* 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.
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Das Ich Lyrics
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Aus den Wehen dieser Zeit entstammt die Wut
War der tag so weit von Asche grau
In der Nacht entbrannt die Höllenmacht
Wie es tobt, wie es wütet, wie es hasst
Aus der Klaue dieser Macht entstammt der Zorn
Ist der Himmel rot, die Welt so wund
Wie es lügt, wie es tötet, wie es schreit
Aus der Feder dieser Hand entstammt das Leid
Ist die Erde krank vom Todestraum
In den Herzen sitzt des Henkers Schmied
Ich bin der Anfang
Ich bin das Ende
Ich bin die Welt
ich bin die Ewigkeit
Ich bin die Sonne
Ich bin der Urknall
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
Ich bin der Anfang (Ich bin der Anfang)
Ich bin das Ende (Ich bin das Ende)
Ich bin die Sonne (Ich bin die Sonne)
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
Es ist kalt, es ist Wasser, es ist Eis
Aus der Quelle dieser Frucht enstammt der Wahn
Ist ein lebenslanger Untergang
In der Kunst beseelt sich zu Kasteien
Wie es ruft, wie es lockt, wie es verführt
Aus der Ader dieser Kraft enstammt die Sucht
Ist das Elend Herrscher aller Zeit
Aus dem ewig war wird immer sein
Ich bin der Anfang
Ich bin das Ende
Ich bin die Welt
ich bin die Ewigkeit
Ich bin die Sonne
Ich bin der Urknall
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
Ich bin der Anfang (Ich bin der Anfang)
Ich bin das Ende (Ich bin das Ende)
Ich bin die Sonne (Ich bin die Sonne)
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
Komm mit, lass dich fließen, sei bereit
Lass die Seele gleich dem Phönix frei
Ich bin der Anfang
Ich bin das Ende
Ich bin die Welt
ich bin die Ewigkeit
Ich bin die Sonne
Ich bin der Urknall
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
Ich bin der Anfang
Ich bin das Ende
Ich bin die Welt
ich bin die Ewigkeit
Ich bin die Sonne
Ich bin der Urknall
Ich bin die Lava
ich bin der Feuerstrom
The lyrics to Das Ich's song "Lava" describe the destructive power of primal elements such as fire, water, and ice, and their ability to generate intense emotions, both positive and negative, in human beings. The first stanza sets the stage for the chaotic energy that is to come, with the hot lava and flames brought to life by the rage of the times. The imagery shifts in the second stanza to the power of the unseen forces of the mind and the heart, as the power of the pen creates pain and sorrow, and the weight of history bears down on the present.
The chorus loudly proclaims the singer's identity as the beginning and the end, the world and eternity, the sun and the Big Bang, the lava and the fire, and repeats this identification twice more. But the bridge provides a glimmer of hope, encouraging the listener to let their soul flow freely like the phoenix, rising from the ashes of the destruction around them.
Overall, "Lava" is a dark and intense song that explores the complex relationship between humans and the forces of nature and the psyche, offering a visceral and cathartic experience for the listener.
Line by Line Meaning
Es ist heiß, es ist Lava, es ist Glut
The intense and burning feelings of anger stem from the struggles of this time.
Aus den Wehen dieser Zeit entstammt die Wut
The anger comes from the hardships and troubles of this era.
War der tag so weit von Asche grau
If the day was very bleak and grey,
In der Nacht entbrannt die Höllenmacht
Then the demons within would come out and rage at night.
Wie es tobt, wie es wütet, wie es hasst
The rage and fury come from the hands of a powerful force.
Aus der Klaue dieser Macht entstammt der Zorn
The anger that flows comes from the grip of this unstoppable force.
Ist der Himmel rot, die Welt so wund
If the sky is red and the world is hurting,
Aus den Sternen trieft der blanke Neid
then the bitterness is dripping from the stars.
Wie es lügt, wie es tötet, wie es schreit
The pain and suffering comes from the very hand that writes.
Aus der Feder dieser Hand entstammt das Leid
The hand that writes also creates the sorrow.
Ist die Erde krank vom Todestraum
When the earth is diseased from the dream of death,
In den Herzen sitzt des Henkers Schmied
The executioner's hand resides in the heart.
Ich bin der Anfang
I am the beginning.
Ich bin das Ende
I am the end.
Ich bin die Welt
I am the world.
ich bin die Ewigkeit
I am eternity.
Ich bin die Sonne
I am the sun.
Ich bin der Urknall
I am the Big Bang.
Ich bin die Lava
I am the lava.
ich bin der Feuerstrom
I am the flow of fire.
Es ist kalt, es ist Wasser, es ist Eis
The madness comes from the source of this fruit,
Aus der Quelle dieser Frucht enstammt der Wahn
The delusions stem from the fountain of this fruit.
Ist ein lebenslanger Untergang
It's a lifelong descent.
In der Kunst beseelt sich zu Kasteien
In art, one tortures themselves.
Wie es ruft, wie es lockt, wie es verführt
The addiction comes from the power that calls, tempts, and seduces.
Aus der Ader dieser Kraft enstammt die Sucht
The source of this addiction comes from the power that flows within.
Ist das Elend Herrscher aller Zeit
When misery reigns over all time,
Aus dem ewig war wird immer sein
what was once eternal will always be.
Komm mit, lass dich fließen, sei bereit
Come, flow with me, be ready,
Lass die Seele gleich dem Phönix frei
and let your soul rise like the Phoenix.
Contributed by Gavin I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.