Frozen Plasma's debut single, "Hypocrite," was released November 24,2005; their first album, "Artificial", was released April 25, 2006 through Infacted Recordings in Europe and through Nilaihah Records in the U.S.
Felix Marc (Vocals)
Felix started to create music in 1994. The initial pieces consisted exclusively of synthesizer -, drumcomputer and sampled sounds, which were steered via a software sequencer. Since 1994, there have been different stylistic changes and developments from Hard Trance, to House and Rave and later to a symbiosis of Dream House and Trance.
The developments in the creation of his music went hand in hand with a regular commitment as DJ. First limited to parties and school happenings, he soon became a resident DJ in local clubs, which gave him the opportunity to present his own material to a broad public.
In 2001, Felix joined efforts with his long-time friend Torben Wendt in his Dark Wave group Diorama as producer, background singer and live keyboard player. This co-operation brought forward some amazing musical pieces and experiences. The latest release is called A Different Life which is already their 5th album.
During a support tour with Diorama for VNV Nation in April 2005, Felix connected to Vasi Vallis who was playing live keyboards for VNV. In the aftermath, they decided to start a collaboration with Felix being the lead singer.
Vasi Vallis (Songwriting, Lyrics, Production)
Vasi's first project appeared in 1986. His minimal techno/acid project Galatea became a well known name in the Swiss underground scene. After several Acid productions for Galatea and some co-productions for popular Swiss, Italian and German underground DJ's, his style changed into the early minimal techno, when techno was underground and not commercial music. Vasi became an in-house producer for several techno labels and worked as a talent scout for Sony Music Switzerland. In 1994, he produced his first pop/eurodance project, Provocation, which had a top 10 hit in Switzerland and top 50 in the Spanish and Italian club/dance charts. 1997 he produced some album tracks as a "ghost producer" for several major labels. The more he worked with majors, the more he disliked the way they treated their bands and he missed the emotion and passion for music within this highly commerce-focused industry. The following years, he focused on the setup of a new studio, which gave him the possibility to work independently from labels or other producers. In 2001 he discovered bands like VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Neuroticfish and Assemblage 23 which combined techno/trance elements with melancholic chords and vocals. He decided to start his own project and found a singer (Henrik Iversen) who's voice fitted perfectly to his new sound. The band was called NamNamBulu and was founded in the summer of 2002. In March 2003 he signed a deal with Infacted Recordings, a new label founded by Torben Schmidt. Torben had the ideas, vision and passion for music Vasi was looking for. The first longplayer "Distances" became a huge success in the scene and NNB played about 40 gigs all over the world. Vasi produced more than 25 remixes for bands like Suicide Commando, [:SITD:], Lights of Euphoria, Tom Wax or Absurd Minds. In April 2005, he joined VNV Nation as live keyboarder and played the Matter and Form tour as well as the Mera Luna Festival in Germany. In June 2005, Henrik left NamNamBulu due to personal issues. Just 2 months later, Vasi released his industrial Project Reaper which was in the German Alternative Top Ten for 6 weeks and reached number 1 on the Dutch Alternative Charts. Vasi then met Felix on a VNV Nation tour, and the two musicians embarked on a journey that would become Frozen Plasma.
