De/Vision

De/Vision
De/Vision
	De/Vision live in Buenos Aires, February 2008
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	Synth-pop
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Popgefahr Records ; Metropolis Records ; Dancing Ferret Discs ; Drakkar Records
Members	Steffen Keth ; Thomas Adam
Past members	Stefan Blender ; Markus Ganssert

De/Vision is a German synth-pop musical group formed in 1988.^[1] The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. Blender left the band in 1991 and Ganssert departed in 2000. The name De/Vision is a play on words^{[citation needed]}. The majority of the band's lyrics are in English, but they have had some songs in German.

In 2000, Keth started a side project as the vocalist with Green Court, called 'Green Court featuring De/Vision'. The band with remaining members Keth and Adam were then signed to Drakkar Records and Sony BMG in Europe, and Dancing Ferret Discs in North America. The band is currently signed to Metropolis Records in North America. Since 1994 the band has released a new studio album of original material roughly every 1.5 years, until their 2012 album Rockets and Swords.

In 2009, the band started their own label, Popgefahr, primarily to release their own works as a response to the difficulty of garnering label support.^[1]

On 25 May 2018, the single "They Won't Silence Us" was released, and on 22 June, the new studio album Citybeats was released by the band.^[2] The LP was supported by a tour that started on 21 April 2018 and ended on 2 February 2019.^[3]

Members

Steffen Keth - vocals, composition (1988-present)
Thomas Adam - synthesizer, songwriting, vocals (1988-present)

Former members

Markus Ganssert - synthesizer, songwriting, composition (1988-2000)
Stefan Blender - synthesizer, composition (1988-1991)

Touring members

Markus Koestner - drums (2005-2007, 2012–present)
Lars Baumgart - guitars (1998-2007)
Achim Färber - drums (2000-2004)

Discography

Studio albums

1994 : World Without End
1995 : Unversed In Love
1995 : Antiquity
1996 : Fairyland?
1998 : Monosex
1998 : Monosex (Instrumental)
2000 : Void
2000 : Void (Instrumental)
2001 : Two
2001 : Two (Instrumental)
2003 : Devolution
2003 : Devolution (Instrumental)
2004 : 6 Feet Underground
2004 : 6 Feet Underground (Instrumental)
2006 : Subkutan (Deluxe)
2006 : Subkutan (Instrumental)
2007 : Noob
2007 : Noob (Instrumental)
2010 : Popgefahr
2010 : Popgefahr + Bonus USB Stick
2010 : Popgefahr (Instrumental)
2011 : Popgefahr (Remixes)
2012 : Rockets and Swords
2012 : Rockets and Swords (Instrumental)
2013 : Strange Days - World Without End (CD 1)
2013 : Strange Days - Unversed In Love (CD 2)
2013 : Strange Days - Unversed In Love (CD 3)
2016 : 13
2016 : 13 Extended
2016 : 13 Extended (MCD)
2016 : 13 Extended (Remix)
2016 : 13 Extended (Instrumental)
2016 : Two (Deluxe Edition)
2017 : The Firing Line (Vocal Apollo Lovemachine Remix) EP
2018 : Citybeats
2018 : Citybeats (Limited Edition)

EP, Tracks & Compilations

1990 : Your Hands On My Skin EP
1992 : Boy On The Street EP
1993 : Try To Forget EP
1994 : Dinner Without Grace EP
1994 : Love Me Again EP
1995 : Blue Moon EP
1995 : Dress Me When I Bleed EP
1995 : Unversed In Love + Bonus CD
1996 : I Regret (Promo )EP
1996 : I Regret EP
1996 : Sweet Life EP
1996 : Treasury...EP
1998 : Hear Me Calling EP
1998 : Strange Affection EP
1998 : Strange Affection - Remixes EP
1998 : We Fly... Tonight EP
1998 : We Fly... TonightE - Remixes EP
1998 : Zehn (Compilation)
1999 : Blue Moon '99 (Promo) EP
2000 : Foreigner (Promo) EP
2000 : Freedom EP
2000 : Shining EP
2000 : Subout EP
2001 : Heart-Shaped Tumor EP
2002 : Lonely Day EP
2002 : Remixed (Limited Edition)
2002 : Remixed (Limited Edition)(Bonus CD)
2002 : Unplugged
2003 : A New Dawn EP
2003 : Digital Dream EP
2003 : Drifting Sideways EP
2003 : Miss You More EP
2004 : I'm Not Dreaming Of You EP
2004 : Unplugged & The Motion Pictures
2004 : Unputdownable EP
2005 : The End EP
2005 : Turn Me On EP
2005 : Zeitmaschine Remixed EP
2006 : Best Of...
2006 : Love Will Find A Way EP
2006 : The Best Of (12 Inch Version)(Compilation)
2007 : Da Mals (Compilation)
2007 : Flavour Of The Week EP
2008 : 20th Anniversary Remix EP.
2009 : DNA Lounge Live (Bootleg) with Seabound
2009 : Rage - Time To Be Alive EP
2011 : Twisted Story EP
2012 : Brotherhood Of Man EP
2012 : Kamikase EP
2013 : Brother In Arms EP
2014 : Popgefahr (12 Inch Edition)
2015 : Be A Light To Yourself EP
2016 : Synchronize (MaBose Remix) EP
2018 : They Won't Silence Us EP

Live albums

1997 : Fairylive !
2002 : Live 95 and 96
2003 : Devolution Tour – Live
2019 : Mera Luna - Live

DVD

Unplugged And the Motion Pictures [PAL] (2003)
Pictures of the Past [NTSC] (2003)

References

^ ^a ^b Nixon, Karenza (July 2012). "Interview: De/Vision" (PDF). Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine (6). Ghent, BE: 38. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ "MusicLine". Musicline.de. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ Susanne Schaller. "CD Review: De/Vision - City Beats". Reflectionsofdarkness.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

External links

[peek-a-boo-6-1] Nixon, Karenza (July 2012). "Interview: De/Vision" (PDF). Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine (6). Ghent, BE: 38. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[2] "MusicLine". Musicline.de. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[3] Susanne Schaller. "CD Review: De/Vision - City Beats". Reflectionsofdarkness.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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