Bodenständig 2000

In 1999, they released their debut album "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3" on Rephlex Records, London.

It contains mixture of chiptunes, rave, eurodance, some "serious electronica" plus German vocals and was completely produced at home with non-professional equipment and selfmade software.

In June 2003 the EP "Hart rockende Wissenschaftler" was released on Feed The Machine records, Detroit, containing hardcore chiptune dance tracks on one side and folky harmony singing on the other.

The musicians achieved worldwide coverage in July 2006 due to their opting out of the music portal iTunes, which they attributed to fundamental disagreement with the restrictive digital rights management model.

Being accused of trying to pull off a publicity stunt, the band decided to make the tracks in question available for free download.

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Bodenständig 2000 members, Bernhard Kirsch (left) and Dragan Espenschied (right).