Deichkind (, literally Dyke Child) is a German electropunk band formed in Hamburg in 1997. Current members are “Kryptik Joe” alias Philipp Grütering (rapper/songwriter), Henning “DJ Phono” Besser (DJ), Sebastian “Porky” Dürre (rapper/songwriter) and Roland “Roy” Knauf (producer). Deichkind started with hip hop, later added elements of electronic dance music to its style. The band themselves call their music TechRap as a combination of techno and rap music. The songs are often satirical and criticize consumerism and the performance-oriented society.
History The band had its first success at the turn of the millennium with single Bon Voyage. Deichkind's early style could be described as alternative hip hop, during the 2000s its style incorporated more and more elements from electronic music, dance and punk. The most famous examples of this electronic-leaning hip hop sound are the three singles, Remmidemmi (Yippie Yippie Yeah) (2006), Arbeit nervt (2008), and Leider geil (2012). These three singles placed in the charts.
In 2005, the group represented Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, with the song Electric Super Dance Band, placing 14th with 12 points.
In 2009, Sebastian “Sebi” Hackert, the band's longtime producer, died.
Befehl von ganz unten (2012) was Deichkind's first hit album, selling more than 200,000 units. Niveau Weshalb Warum (2015) debuted at number-one on the album charts in Germany and Switzerland.
The group contributed the song Happy New Fear to the soundtrack of the German film Victoria in 2015.
In 2018, rapper Sascha Reimann alias Ferris MC and “Ferris Hilton” left Deichkind after ten years.
Henning Besser serves as the band's creative director and is responsible for its visual presentation. He oversees the concepts for live shows, as well as costumes, photo and video concepts.https://femtastics.com/zeitgeschehen/schoenes/dj-phono In the past, he regularly collaborated with a team of visual artists, including Daniel Josefsohnhttps://berlinartweek.de/en/event/daniel-josefsohn-unseen/9a2cd07e-0715-4da1-900e-08d913201c29/, Tim Brueninghttps://timbruening.com/commissioned/deichkind, Roman Schramm, Benjakonhttps://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artikel/kultur/deichkind-neues-vom-dauerzustand-album-e508630/?reduced=true, and Auge Altonahttps://www.ardmediathek.de/video/unicato/so-entstehen-die-deichkind-videos-von-auge-altona/mdr/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9iZWl0cmFnL2Ntcy9jNGI0NDhkNC0yOGViLTQ0MTctOGEyMC04OTgzNWI0ZGJhYmI, an alliance of filmmakers.
Although the band originates from Hamburg, it now works mainly in Berlin.
Discography Studio albums Year Title Release Label Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) GER AUT SWI 2000 Bitte ziehen Sie durch 8 September 2000 Showdown Records 18 — — 2002 Noch fünf Minuten Mutti 28 January 2002 Showdown Records 17 56 — 2006 Aufstand im Schlaraffenland 19 May 2006 Island Records 68 — — 2008 Arbeit nervt 17 October 2008 Universal Music 13 30 80 2012 Befehl von ganz unten 23 January 2012 Universal Music 2 5 16 BVMI: Platinum IFPI Austria: Gold Enter Deichkind in the field Interpret. Enter Befehl von ganz Unten in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen. 2015 Niveau weshalb warum 31 January 2015 Sultan Günther Music 1 2 1 2019 Wer sagt denn das? 27 September 2019 Sultan Günther Music 3 4 8 2023 Neues vom Dauerzustand 17 February 2023 Sultan Günther Music 2 2 4 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Length Peak chart positions Album Certifications(sales thresholds) GER AUT SWI "Wer bremst das?!" 1998 4:37 — — — "Bon Voyage" featuring Nina 2000 3:23 (album version), 3:28 (radio edit) 11 17 34 Bitte ziehen Sie durch "Komm schon" 3:54 76 — — "Weit weg!" featuring Bintia 4:53 (album version), 3:52 (radio edit) 67 — — "Limit" 2002 3:02 21 25 95 Noch fünf Minuten Mutti "Pferd im Stall" 3:51 — — — "E. S. D. B." / "Electric Superdance Band" 2005 2:28 — — — Aufstand im Schlaraffenland "Remmidemmi (Yippie Yippie Yeah)" 2006 3:43 68 — — "Ich betäube mich" featuring Sarah Walker 3:33 — — — "Arbeit nervt" 2008 3:18 23 29 — Arbeit nervt "Luftbahn" 2009 3:23 36 — — "Bück dich hoch" 2012 4:07 11 33 — Befehl von ganz unten BVMI: Gold "Leider geil" 3:11 (album version), 3:09 (radio edit) 6 6 61 BVMI: Gold IFPI Austria: Gold Enter Deichkind in the field Interpret. Enter Leider geil in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen. "Der Mond" 4:24 68 61 — "Ich habe eine Fahne" 2014 3:36 — — — — "So 'ne Musik" 3:11 27 — — Niveau weshalb warum "Denken Sie groß" 2015 4:01 36 — — "Like mich am Arsch" 3:33 3 — 81 "Selber machen lassen" 3:39 3 — 81 "Happy New Fear" — — — Victoria soundtrack "Richtig gutes Zeug" 2019 2:50 — — — Wer sagt denn das? "Wer sagt denn das?" 3:32 — — — "Keine Party" 5:34 — — — "Dinge" 3:32 — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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