Seeed
| Seeed | |
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 Seeed live in Karlsruhe | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Dancehall, Reggae fusion |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Downbeat Records |
| Associated acts | Peter Fox, Boundzound, Dellé, Tanya Stephens, Cee-Lo Green |
| Website | http://www.seeed.info/ |
| Members |
Percussion: Alfi Trowers Drums: Based Saxophone: Moritz Delgado Vocals: Peter Fox, Boundzound, Eased Disc Jockey: DJ Luke (until 2002: DJ Illvibe), Trombone: Jerome "Tchamp" Bugnon Keyboard: "Dubmaster" Reibold Guitar: "Rudeboy" Rudy Bass: Tobsen Cordes |
Seeed is a German HipHop / Regae / Dancehall band from Berlin. Founded in 1998, they have become well known in Germany and its neighboring countries.
Seeed consists of eleven band members, including three singers, a horn section and a DJ. Seeed is recognized for their catchy fusional mix of German HipHop, Regae and Dancehall styles and their use of horns, which is unsusual in contemporary popular music. They have worked with Cee-Lo Green, Anthony B, Tanya Stephens, General Degree as well as other Jamaican artists and producers. Almost all of their music releases feature a popular guest experience.[1] Seeed's lyrics are in German, English and Patois. Their biggest hits in the German Sprachraum were "Dickes B", "Aufstehn", "Ding" and "Music Monks". Although their lyrics are in English and German, most of the songs in German were completely translated into English for the international releases of the Albums Next! and Music Monks.[2]
Their first smash hit was "Dickes B", an ode to Berlin. They won three ECHO Awards. With the international versions of Music Monks and Next!, they found broader success in Germany's neighboring countries, especially France. After their initial success with "Dickes B", in the year 2000, they released their first full-length album a few months later, in 2001: New Dubby Conquerors.
On September 2012 Seeed released their fourth studio album, Seeed, their first release in 6 years. In the mean time, members Peter Fox, Dellé and Demba Nabé (Boundzound) each released solo albums. The album Seeed went straight to number 1 at the German album charts. It was the first time an album of Seeed achieved the Top of the album charts.
Discography
Albums
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| 2001 | New Dubby Conquerors | |
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| 2003 | Music Monks | |
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| 2005 | Next! | |
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| 2006 | Live | |
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| 2012 | Seeed | |
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Singles
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| 2000 | "New Dubby Conquerors" | |
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| "The Tide is High" | |
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| 2001 | "Dickes B" (feat. Black Kappa) | |
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| "Riddim No. 1" | |
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| "Dancehall Caballeros" | |
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| 2002 | "Waterpumpee" (feat. Anthony B) | |
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| 2003 | "Music Monks" | |
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| "Shake Baby Shake" (feat. Elephant Man) | |
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| "What You Deserve is What You Get" | |
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| 2004 | "Release" | |
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| 2005 | "Aufstehn!" (feat. Cee-Lo Green) | |
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| "Schwinger" | |
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| 2006 | "Ding" | |
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| "Slowlife" | |
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| 2011 | "Molotov" | |
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| 2012 | "Beautiful" | |
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| "Augenbling" | |
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| 2013 | "Deine Zeit" | |
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| 2014 | "Cherry Oh" | |
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EP:
- 2002: Waterpumpee
- 2003: The Electric Boogie
- 2005: Aufstehn!
- 2011: Molotov / Wonderful Life
- 2012: Beautiful
DVD:
- 2006: Live!
Riddims:
- "Rodeo" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
- "Rodeo Refix" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
- "High Noon" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
- "Curefix" (2004 Germaican Rec.)
- "Doctors Darling" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
- "Electric Boogie" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
- "Pharaoh" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
- "FrogAss" (2001 Germaican Rec.)
References
External links
- Seeed's official website
- Germaican Records International the 45-Label of Seeed