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Rantanplan - Ahoi
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 shortly before completion, bandleader, singer, and guitarist Torben Möller-Meissner pulled the plug, halted production, and had the tapes erased. The material was deemed too depressive and dark amid the worst of the Corona times.
"The album named AHOI was intended from the start to be a positive signal, to convey a sense of departure, to carry strength and hope. None of that ultimately rang true, and the only positive thing were the Corona tests."
So they started everything from scratch, wrote new songs, and above all, invested significantly more time to create a lyrically cohesive overall concept that followed the original idea.
AHOI is now a record with 15 maritime songs about sea, harbor, seafaring, love, departure, farewell, longing & storm, and it has become a large and positive album. It is close to the pulse of the times, is opinion and expression, and as timeless as the music. AHOI is anchored in the here and now without ignoring the whence and whither. The initial intuition was thus fulfilled on the second attempt.
The affinity for seafaring was practically bestowed upon harbor singer Torben, as there are some real sailors in the maternal family tree.
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 were held on screen via Zoom") and unleashed bundled band energy in tried-and-true rock 'n' roll live recordings.
This Hamburg ska punk institution simply keeps managing to garnish driving offbeats with catchy melodies and to bring a positive vibe with charm and a cheeky grin to the forefront.
The cover features St. Pauli doorman legend Uncle Hotte, known to many from various Astra cult advertisements, as he rides his bike from the landing stage into the Elbe (Caution: Life danger. Not recommended for imitation). In the title track reinterpreted as a rising Rudeboy submarine, escapism can hardly manifest more beautifully in a society that is failing in itself, only to be immediately countered again in the following track.
Typically North German.
This fresh wind will be released on 24.2.23 on the label SBÄM, as a CD, 12" vinyl, limited CD and LP box set, download, and streaming on all common channels.

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