Ravenous is a synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 band from Germany

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...

. Formed in 1995, it is the first of many projects by Gerrit Thomas

Gerrit Thomas

Gerrit Thomas is an electronic musician from Hameln, Germany, specializing in club-friendly aggrotech and synthpop. He plays keyboards in the band Funker Vogt which he formed with friend Jens Kästel in 1995, as well as numerous musical side projects.-Bands:* Funker Vogt* Fictional* Ravenous*...

, who is more well known for his industrial band Funker Vogt

Funker Vogt

Funker Vogt is a German electronic music project with an aggressive style, formed by vocalist Jens Kästel and programmer Gerrit Thomas in 1995. Other members of the band are keyboardist/manager Bjorn Bottcher, live guitarist Frank Schweigert and lyricist Kai Schmidt...

. The music is very different from Funker Vogt, however, relying more on synthpop and clean vocals, although it is not meant to be pure synthpop like Thomas's other project Fictional

Fictional (band)

Fictional is the name of a German musical project formed by Gerrit Thomas , serving as a balance between two other projects he is involved in, Funker Vogt and Ravenous...

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Members

• Tim Fockenbrock - Vocals
• Gerrit Thomas
  Gerrit Thomas
  Gerrit Thomas is an electronic musician from Hameln, Germany, specializing in club-friendly aggrotech and synthpop. He plays keyboards in the band Funker Vogt which he formed with friend Jens Kästel in 1995, as well as numerous musical side projects.-Bands:* Funker Vogt* Fictional* Ravenous*...
  
   - Programming, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Bjorn Bottcher - Keyboards, Production Credit
• Kai Schmidt - Lyricist

Albums

• Mass Mental Cruelty 1996
• No Retreat and No Surrender 1998
• Phoenix 2000

Singles

• Lemmings 1997
• Silverray 1999
• Frozen Tears (EP) 2000 (never released)

External links

• Eraser Online Article