GENRES
Electro, Wave, Spoken Word, EBM, Underground, Rock, New German Art of Death
FOUNDING
2006, Hamburg
::OT:: OBERER TOTPUNKT is the music project of the Hamburg singer/songwriter Bettina Bormann and the multi-instrumentalist/composer Michael Krüger. The spoken word rocks! ::OT:: combines electro, wave, EBM and rock elements with German lyrics. While the sound concept is guided by darkly morbid sound worlds and massive beats by Michael Krüger, the recitations with the apocalyptic lyrics of the front woman Bettina Bormann take the place of singing. Oberer Totpunkt is marketed by their label Danse Macabre as a representative of the New German Art of Death, which is also identified by music journalists as an influencing factor. ::OT:: has released six studio albums on the Wave-Gothic label Danse Macabre Records and performs live as a duo or with other live musicians: Stefan Frost (guitar, bass), Denis Scheither (keyboard), Reaktor4 (performance ). The band has released numerous remixes and can be seen regularly at festivals in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the USA and beyond.
AWARDS
With the album "Totentanz" (2022) the band reached #1 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC). (Week 16, April 2022) and made it into the Top 10 for 22 weeks!!
BAND
BETTINA BORMANN (lyrics & vocals, guitar, flute, theremin)
MICHAEL KRÜGER (composing, bass, synthesizer, drums, backing vocals)
DISCOGRAPHY (studio albums)
2007 10 DEGREE BEFORE TDC, CD
2009 EARTH IS CALLING, CD
2010 SILENT ZOO, CD
2014 DESIDERATE, CD
2017 NEUROSES BLOOM, CD
2022 DANCE OF DEATH, CD
All six OT albums are concept albums:
The individual titles are thematically related to the complete work.
10 degrees: press coverage
Earth calls: birth to death
Silent Zoo: Fairytale worlds in reality
Desiderata: desire and truth
Neuroses flourish: fears of civilization
Dance of Death: The demons within us
AWARDS & HIGHLIGHTS
2014 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS "DESIDERAT" (DAC), 8 Wochen in den Top 10, Top-Position 4
2014 3x ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2014 AMUSIO, AVALOST, LAGRIMAS, (Desiderat)
2015 BEST SONG, AKADEMIA, L.A., Spiegel im Käfig (Desiderat)
2017 2x ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2017, AVALOST, Neurosen blühen
2017 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS „Neurosen blühen" (DAC), 6 Wochen in den Top 10, Top-Position 3
2018 BEST SONG, AKADEMIA, L.A., Rattenfänger (Neurosen blühen) 2019 WGT-TRIPLE: Westbad, Sixtina, Blauer Salon 2019 US-TOUR 2019 (Seattle, San Francisco, LA, Denver, Salt Lake City, Miami, Goth Cruise) support Das Ich 2020 OXMOX-Bandcontest, 2nd place, Oberer Totpunkt
2022 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS (DAC), "TOTENTANZ" has the Poleposition, Number 1 in the week 16 (April 2022). Since 24 weeks in the Top 10 of the DAC-Charts (!).
MIX & MASTER
Tom Wendt: guitar and mastering
Studio: Skating Dog, Hamburg
LABEL
Danse Macabre Records
www.totpunkt.com
Electro, Wave, Spoken Word, EBM, Underground, Rock, New German Art of Death
FOUNDING
2006, Hamburg
::OT:: OBERER TOTPUNKT is the music project of the Hamburg singer/songwriter Bettina Bormann and the multi-instrumentalist/composer Michael Krüger. The spoken word rocks! ::OT:: combines electro, wave, EBM and rock elements with German lyrics. While the sound concept is guided by darkly morbid sound worlds and massive beats by Michael Krüger, the recitations with the apocalyptic lyrics of the front woman Bettina Bormann take the place of singing. Oberer Totpunkt is marketed by their label Danse Macabre as a representative of the New German Art of Death, which is also identified by music journalists as an influencing factor. ::OT:: has released six studio albums on the Wave-Gothic label Danse Macabre Records and performs live as a duo or with other live musicians: Stefan Frost (guitar, bass), Denis Scheither (keyboard), Reaktor4 (performance ). The band has released numerous remixes and can be seen regularly at festivals in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the USA and beyond.
AWARDS
With the album "Totentanz" (2022) the band reached #1 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC). (Week 16, April 2022) and made it into the Top 10 for 22 weeks!!
BAND
BETTINA BORMANN (lyrics & vocals, guitar, flute, theremin)
MICHAEL KRÜGER (composing, bass, synthesizer, drums, backing vocals)
DISCOGRAPHY (studio albums)
2007 10 DEGREE BEFORE TDC, CD
2009 EARTH IS CALLING, CD
2010 SILENT ZOO, CD
2014 DESIDERATE, CD
2017 NEUROSES BLOOM, CD
2022 DANCE OF DEATH, CD
All six OT albums are concept albums:
The individual titles are thematically related to the complete work.
10 degrees: press coverage
Earth calls: birth to death
Silent Zoo: Fairytale worlds in reality
Desiderata: desire and truth
Neuroses flourish: fears of civilization
Dance of Death: The demons within us
AWARDS & HIGHLIGHTS
2014 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS "DESIDERAT" (DAC), 8 Wochen in den Top 10, Top-Position 4
2014 3x ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2014 AMUSIO, AVALOST, LAGRIMAS, (Desiderat)
2015 BEST SONG, AKADEMIA, L.A., Spiegel im Käfig (Desiderat)
2017 2x ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2017, AVALOST, Neurosen blühen
2017 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS „Neurosen blühen" (DAC), 6 Wochen in den Top 10, Top-Position 3
2018 BEST SONG, AKADEMIA, L.A., Rattenfänger (Neurosen blühen) 2019 WGT-TRIPLE: Westbad, Sixtina, Blauer Salon 2019 US-TOUR 2019 (Seattle, San Francisco, LA, Denver, Salt Lake City, Miami, Goth Cruise) support Das Ich 2020 OXMOX-Bandcontest, 2nd place, Oberer Totpunkt
2022 DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS (DAC), "TOTENTANZ" has the Poleposition, Number 1 in the week 16 (April 2022). Since 24 weeks in the Top 10 of the DAC-Charts (!).
MIX & MASTER
Tom Wendt: guitar and mastering
Studio: Skating Dog, Hamburg
LABEL
Danse Macabre Records
www.totpunkt.com
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