* In 1989, the band released the demo CD "Satanische Verse" and after another year their debut album "Die Propheten" on Bruno Kramm's own label, Danse Macabre.
Das Ich skillfully mixed electronic, symphonic and early industrial elements into an explosive cocktail unprecedented in the often cliche ridden German music culture. Das Ich established itself with a fixed position in the scene and became the very epitome of experimental and electronic music.
They are celebrated as the starting spark of a new genre of post wave, post Kraftwerk, post Neubauten era, and successfully led the way in the charts of the independent scene. Tours all over Europe strengthened the position of Das Ich, who quickly got a reputation for being "apocalyptic eccentrics", since their concerts appear to be evil and bone-jarring spectacles.
* After the release of their maxi CD "Stigma" in 1993, Das Ich went off on an extended tour through all of Europe and the U.S., and in addition played at various festivals, for example the Peter Gabriel WOMAD in Hamburg, as well as at the Documenta in Kassel.
* After that followed what up to now is their most compressed work as well as their least accessible, "Staub". Its success underpined their precedence. Released right at Christmas time, "Staub" was on the waiting list of the German Media Control Charts for 11 weeks.
It took about 2 years to create this work, in which both the innovation that characterized their debut, and modern industrial-elements (comp. "Das Ich im Ich") were amalgamated. Harsh noise-loops bedded into symphonic arrangements and combined thematically with the Holocaust of self-contempt in modern human society rendered "Staub" a milestone for electronic music of the nineties. 8 tracks, which catapulted Das Ich to international significance and which carried on the importance of the German industrial-electro-scene. With "Staub" Das Ich played a tour containing more than 60 shows whole over the world. "Staub" was also released domestically in the USA on the Californian label Tess Records, ran by William Faith of Faith and the Muse, while "Die Propheten" was re-released on Black Orchid Records from Miami.
* After the band recruited the drummer Chad Blinman on the U.S. tour, Das Ich grew into a genuine live band. In 1995 they put the live album "Feuer" out on the market to question the term "canned music", which all electronic bands have to deal with sooner or later.
* Immediately after that, a project done together with the famous metal band "Atrocity" was released. The album "Die Liebe" was a successful attention-getter for both bands and is still numbered among the first representatives of the successful metal/gothic crossover movement of the time.
Until today, many of these crossover bands refer to this album as initial innovation and influence.
* At the end of 1996 Das Ich began the early work on their new album "Egodram".
* However, the work had to be interrupted for half a year in order to compose the soundtrack album "Das Innere Ich" for the underground movie "Das Ewige Licht". After a further successful tour in the U.S. in May of 1997 with the new drummer Jakob Lang, the work on "Egodram" could finally begin again and be completed at the end of 1997. While all the previous releases appeared on the Danse Macabre label, Das Ich decided in the summer of 1997 to sign a worldwide recording contract with Edel Records for "Egodram".
* The first single "Kindgott" which was out taken from the new album was released in December 1997.
* In February 1998 the successful "Egodram" album and the second single "Destillat" with a stunning videoclip, directed by the wellknown Qfilm company, were released.
* From March to April 1998 Das Ich toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In May they played the International Wave Gothik Treffen in Leipzig.
* After touring for the first time Spain and Mexico they finished the work on their literal work in June, "Morgue" which features songs to the poems of the famous German expressionist writer "Gottfried Benn" in an extreme diversity which brought them also a fantastic feedback from cultural institutions whole over Europe. In November 98 Das Ich toured France and Germany again to present some of their new songs.
* In 1999 it was time to celebrate ten years of Das Ich with "Re_Laborat" and the big USA Totentanz Tour 99. This album was a successful hit on the dance floor. It offers various remixes from well-known bands like Deine Lakaien, Atrocity, VNV Nation, And One and many others. The smashing dance floor hit "Destillat", remixed by VNV Nation became a club hymn for the summer of 2000 worldwide. The dark romantic track "Reanimat", only available on a limited double CD was transferred to a videoclip, directed by Hans Helmut HдЯler, with whom the band worked on "Das Ewige Licht" before. "Re_Laborat" was also brought to France on XIII Bis Records domestically, while their online archives www.dasich.de found birth on the internet.
* *In 2003 "Das Ich" released a double CD box, a Best Of called "Relikt" with a 48 page booklet. They also toured again the USA and Russia for the first time with a tremendous effort and success.
*In the middle of the burning summer 2004, Das Ich released their breathtaking new album, called Lava which focuses on emotional issues. For the first time in the bands outspanning history, love, hate, greed and other human feelings struggle against the ratio, the understanding of the human being. It is the fight of the Freudian "Es" (it) against the moral "Ich" (Ego)
* In 2006 Das Ich released Cabaret, a gothic album based on theatrics.
* In 2008 Das Ich released the EP Kannibale, which they call their harshest and most brutal endeavour yet.
