Eins Zwo

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Eins Zwo was a Hip-Hop band from Hamburg (Germany) consisting of DJ Rabauke (Thomas Jensen) and MC Dendemann (Daniel Ebel). Rabauke produced his first music with his 'Projekt an der Grenze'. He however, was before Eins Zwo more known for his work as Tour-DJ with the group 'Fettes Brot'. Dendemann was formerly mostly associated with his work as a member of the 'Vorgruppe Arme Ritter'. As they later demonstrated, all you need for good Hip Hop is one MC and one DJ.

They started out in 1997. Running in to eachother during a soundcheck that year they decide to make some music together. They create the Demo S.P.O.R.T. Later that year they accompanied the group '5 Sterne Deluxe' as support act on a short tour and enlarged on their S.P.O.R.T.-Demotape. The EP S.P.O.R.T. was then brought out nationwide in Germany halfway through 1998 in its unaltered, unmastered form and quickly became highly sought after in the scene. It was reputedly the most illegally copied album in the German Hip Hop scene that year.

In may 1999 their first longplay album was released: 'Gefährliches Halbwissen', with up to this point seldomly heard Cuts and Scratches. The word-wizardry of Dendemann, became, through this album, the trademark of the band. While their second album, aptly named 'Zwei' (released in 2001), held the same high textual, musical and technical standard, it did not have the same impact as their debut album. With the upcoming EP 'Discjockeys' the group announced their farewell.

Since 2003 both bandmembers have gone their own way. Dendemann released the EP 'DasSweigenDilemma' in the autumn of that same year and in september 2006 the LP 'Die Pfütze des Eisbergs'. DJ Rabauke has mostly been working as a DJ in the House-scene and has, among other things, played at the Melt!-Festival.

For the Eins Zwo site, check: [1]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Danke, gut 1999 (Yo Mama)
Hand aufs Herz 1999 (Yo Mama)
Tschuldigung / Weltretten 4- 1999 (Yo Mama)
Bombe / Undsoweiter 2001 (Yo Mama)
Discjockeys EP 2003 (Yo Mama)

[edit] Albums

Gefährliches Halbwissen 1999 (Yo Mama)

1. Intro (Don Dougie) 2. Arbeitstitel: Aller Achtung 3. Liebes Logbuch 4. Danke, Gut 5. Zu Laut! (ft. Das Bo) 6. Vogelpespektive 7. Die Omi aus dem 1.Stock 8. Sternzeichen: Krebs (ft. Nico Suave) 9. Frohes Neues 10. Technique (ft. Ferris MC) 11. Mitarbeiter des Monats 12. Four Black Quarters (ft. Tone and DJ Coolmann) 13. Wort Drauf (ft. Falk and Samy Deluxe) 14. Hand auf's Her 15. Schön, daß es euch gibt 16. Outro (Don Dougie)

Zwei 2001 (Yo Mama)

1. Intro 2. Bombe 3. Rechte Dritter 4. Undsoweiter 5. Ey du 6. Dendelude 7. Extrablatt 8. Unschuld vom Lande 9. Der Eine & Der Andere 10. Altes Lied von und mit Mutter Natur 11. Dendelude II 12. Aha 13. Vatertag 14. Discjockeys 15. Generation T 16. Dendelude III 17. Schon unterwegs 18. Outro