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"(AbsuЯd) Minds" is a futurepop music band from Germany. Absurd Minds was formed in 1995 by Stefan Großmann (voice, composing) and Tilo Ladwig (composing, programming, sampling). M (More...)
Biography
"(AbsuЯd) Minds" is a futurepop music band from Germany. Absurd Minds was formed in 1995 by Stefan Großmann (voice, composing) and Tilo Ladwig (composing, programming, sampling). Musically they were inspired by the ebm of the early 1990s. Between 1995 and 1999, Absurd Minds released three CD-rs in limited quantities, laying the groundwork for further developments by the band. After a long creative phase their first concert took place at the Dresden club, "Bunker". As a result of this the band came into contact with "Music Cooperation" who subsequently became their management. A recording contract with the label Scanner followed in December 1999. In the meantime, Absurd Minds played in "Electromania II" in Liepzig. The recording for their first single, "Brainwash", and album, "Deception", began in January 2000. In March, the band played live at the "Nostromo Festival" in Görlitz and opened for the "Electromania III" festival which was part of the "Wave-Gotik-Treffen" 2000. In December their second single, "Come Alive" appeared and in January 2001 they began recording the album "Damn the Lie". During this period the band took on a third member, Timo Fischer, who till then had only played as reinforcement during live performances. Their third album "The Focus" followed in October 2003, with the singles "Master Builder" and "Herzlos" both doing well in the DAC. Another appearance at the "Wave-Gotik-Treffen" followed in 2004, whilst the fourth Absurd Minds album "Noumenon" was released in November 2005. Currently, the most recent release from Absurd Minds is the EP "The Cycle" which was released in 2007. According to the bands' website a new album, "Serve or Suffer", is scheduled for 2010. Official website: http://www.absurdminds.de Discography: Brainwash (2000) Come Alive (2000) Deception (2000) Damn The Lie (2001) Damn The Lie (Limited Edition Bonus Disc) (2001) Master Builder (2002) The Focus (2003) The Focus (Limited Edition Bonus Disc) (2003) Herzlos (2004) Revived (Best of/Rarities Album) (2005) Noumenon (2005) Noumenon (Limited Edition Bonus Disc) (2005) The Cycle (2007) Serve or Suffer (2010) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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Gig Stats
- 0 upcoming gigs
- 33 past gigs
Social Stats
- last.fm 61,959 listeners
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Upcoming Gigs
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Past Gigs
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Aug 24
Infest 2012
University of Bradford Student Union (Bradford) – Absurd Minds - 2012
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Oct 22
Ballroom Passions Festival 2011
Reithalle (Dresden) – Absurd Minds - 2011
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Jul 08
Nordstern Festival
Markthalle (MarX) (Hamburg) – Architect, Combichrist, Empirion, Klangstabil, VNV Nation, Diorama, Frozen Plasma, Zeromancer, Absurd Minds - 2011
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Jun 10
20. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Leipzig (Leipzig) – Tying Tiffany, Analog Angel, Absurd Minds, Assemblage 23, Camouflage, Cryo, Das Ich, Deine Lakaien, Diorama, Faderhead, Front 242, Girls Under Glass, Ikon, Lustmord, Mind.In.A.Box, Nitzer Ebb, Soman, The Legendary Pink Dots, Hocico, Alter der Ruine, Cinema Strange, Destroid, Feindflug, Inertia, Performance, Plastic Noise Experience, Tactical Sekt, Obscenity Trial, Dive, Artwork, A Flock of Seagulls, The Pain Machinery, Das Präparat, Die Braut, 13th Monkey, VISIONS, Clock DVA, Estampie, Faun, Trobar de Morte, Narsilion, Love Is Colder Than Death, Inade, Pouppée Fabrikk, The Twins, Chris & Cosey, Noisex, Beati Mortui, Centhron - 2011
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Jun 09
Wave-Gotik-Treffen XX
Leipzig (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds, Assemblage 23, Camouflage, Cryo, Das Ich, Deine Lakaien, Diorama, Faderhead, Front 242, Girls Under Glass, Ikon, Lustmord, Nitzer Ebb, Performance, Soman, The Legendary Pink Dots, Tying Tiffany, Hocico, Analog Angel, The Damned, Alter der Ruine, Cinema Strange, Destroid, Feindflug, Plastic Noise Experience, Obscenity Trial, Dive, Goethes Erben, Artwork, A Flock of Seagulls, The Pain Machinery, Das Präparat, Die Braut, 13th Monkey, VISIONS, Clock DVA, Covenant, Inertia - 2011
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Mar 11
EOD Live Edition 2011
Matrix (Bochum) – Absurd Minds - 2011
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Dec 27
NEUWERK FESTIVAL 2010
Stadthalle (Langen) – Absurd Minds, Colony 5, Frozen Plasma, VNV Nation - 2010
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Apr 23
Paramedical Noir
Sanitätsstelle (Chemnitz) – Absurd Minds, Accessory - 2010
