batbeliever Releases
• Industrial for the Masses – (CD) 2001, Track #14 "Ausser Kontrolle (Kurzschluss Edit)" and Track #15 "Staub (Stoned)" - Out of Line
• Machineries of Joy – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition [3000 copies]) 2001, Disc #1, Track #16 "Zimmer 72" - Out of Line
• Wellenreiter In Schwarz Vol. 5 – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #2, Track #8 "Feierabend" - Nova Tekk
• Extreme Jenseitshymnen 2 – (CD) 2002, Track #5 "Graograman (Death Surrounds Mix)" - UpSolution Recordings
• Machineries of Joy Vol. 2 – (2xCD) 2002, Disc #2, Track #15 "Sojifu" - Out of Line
• Sliding Horse One – (CD) 2002, Track #10 "Graograman" - Sliding Horse
• Awake the Machines Vol. 4 – (CD) 2003, Track #18 "DCDisk" - Out of Line
• DSSG - Der Sampler 2 – (CD Sampler) 2003, Track #2 "Tunnel (Live at Matrix, Bochum, 2002-12-13)" - no label
• Extreme Clubhits VIII – (CD) 2003, Track #4 "Tunnel" - UpSolution Recordings
• Advanced Electronics Vol. 3 – (2xCD) 2004, Disc #2, Track #15 "DCDisk" - Synthetic Symphony
• Industrial for the Masses Vol. 2 (Limited Edition) – (2xCD) 2004, Disc #1, Track #16 "DCDisk (Marble Mix)" - Out of Line
• Intensivstation - (CD) 2004, Track #3 "DCDisk (Soman Special Edit)" - Totentanz
• Machineries of Joy Vol. 3 – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition) - (2xCD) 2004, Disc #2, Track #15 "Odessa" - Out of Line
• Zillo Club Hits 9 – (CD) 2004, Track #12 "DCDisk (DD Version)" - Zillo
• Awake the Machines Vol. 5 – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition) 2005, Disc #2, Track #14 "Synapsenbrecher (13th Monkey Remix)" - Out of Line
• Bodybeats – (CD) 2005, Track #14 "Graograman (F/A/V Remix)" - COP International
• Celebrate the Machines - An Out of Line 10th Anniversary Megamix! – (CD Sampler, Ltd. Edition) 2005, Track #10 "Feierabend In Kiew" - Out of Line
• M'era Luna Festival 2005 – (2xCD) 2005, Disc #1, Track #13 "Nachtwache" - Totentanz
• New Signs & Sounds 12/05-01/06 – (CD Sampler, Enhanced) 2005, Track #6 "Gabriel (Architect Remix)" - Zillo
• This Is... Techno Body Music Vol. 1 – (2xCD) 2005, Disc #1, Track #11 "Zimmer 72 (Rob Acid Remix)" - Masterhit Recordings
• Advanced Electronics Vol. 5 – (2xCD + DVD) 2006, DVD Track #4 "Nachtwache" - Synthetic Symphony
• Dark Flower Vol. II – (2xCD) 2006, Disc #2, Track #5 "Gabriel (Convulsive Therapy By Skinjob Mix)" - Angelstar
• Industrial for the Masses Vol. 3 – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition) 2006, Disc #1, Track #7 "Mr. 29 (Feat. Ambassador 21)" - Out of Line
• Out of Line Festival Vol. 2 – (DVD) 2006, Track #18 "Feierabend In Kiew" - Out of Line
• Public Convenience II – (12") 2006, Side A, Track #3 "Sojifu (Kinderlandmix)" - Restroom Records
• Scenes from a Galton's Walk – (CD) 2006, Track #11 "Killers (Nachtwache-RMX Re-Edit)" - Ant-Zen
• Cut&Go – (CDr) 2007, Track #10 "Mister 29 (Ambassador 21 Remix)" - Invasion Wreck Chords
• Machineries of Joy Vol. 4 – (2xCD) 2007, Disc #2, Track #15 "Delusion" - Out of Line
• Awake the Machines Vol. 6 – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition) 2008, Disc #2, Track #15 "Käferfrühstück (7 Uhr Edit)" - Out of Line
• Advanced Electronics Vol. 7 – (2xCD + DVD) 2008, Disc #2, Track #10 "Käferfrühstück (8 Uhr Edit)" - Synthetic Symphony
• Kinetik Festival Volume One – (2xCD) 2008, Disc #1, Track #6 "Graograman (Death Surrounds)" - Artoffact Records
• Brainstorm Compilation 1 – (2xCD) 2009, Disc #2, Track #11 "Harvey" - Not on Label
• Industrial for the Masses Vol. 4 – (2xCD, Ltd. Edition) 2010, Disc #1, Track #6 "Stille/Stimme (IFTM Edit)" - Out Of Line
• Extreme Störfrequenz 5 – (CD) 2010, Track #12 "Käferfrühstück" - UpScene