Captain Planet founded some years ago relea… Read Full Bio ↴1)Emo from Hamburg, Germany.
Captain Planet founded some years ago released their first 7inch EP on unterm durchschnitt (2005) and are coming up with a brandnew full-length october 2007 - "wasser kommt wasser geht".
The band is a continuous change without falling apart or collapsing in its. But they are neither writing songs that gos easily in our ear that they would fit into your record collection out of habit. Euphoric moments between melody and staccato are coined by lyrics written to the point. Captain Planet is not just writing lyrics that fit on the beat. Maybe you even ask yourself while listening what was there first? Long live poetry and diversity! You listen to it and horizons made of memories and emotions open up in front of you. Did we experience that together?
Music is desire that comes from memory and memory that comes from desire, and desire to be child and desire to grow up again. And-there you go- the moment you get what you want, you want to change it for something different. Captain Planet is the most intense emotion. It is so much more than a short adventure, and that ties you down.
2) Captain Planet is a dance funk / world breakbeat musician.
Coming from an early background in punk rock and rap music, Charlie B. Wilder (aka Captain Planet) began making hip-hop beats at an early age on archaic equipment, digging for samples in the usual Funk, Soul and Jazz wells –all the while developing a taste for Reggae and African music. After being offered a primetime slot playing strictly international music on WNYU’s “Passport” radio show, Wilder began digging deeper and deeper into music from Africa, the West Indies, India, Latin America and the Far East – eventually coming into possession of the entire World music section of Lincoln Center’s Public Library. Flipping these same World records the way Hip-Hop producers traditionally sample, these international sounds began creeping into the tracks that the Captain was producing for a few Hip-Hop groups at the time. After realizing these beats stood on their own and could function as a different kind of dance music, Wilder’s “Gumbo Funk” style of production was born. His 2005 debut 12” on Bastard Jazz sold thousands of copies and led to remixes for artists like Vieux Farka Toure, Alice Russell and The Pimps of Joytime – not to mention placements on HBO’s Entourage and CBS’s CSI:NY
Since then Wilder has released 2 more successful Captain Planet EP's on Bastard Jazz Records as well as a slew of remixes (both bootleg & official) for the likes of Little Dragon, Erykah Badu, Mayer Hawthorne, Mia Doi Todd, and Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura project. His eclectic music blog MixtapeRiot.com has become a popular go-to for DJ's, tastemakers, and music lovers worldwide- providing them with a steady stream of underground dance music, exlcusive remixes, and DJ mixes. The Captain's debut full-length album "Cookin' Gumbo" is the culmination of his many years constantly producing music and searching for new sounds. Blending a wide range of styles (from NY hip hop, to NOLA funk, to Nigerian Afrobeat and beyond), Captain Planet's trademark sound has matured into a truly unique form of electronic music- bridging gaps between worldwide music diasporas as well as contemporary dance music sub-genres (house, hip hop, dubstep & breaks). Throughout every Captain Planet song, the focus remains very clearly on keeping it fun & funky.
3) Captain Planet is a DJ.
Vom Fass in den Regen
Captain Planet Lyrics
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Immer neues Grau kommt hinter den Häusern hervor
Hier im Liegestuhl rast die Zeit an ihr vorbei
Hier in ihrem Garten wo seine Fahne weht
Hat sie in den letzten Jahren das Leben da draußen nie wirklich vermisst
Hier kehren die ersten Jahre heim in ihr Herz
Hier weiß sie was zu tun ist
Hier weiß sie was ihr fehlt
Zwischen den Dächern über dem Hof
Wo sich am Tag der Himmel neu erfindet
Ist es jetzt schwarz und leer
Und du stockbesoffen heimgekommen
Hast deinen Zorn abgesetzt in dieser Wolke aus Haut und Haaren
So nah an die Wand geschoben, dass du die Nachbarn atmen hörst
Alles, nur nicht einsam fühlen
Hier kehren die letzten Tage heim in dein Herz
Hier weißt du was zu tun ist
Hier weißt du was dir fehlt
All die Räume, die sie täglich um dich bauen
Und vielleicht hat sie sich nie getraut, die Tür aufzustoßen
Und vielleicht hast du dich nie getraut, die Tür aufzustoßen
The lyrics of Captain Planet's song "Vom Fass in den Regen" depict two different scenarios, separated by a line break. In the first scenario, a woman is sitting in her garden, watching blue scraps of fabric fly by while the world changes around her. She reflects on how she hasn't missed much of what's happening outside of her garden in recent years because she has found peace and meaning in her own space. She knows exactly what she needs to do in her garden and what she has been missing.
The second scenario is darker, where a person comes home drunk and angry, and takes out their frustration in a cloud of skin and hair. They feel so close to their neighbors that they can hear them breathing, but they don't feel lonely. In this space, they also know what they need to do to feel better, which is to embrace the sense of familiarity and comfort in their own home.
The lyrics in the song might be interpreted in many ways. However, they seem to suggest that people are resilient and adaptable, and that they can find meaning and refuge in one's own space. It also implies that people can always choose to change their living environments if it no longer serves them.
Line by Line Meaning
Blaue Fetzen ziehen schnell an ihr vorbei
Blue shreds quickly pass by her
Immer neues Grau kommt hinter den Häusern hervor
Always new gray emerges from behind the houses
Hier im Liegestuhl rast die Zeit an ihr vorbei
Time rushes by her here in the lounge chair
Hier in ihrem Garten wo seine Fahne weht
Here in her garden where his flag waves
Hat sie in den letzten Jahren das Leben da draußen nie wirklich vermisst
She hasn't really missed the life out there in recent years
Hier kehren die ersten Jahre heim in ihr Herz
The first years return home to her heart here
Hier weiß sie was zu tun ist
She knows what to do here
Hier weiß sie was ihr fehlt
She knows what she's missing here
Zwischen den Dächern über dem Hof
Between the roofs over the courtyard
Wo sich am Tag der Himmel neu erfindet
Where the sky reinvents itself during the day
Ist es jetzt schwarz und leer
It's now black and empty
Und du stockbesoffen heimgekommen
And you, dead drunk, have come home
Hast deinen Zorn abgesetzt in dieser Wolke aus Haut und Haaren
You have deposited your anger in this cloud of skin and hair
So nah an die Wand geschoben, dass du die Nachbarn atmen hörst
Pushed so close to the wall that you can hear the neighbors breathe
Alles, nur nicht einsam fühlen
Feel everything except loneliness
Hier kehren die letzten Tage heim in dein Herz
The last days return home to your heart here
Hier weißt du was zu tun ist
You know what to do here
Hier weißt du was dir fehlt
You know what you're missing here
All die Räume, die sie täglich um dich bauen
All the spaces they build around you every day
Und vielleicht hat sie sich nie getraut, die Tür aufzustoßen
And maybe she never dared to open the door
Und vielleicht hast du dich nie getraut, die Tür aufzustoßen
And maybe you never dared to open the door
Contributed by Taylor B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.