Massiv In Mensch
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Germany
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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...
musical duo made up of Daniel Logemann and Mirco Osterthun (Varel/Germany). They have been signed to Artoffact
Artoffact Records
Artoffact Records is Canadian industrial, EBM and electronic music record label that was founded in 1999.- Artists on this label :*Blank*Cabaret*Headscan*Interlace*Kobold*Jesus on Extasy*Massiv in Mensch*Monster Movie*Netz*Psyche*Standeg*Steril...
since 2001. When they play live, they use additional support from Anna-Maria Straatmann and Dirk Brunken. The band was invited to play twice at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig in 2000 and 2005.
Their album Menschdefekt rose to 16th place in January 2005 on the French Alternative Charts. The 2006 release Clubber Lang is their most successful album to date, staying four weeks on the German Alternative charts and topping at number 6.
Despite the fact that most of their lyrics are in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Massiv in Mensch is quite popular and well known in the world industrial music scene.
Members
- Daniel Logemann (born November 24, 1975) - Programming, Sampling, Keyboards, Vocals, Lyrics
- Mirco Osterthun (born May 3, 1976) - Programming, Sampling, Vocals
- Anna-Maria Straatmann (Born December 19, 1982) - Vocals
- Dirk Brunken (born March 13, 1977) - Live DJ & Keyboards
Former members
- Sarah Folkens (Vocals)
- Holger Schuhmann (Keyboards, Guitar)
- Sebastian Schollenberger (Live Keyboards)
Studio albums
- 1999 - DJ Promo (out of stock)
- 2000 - Belastendes Material (Wire Productions, Triton)
- 2001 - Belastendes Material (Artoffact Records) re-release for the US/Canada
- 2002 - Die Rein (Artoffact Records)
- 2004 - Menschdefekt (Artoffact Records, 2005 Endless Records/Alive)
- 2006 - Clubber Lang (Artoffact Records, Endless Records, Alive)
- 2008 - Meanwhile Back in the Jungle (Artoffact Records)
- 2009 - Hands on Massiv - The Remixes (Artoffact Records, Advoxya Records)
- 2010 - Niemand weiß was die Zukunft bringt (Artoffact Records)
Digital Only Releases
- 2006 - Dark Rave (Artoffact Records)
- 2006 - Klang der Unsterblichkeit (Artoffact Records)
- 2008 - Supermassive Gravity (feat. mind.in.a.box) (Artoffact Records)