RMB (band)
Encyclopedia
RMB is the name of a German electronic music
band, founded by Rolf Maier-Bode whose initials form the band name. Maier-Bode works in the studio with partner Farid Gharadjedaghi.
and Gharadjedaghi as A&R
. After two releases under the RMB name, they split from Adam & Eve in 1993 to join the Low Spirit
label. Their 1996 single, "Spring" was a gold record in Germany, with sales over 250,000 copies, and the follow-up "Reality" reached #11 in the Media Control charts. After this, they worked with Sharam Jey and Talla 2XLC
. In 1998, they founded their own label, Various Silver Recordings.
Through their association with German rave culture, they have engaged in environmental activism, joining Greenpeace
in protest against the Moruroa atol nuclear testing, to which they dedicated the track "Our Trip to Mururoa", a B-side found in the single "Passport to Heaven".
In 2005 RMB split up and Maier-Bode continued to work as a solo producer/composer under the name ROLF MAIER BODE (his real name has a hyphen, Rolf Maier-Bode). In March 2009 THIRTEEN STORIES was released, this would be the first full length album with new music from Maier-Bode since Mission Horizon (2001). The album is of essentially ambient character, a natural development considering every album has had an increased amount of ambient orientation since This World is Yours (1995). He has since followed this up with a remix version of the album, entitled THIRTEEN NIGHTS, released in 2010.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
band, founded by Rolf Maier-Bode whose initials form the band name. Maier-Bode works in the studio with partner Farid Gharadjedaghi.
History
The two met in 1991 while working for the Adam & Eve label, Maier-Bode as a producerRecord producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and Gharadjedaghi as A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
. After two releases under the RMB name, they split from Adam & Eve in 1993 to join the Low Spirit
Low Spirit
Low Spirit Recordings was a German Techno Record Label. It wasfounded in 1986 by Maximilian Lenz , Fabian Lenz, William Röttger and Klaus Jankuhn.-Artists:*CIRC*DJ Dick*Eastbam*Genlog*Hardy Hard*Lexy & K-Paul*Marc de Clarq*Mark 'Oh*Marusha...
label. Their 1996 single, "Spring" was a gold record in Germany, with sales over 250,000 copies, and the follow-up "Reality" reached #11 in the Media Control charts. After this, they worked with Sharam Jey and Talla 2XLC
Talla 2XLC
Talla 2XLC, real name Andreas Tomalla, is an electronic music producer and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music.-History:In 1979, Talla 2XLC began DJing with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode....
. In 1998, they founded their own label, Various Silver Recordings.
Through their association with German rave culture, they have engaged in environmental activism, joining Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
in protest against the Moruroa atol nuclear testing, to which they dedicated the track "Our Trip to Mururoa", a B-side found in the single "Passport to Heaven".
In 2005 RMB split up and Maier-Bode continued to work as a solo producer/composer under the name ROLF MAIER BODE (his real name has a hyphen, Rolf Maier-Bode). In March 2009 THIRTEEN STORIES was released, this would be the first full length album with new music from Maier-Bode since Mission Horizon (2001). The album is of essentially ambient character, a natural development considering every album has had an increased amount of ambient orientation since This World is Yours (1995). He has since followed this up with a remix version of the album, entitled THIRTEEN NIGHTS, released in 2010.
Albums
- 1993 Trax
- 1995 This World Is Yours
- 1998 Widescreen
- 2001 Mission Horizon
- 2002 Mission Horizon 2.0
- 2003 A Tribute To RMB
- 2009 Evolution -Online-
- 2009 Thirteen Stories (as Rolf Maier Bode)
- 2010 Thirteen Nights (as Rolf Maier Bode)
Singles
- 1993 "Trax 1"
- 1993 "Trax 2"
- 1993 "Heaven & Hell EP"
- 1994 "Love EP"
- 1994 "Redemption" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1994 "Redemption (Remixes)" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1995 "Experience" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1995 "Experience (Remixes)" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1995 "Love Is An Ocean" (with Sheila ChandraSheila ChandraSheila Chandra is an English pop singer of Indian descent.-Indian-Western pop fusion period:Sheila Chandra first came to public attention as an actress, playing Sudhamani Patel in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981.As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon with Steve Coe , and...
) - 1995 "Love Is An Ocean (Remixes)" (with Sheila Chandra)
- 1995 "Passport To Heaven" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1995 "Passport To Heaven (Remixes)" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 1996 "Spring" (with Marion Haarmeyer)
- 1996 "Spring (Mixes)" (with Marion Haarmeyer)
- 1996 "Reality" (with Angela Caran)
- 1996 "Reality (Mixes)" (with Angela Caran)
- 1997 "Break The Silence/Everything" (with Angela Caran)
- 1998 "Shadows" (with Sharam Jey and Christina Lux)
- 1998 "Everything EP"
- 1998 "To France"
- 2000 "Deep Down Below" (with Christina Lux)
- 2001 "Horizon" (with Christina Lux)
- 2001 "Selected Works"
- 2002 "Redemption 2.0" (with Kristina Totzek)
- 2003 "Spring 2003" (with Talla 2XLCTalla 2XLCTalla 2XLC, real name Andreas Tomalla, is an electronic music producer and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music.-History:In 1979, Talla 2XLC began DJing with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode....
and Miriam Adameit) - 2003 "Touch The Sky/Feel The Flame"
- 2004 "Gangster/Killer"
- 2004 "April/Beauty Of Simplicity"
Other aliases
- 1992 "Droid EP", as Skyflyer (with Arndt Pecher)
- 1992 "Humanoid EP", as Skyflyer (with Arndt Pecher)
- 1993 "Skyflyer II", as Skyflyer (with Arndt Pecher)
- 1993 "Skyflyer III", as Skyflyer (with Arndt Pecher)
- 1993 "Manitou in Africa", as Manitou
- 1996 "Manitou in Africa 1996 (The 4 Years Later Version)", as Manitou
- 1998 "One EP", as Waldorf & Staettler
- 2004 "Special Online EP", as Waldorf & Staettler