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Britta
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresIndie rock
Years active1997–2006, 2018 (reunion)
LabelsFlittchen Records
MembersChristiane Rösinger (vocals, guitar),
Britta Neander (drums) (until 2004, †),
Julie Miess (bass),
Barbara Wagner (guitar),
Herman Herrmann (drums),
Sebastian Vogel (drums)

Britta is an indie rock band,[1][2][3] founded in the beginning of 1997 in Berlin, Germany.[4][5] The band produced four albums, which were all released on the indie label Flittchen Records.[6]

History

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The band Britta was founded by guitarist and singer Christiane Rösinger (of the Lassie Singers),[7] drummer Britta Neander (of the Ton Steine Scherben),[8] and the bass player Julie Miess.[9] The band was distributed by the Berlin-based record label Flittchen Records, which was founded and run by Christiane Rösinger and Almut Klotz.

Important early performances for the band included opening for Tocotronic and Blumfeld. Their first album Irgendwas ist immer was produced by Tobias Levin and was favorably reviewed.[10]

Britta's second album Kollektion Gold and their third album Lichtjahre voraus[11] were recorded in France and released on Flittchen Records. Several songs on these albums were used by René Pollesch in theater pieces. The title song for his tv series 24 Stunden sind kein Tag was written by Britta.[12]

During Britta's club tour, Britta Neander had to take time out to take care of her daughter. Sebastian Vogel of the band Kante temporarily substituted for her on drums. After health problems prevented Britta Neander from rejoining the band on tour, Herman Herrmann played on drums for the Blumfeld tour.

In 2004, Christiane Rösinger spent several months in hospital. Then on December 14, 2004, Britta Neander died after a heart operation.[13][14] Sebastian Vogel joined the band as a permanent replacement on drums.[9] In 2005, the album Das schöne Leben was recorded. In 2006, this fourth album was released on Flittchen Records.[15]

In September 2018, the compilation album Best Of Britta was released on the label Staatsakt.[16] This compilation album was supported by a reunion tour.[9][17][18][19]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  1. 1999: Irgendwas ist immer
  2. 2001: Kollektion Gold
  3. 2003: Lichtjahre Voraus
  4. 2006: Das schöne Leben

Compilations

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  1. 2018: Best Of Britta

Singles (selected)

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  1. 2001: The DJ 4-Track Ep
  2. 2006: Depressiver Tag

References

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  1. ^ Ramona Hocker (2006). Von Schlachthymnen und Protestsongs: zur Kulturgeschichte des Verhältnisses von Musik und Krieg (in German). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783899425611.
  2. ^ Metelmann, Jörg (2002). "Ein Dispositiv, in Musik gebadet". Figurationen. 3: 29–46. doi:10.7788/figurationen.2002.3.1.29. S2CID 192679128.
  3. ^ Jürgensen, Christoph (2023). """Irgendwie an die Realität angebunden "–Überlegungen zu schreibenden Musiker* innen mit besonderem Blick auf PeterLichts pop-literarische Parallelaktionen." "Eins zu eins ist jetzt vorbei "". Popschreibweisen Seit 2000. 3. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: 3–21.
  4. ^ "LAUT.DE-BIOGRAPHIE Britta" (in German). Laut.de. Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. ^ Kirsten Küppers (2010-10-16). ""Die Liebe ist so praktisch für die Männer"". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. pp. 30–31. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ "Britta". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  7. ^ "Christiane Rösinger begibt sich auf die Suche nach Klasse" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2023-09-21. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  8. ^ Sebastian Peters. "Ton Steine Scherben". The Audio DB. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  9. ^ a b c Hoh, Michael (2018-10-05). "Verbatim: Julie Miess of Britta; The bass player of Berlin indie pop outfit Britta on their spontaneous 20th-anniversary tour. Britta hits Festsaal Kreuzberg on Oct 11". Exberliner. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  10. ^ "Britta Irgendwas ist immer" (in German). Visions. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  11. ^ Lütz, Jasmin (2003-09-05). "Britta - " Lichtjahre voraus" Wir sind nicht bei Rock am Ring. Wir wollen da gar nicht hin!" (in German). Laut.de. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  12. ^ "24 Stunden sind kein Tag: Film von René Pollesc" (in German). Volksbuehne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ Sandra Grether (2004-12-18). "Wahrhaftig bezaubernd". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. p. 29. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  14. ^ David Wagner (2004-12-19). "Kultur: In die Nacht; Zum Tod der Musikerin Britta Neander" (in German). Tagesspiegel. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  15. ^ Sebastian Peters (2006-04-07). "Britta - Das schöne Leben" (in German). Plattentests.de. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  16. ^ Otremba, Gérard (2018-09-07). "Britta: Best Of Britta – Album review" (in German). Sounds & Books. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  17. ^ Glenzer, Luca (2018-10-09). "20 Jahre Britta – Band um Sängerin und Songschreiberin Christiane Rösinger kommt auch nach Leipzig" (in German). Pretty in Noise. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  18. ^ "There's a Kuschel-Riot going on: neues Best-of von Britta - ByteFM Blog" (in German). 2018-07-25.
  19. ^ Nadine Lange (2018-10-19). "Britta live in Berlin. Noch immer Lichtjahre voraus" (in German). Der Tagesspiegel.
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