Tyskarna Från Lund
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Lothar Jensen, Dieter Emung, Rudi Könnerman & Heinz Ulrich
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Tyskarna från Lund is a Swedish synthpop group, consisting of members from the comedy group Varanteatern. The name translates to "The Germans from Lund" in English (the Swedish town of Lund is the home of Varanteatern).
Tyskarna från Lund is a satirical group that makes fun of the stereotypical synth music artist and their followers, in particular Kraftwerk. Like the latter group, TFL has a four-person line-up of (fictional) Germans, always dressed in black and with minimal movements on stage.
Tyskarna från Lund is a satirical group that makes fun of the stereotypical synth music artist and their followers, in particular Kraftwerk. Like the latter group, TFL has a four-person line-up of (fictional) Germans, always dressed in black and with minimal movements on stage.
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| Releases: | ||||
| Achtung X-Mas! (CD, Maxi) | SubSpace Communications | 2002 | ||
| Global Fussball OK (Maxi, Single) ◄ (2 versions) | Playground Music Scandinavia | 2002 | ||
| Metamorphobia (CD, Enh) | SubSpace Communications | 2003 | ||
| Still Loving You (CDr, Single, Promo) | SubSpace Communications | 2003 | ||
| Still Loving You (CDr, Promo) | Playground Music Scandinavia | 2003 | ||
| Die Quelle (CD) | SubSpace Communications | 2004 | ||
| Kniven, Gaffeln, Skeden (CD, Maxi) | SubSpace Communications | 2004 | ||
| Global Fussball 06 (File, MP3) | SubSpace Communications | 2006 | ||
| Global Fussball 06 (CDr, Maxi, Promo) | SubSpace Communications | 2006 | ||
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| Electrixmas 2002 (CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Ltd) | Achtung X-Mas! (Andrea... | Electrixmas | 2002 | |
| Electrixmas 2003 (CD, Album, Promo, Enh) | Actung X-mas! (Video) | Electrixmas | 2003 | |
| Public Communications 2 (CD, Maxi, Promo) | Still Loving You (Radi... | SubSpace Communications | 2003 | |
The lyrics are more or less nonsense in a mix of english, german and swedish and extremely funny since they use all the common mistakes in german and english made by swedes. The four members are good singers and adapt their voices to whatever style they want to make a drift with. The music is more or less constantly a reference to old synth-pop and electro bands from the 80's and 90's and it is obvious that they have great knowledge of the scene! But, TFL have also made synth-pop covers of such songs as the metal classic 'Still loving you' which in their version is truly bizarre and it's an even more hilarious experience to watch them play it live!
The four members of Tyskarna från Lund have adopted one style each of the typical 80's synth-pop/electro characters roaming around at the venues back then. The four boys all have their own style when it comes to haircut, clothes (although basically all the same in order to fit together as an electro band) and even behaviour, just like all boy-bands of today with the exception that these are into synt-pop. Just watching them is extremely funny and offers a sometimes not so flattering understanding to what the music and youngsters were like in the 80's! For those growing up with the electro scene at that time in Scandinavia and maybe even northern Europe, a show with Tyskarna från Lund is a must.