Grund Der Seele
Das Ich Lyrics
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Öffne ich die Tür zu einer Welt aus Schmerz und Angst
Wenn do mich beschützt vor dem Bösen meiner Narretei
Zeige ich ein Stück von dem Leid aus Vaters Zeit
Wenn do mich berührst an den Wunden meiner Torheit
Rede ich von Ende und dass Zeit die Schmerzen stillt
Wenn do mich betrügst vor den Augen meiner Wahrheit
Wenn do mich begreifst mit dem Elend meiner Blindheit
Habe ich das Wort in das endlos Taube all verdammt
Wenn do mich begrüßt auf dem Wege meiner Krankheit
Gebe ich die Angst zu den längst vergessnen Seelen
Wenn do mich belügst mit dem Wissen meiner Reinheit
Finde ich den Mut und frag nach Ende Zeit
Wenn do mich befragst nach dem Ziel in meiner Weisheit
Suche ich den Ort für meine bleichen Knochen aus
Feuer Wasser Erde Luft
Auf dem Grund der Seele liegt die Ewigkeit
Fleisch - Blut
Das Leben dreht sich viel zu schnell
Der Puls der Zeit nimmt mir den Mut
Geist - Seele
Die Fantasie versteckt das Ziel
Ich als Mensch begreif den Tod
The lyrics to Das Ich's song "Grund Der Seele" are about the different aspects of the singer's life and how they relate to pain, fear, and suffering. The singer speaks about being freed from the cage of their childhood, which has caused them pain and fear. They then go on to speak about how they share their father's pain and how they speak of endings and the healing of pain with the passing of time.
The lyrics also speak about the singer's blindness and how they need someone to understand their pain. They talk about their fear and how they give their fear to the forgotten souls. They also mention the concept of eternity lying at the bottom of their soul, which is represented by the elements of fire, water, earth, and air.
The lyrics then speak about the physical and emotional aspects of life, how time goes by too quickly, and how death is something that is difficult for humans to understand. The singer is trying to come to terms with their pain and fear, but they need someone to understand their struggles and help them through their journey.
Overall, "Grund Der Seele" is a song about the complexity of human emotion and how it relates to the different aspects of our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Wenn do mich befreist aus dem Käfig meiner Kindheit
If you free me from the cage of my childhood, I will open the door to a world full of pain and fear.
Öffne ich die Tür zu einer Welt aus Schmerz und Angst
I will reveal a world filled with pain and fear when the door is opened.
Wenn do mich beschützt vor dem Bösen meiner Narretei
If you protect me from the evils of my foolishness, I will show you a glimpse of the sufferings of my father's time.
Zeige ich ein Stück von dem Leid aus Vaters Zeit
I will reveal some of the suffering that was experienced during my father's time.
Wenn do mich berührst an den Wunden meiner Torheit
If you touch the wounds that were caused by my own foolishness, I will talk about the end and how time heals pain.
Rede ich von Ende und dass Zeit die Schmerzen stillt
I will talk about the end and how time has the ability to heal pain.
Wenn do mich betrügst vor den Augen meiner Wahrheit
If you deceive me in front of my eyes, I will be left with anger and tears from the past.
Liege ich mit Wut in der Träne der Vergangenheit
I will be filled with anger while shedding tears from the past.
Wenn do mich begreifst mit dem Elend meiner Blindheit
If you understand me despite my ignorance, I will curse the deafening silence with a word.
Habe ich das Wort in das endlos Taube all verdammt
The word that I curse falls on the deaf ears that surround me.
Wenn do mich begrüßt auf dem Wege meiner Krankheit
If you greet me on the path of my sickness, I will give my fears to the long-forgotten souls.
Gebe ich die Angst zu den längst vergessnen Seelen
I will give my fears to the souls that have been long forgotten.
Wenn do mich belügst mit dem Wissen meiner Reinheit
If you lie to me while claiming to be pure, I will find the courage to ask about the end of time.
Finde ich den Mut und frag nach Ende Zeit
I will find the courage to ask about the end of time.
Wenn do mich befragst nach dem Ziel in meiner Weisheit
If you ask me about the goal of my knowledge, I will search for a place to rest my pale bones.
Suche ich den Ort für meine bleichen Knochen aus
I will seek out a resting place for my frail bones.
Feuer Wasser Erde Luft
Fire, water, earth, air.
Auf dem Grund der Seele liegt die Ewigkeit
Eternity lies at the bottom of the soul.
Fleisch - Blut
Flesh and blood.
Das Leben dreht sich viel zu schnell
Life spins by far too quickly.
Der Puls der Zeit nimmt mir den Mut
The beat of time drains my courage.
Geist - Seele
Mind and soul.
Die Fantasie versteckt das Ziel
Fantasy hides the goal.
Ich als Mensch begreif den Tod
As a human being, I understand death.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRUNO KRAMM, STEFAN SIEGFRIED ACKERMANN
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