{"id":75366,"date":"2025-07-04T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&p=75366"},"modified":"2026-10-31T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:25:04","slug":"das-guenther-a-band-that-invents-its-songs-live","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/after-dark\/das-guenther-a-band-that-invents-its-songs-live\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Das G\u00fcnther\u2019: a band that invents its songs live"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Three musicians, zero planning: how pure spontaneity creates something new every night.
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The ring at the Hafenklang<\/strong> slowly fills up, right in the heart of Hamburg\u2019s fish market. After 7 p.m. it\u2019s pitch dark out here. Inside the Hafenklang, by contrast, everything is bathed in a warm red light, and the walls are covered in stickers reading \u2018Still loving vinyl\u2019 and \u2018Arte Ultras\u2019. The first drinks are being served at the bar. Fifteen minutes before the show, the mood backstage \u2013 an office of the venue turned into a dressing room \u2013 is relaxed.

Among cable drums, a satchel full of drinks tokens and posters of former punk legends on the walls, Albrecht, the drummer of \u2018Das G\u00fcnther\u2019, bites into his last slice of pizza. Alex, the troupe\u2019s voice, pulls on one layer of costume after another, while Till, the bassist of this little chaos orchestra, takes orders for one last round at the bar. Five minutes before the start, everyone is changed and ready to go, and Alex asks the other two how they want to open the show tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2018Das G\u00fcnther\u2019 has been performing<\/strong> since 2017. Till (left) plays bass and synthesiser, Alex (centre) sings and Albrecht (right) plays the drums. The band members met while studying music at the Hannover University of Music.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

Having no concept<\/strong> is what sets apart the three musicians, who met while studying jazz in Hannover. The band started as a fun project, and after the first gigs none of them knew that the line-up would last. They simply felt like trying something new and jamming. Today, seven years after their first concert, \u2018Das G\u00fcnther\u2019 stands for a colourful spectacle among its loyal fans and wants to be a projection screen for many alter egos that are often seen as a bit problematic and difficult. In their performances they allude specifically to patriarchal structures \u2013 badly aged white men who deny climate change and embody a widespread aversion to change and the diversity that comes with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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