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Jul 18
!DISTAIN
Backstage (Munich) – Absurd Minds, Straftanz, !DISTAIN - 2009
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Jun 19
BLACKFIELD FESTIVAL 2009 - WARM UP SHOWCASE
Matrix (Bochum) – Absurd Minds, Seabound, Soman - 2009
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Jun 17
Absurd Minds
Futurum (Prague) – Absurd Minds - 2009
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Nov 02
World Violation the Concert
Huxleys Neue Welt (Berlin) – Absurd Minds, Caisaron, Legacy Of Music - 2008
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Nov 01
World Violation - The Concert 2008
Alter Schlachthof (Dresden) – Absurd Minds, Caisaron, Legacy Of Music - 2008
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Dec 28
Neuwerk-Festival
Stahlwerk (Dusseldorf) – Absurd Minds, Frozen Plasma - 2007
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Dec 27
Dark X- Mass Festival
Rockfabrik (Ludwigsburg) – Absurd Minds, Frozen Plasma - 2007
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Sep 07
NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT NCN² Open Air
Kulturpark Deutzen (Deutzen) – Absurd Minds, Frozen Plasma, Solitary Experiments, Sono, depressive disorder, Steinkind - 2007
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May 25
16. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Leipzig (Leipzig) – Absolute Body Control, Absurd Minds, Conetik, Dismantled, Pride and Fall, Psyclon Nine, Seabound, Suicide Commando, The Retrosic, Fjernlys, Heimstatt Yipotash, Staubkind, Pzychobitch, 45 Grave, Cinema Strange, Elegant Machinery, Obscenity Trial, Untoten, Heimataerde, Bad Sector, KiEw, Fixmer/McCarthy, The Cassandra Complex, Les Anges De La Nuit, Tyske Ludder, This Morn' Omina, Rabia Sorda, Elane, Ataraxia, Narsilion, Orange Sector, Angels & Agony - 2007
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Nov 24
Absurd Minds
Titty Twister (Dresden) – Absurd Minds - 2006
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Aug 10
Summer Darkness 2006
Utrecht (Utrecht) – Absurd Minds, Faderhead, Frozen Plasma, Inertia, Asche, Stromkern, FabrikC - 2006
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May 27
Absurd Minds
Bunker Strasse E (Dresden) – Absurd Minds - 2006
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Feb 18
Electro Reaction I
Theatrale (Halle Saale) – Absurd Minds, xotox, KiEw - 2006
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Dec 10
Welle:Erdball
Uni-Campus (Essen) – Absurd Minds - 2005
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Apr 29
Dark City 2005
Teviot Row House (Edinburgh) – Absurd Minds, Icon of Coil, , Tactical Sekt, autoclav1.1, Das Präparat, Scrap.edx - 2005
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Feb 18
Absurd Minds
Capitol (Hanover) – Absurd Minds - 2005
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May 16
Absurd Minds
Werk II (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds - 2003
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Apr 04
EuroRock 2003
Soeverein (Lommel) – Absurd Minds, Glis, Male or Female, Plastic Noise Experience, Praga Khan, Implant, Nebula-H - 2003
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May 17
11. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Leipzig (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds, Accessory, Diva Destruction, Haujobb, Helium Vola, Neuroticfish, , Solitary Experiments, The Neon Judgement, Sex Gang Children, Pzychobitch, Elegant Machinery, Synapscape, Asche, Hypnoskull, Winterkälte, Goethes Erben, Soft Cell, T.O.Y., The Dreamside, KiEw, The Cassandra Complex, Imminent, Technoir, S.P.O.C.K, Somnambul, MS Gentur, Fading Colours, Angels & Agony, Illuminate - 2002
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Feb 22
Absurd Minds
Moritzbastei (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds - 2002
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Nov 05
Electromania II
Werk II (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds, Feindflug, Synapscape, Imminent Starvation, Winterkälte, Second Decay, Noisex - 2001
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Jun 01
10. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Agra Halle (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds, Coil, Haujobb, Veljanov, Pouppée Fabrikk, The Fair Sex, Terminal Choice - 2001
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Nov 11
Energie & Harmonie Mensch & Maschine
Werk II (Leipzig) – Absurd Minds, Accessory, Terminal Choice - 2000
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Jun 10
9. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Various Locations (Leipzig) – Love Is Colder Than Death, Silk Saw, Static Movement, Fading Colours, Noisex, Illuminate, Absurd Minds - 2000
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Jun 09
9. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Agra Halle (Leipzig) – Theatre of Tragedy, Wolfsheim, Love Is Colder Than Death, Fading Colours, Noisex, Absurd Minds - 2000


