Station 17 Explained

Station 17 is a Hamburg-based experimental rock group which was founded in 1989.[1] The collective started as both a creative and social project and was the first to connect musicians with and without disabilities in the alternative music scene in Germany. On their first album, released in 1989, the group collaborated with a number of artists such as Michael Rother, Holger Czukay and F.M. Einheit among others and they developed a unique experimental sound.[2]

In the following decades the band released eight albums on several European labels such as Whats so funny about, Mute Rec and later on their own label 17 Rec.[3] They toured clubs and played festivals throughout Europe including: Kilbi Festival, Hurricane Festival,[4] Burgherzberg Festival,[5] Schiphorst Avantgarde.[6]

Their last two efforts, „Fieber“ (2011)[7] and the political disco album „Alles für Alle“ (2014)[8] focused strongly on their fundamental idea of inclusion (all members of the group are qualified in a similar way, regardless of their disabilities). The German Federal Agency for Civic Education presented their concept of inclusion and music to a wider audience by interviewing the group on their website.[9]

In 2012 the German Federal President Joachim Gauck invited them to play at the "Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten" in Berlin.[10]

In 2013 they won an award for their music video to "Uh Uh Uh" at the OSKA Bright Film Festival.[11]

The sound spectrum of the group contains a mixture of electronic, krautrock, disco, noise and pop. Their ninth album is scheduled for spring 2018.[12]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station 17 Artist info on 17rec.
  2. Web site: Station 17 - Station 17. .
  3. Web site: Station 17. .
  4. Web site: Station 17 @ Hurricane Festival 2014.
  5. Web site: Line-up 2009 - Burg Herzberg Festival.
  6. Web site: Station 17 + Fritz Müller + Geoff Leigh @ Avantgarde-Festival Schiphorst 2009 Part 56. 3 September 2009. YouTube.
  7. Web site: Station 17 – Fieber (17records / 17rec. 014). 3 May 2011.
  8. Web site: Rezension zu Station 17 "Alles für alle". 1 March 2017.
  9. Web site: "Inklusion wird von Moment zu Moment entschieden" - bpb.
  10. Web site: Das BfDT präsentiert sich beim Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten - BfDT Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz. 12 January 2024 .
  11. Web site: Winners Oska Bright Film Festival 2013.
  12. Web site: announcement of 2018 release.
  13. Web site: index of music releases on bandcamp.

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