Tanz Die Revolution
Frozen Plasma Lyrics
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Stark und doch verletzlich
Wir hatten keinen Krieg gesehen
Von Stylingkriegen abgesehen
Konsum war was uns antrieb
Die Welt ein Industriebetrieb
Gezüchtet um euch aus der Hand
Zu fressen den Produktbestand
Und auf eure Güter programmiert
Verführt mit feinem Technikduft
Habt uns geraubt die Atemluft
Doch wir wurden von euch unterschätzt
Ihr habt uns lange genug gehetzt
Es ist Zeit für eine Rebellion
Wir tanzen die Revolution
Denn wir sind jung und unangreifbar
Wir sind jung und unberechenbar
Wir sind jung und so schön und stark
Unser Leben ein riesiger Freizeitpark
Denn wir sind jung und promiskuitiv
Wir leben alles aus im Kollektiv
Ne kleine beatbasierte Gradation
Willkommen zum Tanze der Revolution
Jung und unersättlich
Analysiert und doch befremdlich
Wir hatten über euch die Macht
Ganz anders als von euch gedacht
Konsum ein Volksamphetamin
Im Wettbewerb zum Eigensinn
Betrug ein Kavaliersdelikt
Habt ihr noch nicht genug gekriegt
Uns als Zielgruppe deklariert
Und auf eure Güter programmiert
Verführt mit feinem Technikduft
Habt uns geraubt die Atemluft
Doch wir wurden von euch unterschätzt
Ihr habt uns lange genug gehetzt
Es ist Zeit für eine Rebellion
Wir tanzen die Revolution
Denn wir sind jung und unangreifbar
Wir sind jung und unberechenbar
Wir sind jung und so schön und stark
Unser Leben ein einziger Freizeitpark
Denn wir sind jung und promiskuitiv
Wir leben alles aus im Kollektiv
Ne kleine Beatbasierte Gradation
Willkommen zum Tanze der Revolution
The song "Tanz die Revolution" by Frozen Plasma is an anthem for the youth who rebel against the conformist society. The lyrics describe the youth as hungry for experience and yet vulnerable with their idealistic views. The song highlights the fact that the youth have not seen wars but they have faced a different type of war, the war of stylings. The youth are driven by consumerism and are treated as a target market by the corporations which have programmed them to consume their goods. The song questions the authenticity of the youth's identity, which is shaped by their environment and the products they consume, making them unique but at the same time clones of each other.
The lyrics describe how the youth have become victims of the corporations, who have seduced them with sophisticated technology and robbed them of their breath. However, the corporations underestimated the youth, who have been pushed enough and now it's time for them to rebel. The youth are described as powerful, unpredictable, and attractive, whose lives are like an amusement park. The song emphasizes the unity of the youth through collectivism, where they live out their desires together. The lyrics declare that it's time for the youth to start their revolution and dance to the beat of the rebellion.
Line by Line Meaning
Jung und unersättlich
Young and insatiable
Stark und doch verletzlich
Strong yet vulnerable
Wir hatten keinen Krieg gesehen
We had not experienced any war
Von Stylingkriegen abgesehen
Except for style wars
Konsum war was uns antrieb
Consumption is what drove us
Die Welt ein Industriebetrieb
The world is an industrial enterprise
Gezüchtet um euch aus der Hand
Bred to be in your hands
Zu fressen den Produktbestand
To consume the product stock
Uns als Zielgruppe deklariert
Declared us as a target audience
Und auf eure Güter programmiert
Programmed to your goods
Verführt mit feinem Technikduft
Seduced by fine tech aroma
Habt uns geraubt die Atemluft
Stole our breath away from us
Doch wir wurden von euch unterschätzt
But we were underestimated by you
Ihr habt uns lange genug gehetzt
You have hunted us long enough
Es ist Zeit für eine Rebellion
It is time for rebellion
Wir tanzen die Revolution
We dance the revolution
Denn wir sind jung und unangreifbar
Because we are young and invincible
Wir sind jung und unberechenbar
We are young and unpredictable
Wir sind jung und so schön und stark
We are young, beautiful, and strong
Unser Leben ein riesiger Freizeitpark
Our life is a huge amusement park
Denn wir sind jung und promiskuitiv
Because we are young and promiscuous
Wir leben alles aus im Kollektiv
We live everything out collectively
Ne kleine beatbasierte Gradation
A small beat-based progression
Willkommen zum Tanze der Revolution
Welcome to the dance of the revolution
Analysiert und doch befremdlich
Analyzed yet strange
Wir hatten über euch die Macht
We had the power over you
Ganz anders als von euch gedacht
Completely different than what you thought
Konsum ein Volksamphetamin
Consumption is like a stimulant drug
Im Wettbewerb zum Eigensinn
In competition with self-will
Betrug ein Kavaliersdelikt
Deception is a gentleman's crime
Habt ihr noch nicht genug gekriegt
Have you not received enough yet?
Contributed by Elliot S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.