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Achim Reichel & Band 75 Jahre - Das Beste zum SchlussAchim Reichel ist ein deutscher Musiker, Komponist und Musikproduzent. Er wird gern »Ur-Vater des deutschen Rock« genannt. Dabei hat sich Achim Reichel diesen Titel nicht ausgesucht. Er wurde ihm von Kritikern verliehen, zum Beispiel von denen der Nordwest Zeitung. Mit gutem Grund: Als andere große deutsche Rockmusiker anfingen Klubs und Konzertbühnen zu erobern, hatte Reichel bereitsseine erste Karriere hinter sich. Als Frontmann der Hamburger Rattles spielte er zwischen 1960 und 1966, zu Zeiten des legendären Star-Club, an die 30 Singles ein, die Hamburger Jungs tourten schon 1963 zusammen mit den damals noch wenigerbekannten Rolling Stones durch England und begleiteten die weltberühmten Beatles 1966 auf deren einziger Deutschland-Tournee. Nach seiner Einberufung zur Bundeswehr folgten dann die Hits mit Wonderland.
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Achim Reichel Biography
Achim Reichel (born January 28, 1944) is a musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg, Germany. He is known for his 1991 single "Aloha Heja He", as well as for having fronted British Invasion-influenced band The Rattles, who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on the Fabs' last-ever tour of Europe in 1966.
In 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic rock group Wonderland which also included English ex-patriate Les Humphries who would soon start his own Les Humphries Singers. In 1971, Reichel left the group for his own progressive Krautrock solo project, A. R. & Machines, of which the first album Die grüne Reise (The green journey) was critically acclaimed and likened to bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Since 1975, Reichel has taken a keen interest in recording traditional German songs and classic poetry as modern-style music, which includes such albums as Dat Shanty Alb'm (1975), Klabautermann (1977), Regenballade (1978), Fledermaus (1988), Melancholie & Sturmflut (1991, including the hit Aloha Heja He), Wilder Wassermann (2002), and Volxlieder (2006).
Read MoreIn 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic rock group Wonderland which also included English ex-patriate Les Humphries who would soon start his own Les Humphries Singers. In 1971, Reichel left the group for his own progressive Krautrock solo project, A. R. & Machines, of which the first album Die grüne Reise (The green journey) was critically acclaimed and likened to bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Since 1975, Reichel has taken a keen interest in recording traditional German songs and classic poetry as modern-style music, which includes such albums as Dat Shanty Alb'm (1975), Klabautermann (1977), Regenballade (1978), Fledermaus (1988), Melancholie & Sturmflut (1991, including the hit Aloha Heja He), Wilder Wassermann (2002), and Volxlieder (2006).
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