Kontakt

Abel&Cain Web: www.abelandcain.de Facebook: www.facebook.com/abelandcain Booking: Laura Heinrichs laura@abelandcain.de

Mitglieder/Line-Up

Chris - Gesang & Gitarre
Marek - Gitarre
Alex - Schlagzeug
Ben - Bass

Bio

The intention of playing songs that develop their meaning best in stadiums isn't really that new. The headline is that a band from Germany claims a share in that area! So why not four guys from the German Midlands? Their sound is situated between classic Britpop & Alternative.
Comparisons with U2 are not the result of the megalomania of four escapist musicians, but what they hear from the boys and girls who bought their cd´s.
If you are looking for one word to picture the band's character it would be restless...

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The founding members of this band, already having the idea in their minds in 2007, finally put it into practise in 2008.
Taking advantage of the first year in writing lots of songs, they presented themselves to an audience first at the beginning of 2009.
This first gig already showed up the future direction of their musical carrier. The German Music Council detected the talent of Abel&Cain and invited them to a live-audit, where they were chosen as one of five bands from all over Germany to participate in in the high level band-coaching project “PopCamp”. This premium sponsorship program is funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Top-class jury members of the German music scene like Udo Dahmen (University of Popular Music and Music Business Baden-Württemberg, vice president German Music Council, former drummer of “Kraan”), Henning Rümenapp (“Guano Apes”), Dieter Schubert (Head of A.S.S. Concerts) and many more decided Abel&Cain to be one of this five bands - at their first gig ever.

Due to hard work, radio stations all over Germany got to pay attention to their music and band history. Germany´s biggest radio stations like 1LIVE, WDR2 (Cologne), Big FM (Stuttgart) and Deutschlandfunk (Berlin, Cologne) as well as some smaller ones like RPR1, Radio MK and Radio Siegen played songs like “The Coast”, “Better Off” and “See the Light”. Even small sequences in the German TV (3Sat, arte) about Abel&Cain as one of the "PopCamp" Bands were broadcasted.

In 2011 they finally found the producer, who understands their longing for deepness and greatness despite all that indie hype and recorded the napoleon nights EP (Leoni/IODA) with David Schwager in Düsseldorf. After their first tour in November first gigs for a second tour in spring 2012 are confirmed.

Releases

"napoleon nights" (2011)

Interview

Was sind eure Lieblingsbands?
Oasis,
Coldplay,
The Verve,
Stereophonics,
Black Rebell Motocycle Club

Welche Alben betrachtet ihr als legendär?
"What's The Story Morning Glory" (Oasis),
"Urban Hymnes" (The Verve),
"The Rush Of Blood To The Head" (Coldplay)

Wie würde der Titel eurer Bandbiografie lauten?
Only the idea got the name.

Was war bislang euer größter Erfolg?
Wir wurden 2009 von der PopCamp Jury als eine von fünf Bands aus ganz Deutschland für das Spitzenförderprojekt "PopCamp - Meisterkurs für populäre Musik" ausgewählt.

Wo und wann habt ihr euren besten Gig gespielt?
im Kesselhaus der Kulturbauerei in Berlin beim PopCamp Abschlusskonzert

Wann würdet ihr sagen "Wir haben es geschafft?"
wenn wir im Jahr 300 Konzerte spielen & unser 2. Album auch gut ankommt.

Auf welchen Internetplattformen seid ihr sonst noch vertreten? Welche nutzt ihr bevorzugt und warum?
www.facebook.com/abelandcain
www.songpier.com/abelandcain
www.vimeo.com/channels/abelandcain

Live/Resident History

2012
Düsseldorf - Pretty Vacant /w Any of Both
Heidelberg - Häll /w The bianca Story
Linz (A) - Smaragd
Regensburg - Art Club
Gießen - Irish Pub
Witten - Werk°Stadt
Köln - Studio 672 /w Everlaunch
Berlin - Ex ´n´ Pop
Hamburg - freundlich + kompetent
Hemer - Sauerlandpark
Olpe - Stadtfest
Düsseldorf - The Tube
Detmold - NRW-Tag WDR Bühne
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2011
Frankfurt - Musikmesse
Hemer - Sauerland Park
Koblenz - BUGA
Olpe - Die Villa / Release Party - free entry
Landau - Das Haus /w We Invented Paris & Polo
Hannover - Kulturpalast
Fulda - Underground
Mannheim - Nelson
Köln - Lichtung
Aachen - Jakobshof
Heidelberg- Häll /w pandorasbox
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2010
Deutschlandfunk - Köln/Berlin
Rock für Haiti - Schriesheim
Showcase Bandpool - Mannheim
Klangstation - Bonn
Videodreh - Hannover
Kulturpalast - Hannover
Lorenz-Jäger-Haus - Olpe
Tonstudio Biber - Recordings Offenbach
Die Villa - Olpe
Café Kunterbunt - Elkenroth
Stadttheater - Attendorn
Stadtfest - Olpe
MTC - Köln
Gauklerfest - Attendorn
Open Air - Olpe
Altsadtfest - Bad Laasphe
Oranienausschank - Dillenburg
MTC - Köln
Odonien - Köln
Harmonie - Bonn
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2009
CD Kaserne - Celle
Stadtfest - Olpe
DGK Music - Recordings Emmlinghausen
Sommerwerftfestival - Frankfurt
Kreuzberg Open Air - Olpe
Rittergarten - Tuttlingen
1LIVE - Köln
RadioMK - Iserlohn
Bluebox - Siegen
radioeins - Berlin
Kulturbrauerei - Berlin
3sat Interview - Berlin