Album "Blast Off NY" out on 12.09. via Hamburg Records / Kontor!
"Nothing stops them, no matter how much we sometimes wish it. No photo brings them back to us. We are all just universal seconds. Short sparks in the eternal tail. How brightly do you blink for a moment? Don't touch the clock!" - Rantanplan
On 11.07.2025, Rantanplan released another preview of their new album "Blast Off NY", which will be released on ∫.
Now listen to the single "Don't Touch the Clock"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrdpxCqVmHg
Recorded in just 4 days in February, Rantanplan gives themselves an old-school production in the style of the nineties for their 30th anniversary.
Engineered and produced by hardcore punk legend Don Fury (Quicksand, Into Another, Shelter, Agnostic Front, SOIA, Worldinferno Friendship Society, and many more).
All real live recordings. No overdub double-copy & paste synth backing track nonsense. Just each with their instrument and a microphone (Shure SM58) and the tough magic of the New York master and his studio DFS. Most bands can't do this anymore these days. A well-priced collection of mostly older classics from the early albums. Properly polished through decades of playing!
Founded in 1995 by Torben Möller-Meissner and Reimer Bustorff in Hamburg to produce their own soundtrack for hanging out at the Baltic Sea, Rantanplan (a name that counters American fighting dog bands) gained nationwide attention with their debut album "Kein Schulterklopfen (Gegen den Trend)" in 1996. Similarly celebrated in the media, the album "Köpfer" followed in 1998. A joint third album with Reimer and Marcus Wiebusch was not to happen, as both left the band shortly after in 2000 to successfully wade into the indie-pop swamps.
Rodrigo Gonzales from Die Ärzte saved Rantanplan in the millennium by supporting the band, insisting on a mega-good deal for a new album, and saying, "If you can't find anyone, I'll play bass on the record and tour."
With Peso, they found a beast on bass, and the album "Samba" was released in 2001. They found themselves in the support slot for Die Ärzte, but there were repeated total crashes, and as a result, the ailing mutt stumbled and got ticks and fleas. The 2004 DIY album "Junger Mann zum Mitreisen gesucht" barely gained any attention. With a new rhythm section, album productions followed in New York (Album 20359), live in Hamburg, and at the renowned Clouds Hill Studio. However, during the studio work, singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Torben fired the entire band, except for Wido, due to conspiracy.
With an international lineup, "Unleashed" was released in 2010, only to continue the lineup carousel. There was never a complete standstill between "Pauli", "Licht und Schatten", "Stay Rudel - Stay Rebel", and "Ahoi", but in the last decade, it turned out that Rantanplan became a pack of over a dozen old and new street dogs who complement each other in stage and studio life according to project needs. Quite similar to the great Ton Steine Scherben once.
Tracklist
A
1. Thu den Ska
2. Monsterschiss
3. We Are Not the Onkelz
4. Everything Will Be Pop
5. Snow Falls Through the Night
6. Great Attempt (in Terms of Life)
7. Revolution
8. Comandante
B
9. Everyone As They Can
10. But the Times Are Different
11. Zombie Che
12. Two
13. Hamburg, 8°, Rain
14. Don't Touch the Clock
15. Dying
16. On/Off
08.08.2025 (GER) Eschwege, Open Flair
15.08.2025 (GER) Loburg, Spirit Festival
16.08.2025 (GER) Taarstedt, Angeliter Open Air
23.08.2025 (GER) Wildeshausen, Wild Rock Open Air
30.08.2025 (GER) Wolfshagen im Harz, Rock Am Beckenrand
09.10.2025 (AUT) Linz, Stadtwerkstatt
10.10.2025 (AUT) Graz, ErntePUNKfest
20.12.2025 (GER) Hamburg, Uebel & Gefährlich
