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Atlantis | |
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Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
Genres | Progressive rock Krautrock |
Years active | 1972–1976 1983 |
Labels | Philips |
Past members | Inga Rumpf Jean-Jacques Kravetz Karl-Heinz Schott Frank Diez Curt Cress Dieter Bornschlegel Ringo Funk Rainer Schnelle Adrian Askew Alex Conti Rainer Marz |
Atlantis was founded in late summer 1972 by Inga Rumpf (vocals), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboards) and Karl-Heinz Schott (bass). All three musicians played before in the band Frumpy. The founding members also counted guitarist Frank Dietz and drummer Curt Cress (formerly of the band Emergency).
After some live performances in Germany at the studios of Island Records in London, the first LP was produced, which was especially well received in the U.S., where Rumpf's blues oriented voice was appreciated. Diez and Cress left after the recordings the band. For a four-week tour through England with Procol Harum and Traffic George Meier joined as guitarist and Udo Lindenberg as drummer. After the tour they were replaced by Dieter Bornschlegel (formerly of the band Traumtorte) and Ringo Funk (ex-Jeronimo), with whom then the second album It's Getting Better (1973) was recorded.
During another four-week tour through England, Jean-Jacques Kravetz left the band to join Randy Pie. For him jumped in, at short notice, Rainer Schnelle. At the end of 1973, the band ranged among the three most popular groups of the readership by the then important music Journal Musikmarkt .
Already in summer of 1974, the next personnel change took place. For Rainer Schnelle came the British keyboarder Adrian Askey and for Dieter Bornschlegel came Alex Conti from Curly Curve. With this line-up the third album Ooh Baby was recorded 1974.
After a few live gigs in Germany they recorded their debut album Atlantis at Island Studios London 13th to 22nd November 1972.[1]
On 23 February 1983 a one-off reunion concert took place at the Fabrik in Hamburg.
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