Rantanplan from Hamburg have been an institution in Ska Punk for almost 25 years.
The first single OZEANISCHE LIEBE has been released and can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHhURUnt5Q
The 10th studio album was supposed to be something special. Originally, this record was set to be released at the end of January 2022, but just before completion, bandleader, singer, and guitarist Torben Möller-Meissner pulled the emergency brake, halted production, and had the tapes erased. The material was deemed too depressive and dark during the worst of the Corona times.
"The album titled AHOI was meant to be a positive signal from the start, to convey a sense of new beginnings, to transport strength and hope. None of that ultimately came true, and the only positive thing was the Corona tests."
So they started over, wrote new songs, and created nicer lyrics.
Together with Benno Kupsa, the old companion (former drummer, former bassist, producer of PAULI), they locked themselves away for 2 weeks in the renowned Hamburg Clouds Hill Studio ("No more individual recordings because we couldn't meet due to contact restrictions and band meetings via Zoom on the screen") and unleashed concentrated band energy in tried-and-true Rock'n'Roll live recordings.
AHOI is now an album with 15 maritime songs about the sea, harbor, seafaring, love, new beginnings, farewells, longing & storm, and it has turned into a big and positive album. The initial intuition was thus fulfilled on the second attempt.
The affinity for seafaring was practically ingrained in Hafensänger Torben, as there are some real sailors in his maternal family tree. This is clearly felt in the lyrics, which other bards of the Ska Punk/Punk Rock genre will have to measure themselves against.
There is no trace of alcohol-induced cliché chatter, making it enjoyable to sing along without embarrassment.
This Hamburg Ska Punk institution consistently manages, like no other band in this country, to garnish driving offbeats with melodies that come without annoying brass sections or circus rhythms.
However, Rantanplan wouldn't be Rantanplan if there weren't occasionally a middle finger raised to society, critically and with a sly grin.
Contrary to today's trendy and self-proclaimed woke, widely spread left-liberal pseudo-attitude, real libertarian values are still represented here.
The cover features St. Pauli doorman legend Onkel Hotte, known to many from various Astra cult advertisements, riding his bike from the landing stage into the Elbe (Caution: life-threatening. Not recommended for imitation). In the title track, reinterpreted as a rising Rudeboy submarine, escapism can hardly be realized more beautifully in a society that fails at itself, only to be directly countered in the following track.
Typical North German
This fresh wind will be released on February 24, 2023, on the label SBÄM, as a CD, 12" vinyl, limited CD and LP box set, download, and streaming on all common channels.
+++++ RANTANPLAN “Ahoi Tour” +++++
January 14, 2023 (GER) Munich, Backstage
February 23, 2023 (GER) Berlin, SO36
February 24, 2023 (GER) Essen, Turock
February 25, 2023 (GER) Hamburg, Markthalle + ZSK
March 25, 2023 (GER) Cologne, Live Music Hall
April 21, 2023 (GER) Göttingen, Musa
April 29, 2023 (AUT) Vienna, Arena
April 30, 2023 (GER) Coesfeld, Punk In Den Mai
May 4, 2023 (GER) Deutzen, Rock Am Kuhteich
June 30 - July 2, 2023 (GER) Seligenstadt, Rock Am Main Open Air
August 18-20, 2023 (GER) Karben, Karben Open Air
August 25, 2023 (GER) Hameln, Paddy Rock Open Air
August 26, 2023 (GER) Hamburg, Damage Done
October 6-7, 2023 (GER) Menden, Hardcore Hills
The first single OZEANISCHE LIEBE has been released and can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHhURUnt5Q
The 10th studio album was supposed to be something special. Originally, this record was set to be released at the end of January 2022, but just before completion, bandleader, singer, and guitarist Torben Möller-Meissner pulled the emergency brake, halted production, and had the tapes erased. The material was deemed too depressive and dark during the worst of the Corona times.
"The album titled AHOI was meant to be a positive signal from the start, to convey a sense of new beginnings, to transport strength and hope. None of that ultimately came true, and the only positive thing was the Corona tests."
So they started over, wrote new songs, and created nicer lyrics.
Together with Benno Kupsa, the old companion (former drummer, former bassist, producer of PAULI), they locked themselves away for 2 weeks in the renowned Hamburg Clouds Hill Studio ("No more individual recordings because we couldn't meet due to contact restrictions and band meetings via Zoom on the screen") and unleashed concentrated band energy in tried-and-true Rock'n'Roll live recordings.
AHOI is now an album with 15 maritime songs about the sea, harbor, seafaring, love, new beginnings, farewells, longing & storm, and it has turned into a big and positive album. The initial intuition was thus fulfilled on the second attempt.
The affinity for seafaring was practically ingrained in Hafensänger Torben, as there are some real sailors in his maternal family tree. This is clearly felt in the lyrics, which other bards of the Ska Punk/Punk Rock genre will have to measure themselves against.
There is no trace of alcohol-induced cliché chatter, making it enjoyable to sing along without embarrassment.
This Hamburg Ska Punk institution consistently manages, like no other band in this country, to garnish driving offbeats with melodies that come without annoying brass sections or circus rhythms.
However, Rantanplan wouldn't be Rantanplan if there weren't occasionally a middle finger raised to society, critically and with a sly grin.
Contrary to today's trendy and self-proclaimed woke, widely spread left-liberal pseudo-attitude, real libertarian values are still represented here.
The cover features St. Pauli doorman legend Onkel Hotte, known to many from various Astra cult advertisements, riding his bike from the landing stage into the Elbe (Caution: life-threatening. Not recommended for imitation). In the title track, reinterpreted as a rising Rudeboy submarine, escapism can hardly be realized more beautifully in a society that fails at itself, only to be directly countered in the following track.
Typical North German
This fresh wind will be released on February 24, 2023, on the label SBÄM, as a CD, 12" vinyl, limited CD and LP box set, download, and streaming on all common channels.
+++++ RANTANPLAN “Ahoi Tour” +++++
January 14, 2023 (GER) Munich, Backstage
February 23, 2023 (GER) Berlin, SO36
February 24, 2023 (GER) Essen, Turock
February 25, 2023 (GER) Hamburg, Markthalle + ZSK
March 25, 2023 (GER) Cologne, Live Music Hall
April 21, 2023 (GER) Göttingen, Musa
April 29, 2023 (AUT) Vienna, Arena
April 30, 2023 (GER) Coesfeld, Punk In Den Mai
May 4, 2023 (GER) Deutzen, Rock Am Kuhteich
June 30 - July 2, 2023 (GER) Seligenstadt, Rock Am Main Open Air
August 18-20, 2023 (GER) Karben, Karben Open Air
August 25, 2023 (GER) Hameln, Paddy Rock Open Air
August 26, 2023 (GER) Hamburg, Damage Done
October 6-7, 2023 (GER) Menden, Hardcore Hills
