Danny Bruder (born 31 August 1969 in Berlin) is a German musician/music producer, rapper/singer, author and composer.
Career and personal life
Danny Bruder, son of German actor Peter Seum, started his musical career in 1987. In the 1990s he was a member of the Berlin Hardcore-Punk / Crossover band Gunjah and the Hip Hop / Funk bands CPS and Das Department. Since the year 2000 he has also been musically active with his partner Kronstädta under the name Bruder&Kronstädta. Alongside his own bands and audioplays, Bruder worked with bands like the H-Blockx, Joseph Cotton, Della Miles, Daddy Freddy and other artists. He toured across Europe and released singles, EPs and several albums.
In 1999 he founded the band Das Department (with Heinrich Carstens and Jörn Hedtke aka: Kronstädta). Until 2002, the Department published three singles, two EPs and one album (Brennstoff).
Since 2004, Danny Bruder increasingly appeared as an activist for free music. In collaboration with a fellow programmer he developed Copycan, a threshold fund and release system based on the Street Performer Protocol. He lectured at the re:publica, the Wizards of OS, the Chaos Communication Congress, the all2gethernow and 2010 on the first YouTube User Congress at the c-base.
Danny Bruder is co-founder of the artist collective P-Pack, which operates an independent label called P-Pack Records (LC 12796). The label is used mainly by artists from Danny Bruder's circle of friends.
Bruder is vice chairman of the C3S SCE which he co-founded in 2013. The European Cooperative Society wants to establish a European collecting society for musical content.
1993: Gunjah – Heredity – Noise International
1993: CPS – 2Gather – P-Pack Records/EFA
1994: Gunjah – Manic Aggression – Noise International
1995: Phase V – Mörder (Dee Bullit-Mix) – BMG Ariola Hamburg / RCA
1995: H-Blockx – Go Freaky (P-Pack Remix) – BMG / Hansa Sing Sing
1995: CPS – Firebreaka – EastWest Records
1996: Gunjah – Politically Correct? – Noise International
1996: Mr. Ed Jumps The Gun – Don't Haha! (P-Pack Remix) – Electrola
1996: H-Blockx – Step Back (P-Pack Remix + Album Version auf "Discover My Soul") – BMG/Hansa Sing Sing
1997: GötterDÄmmerung (Die Ärzte Tribut Sampler) – Rod loves you (Rod is cummin' – Mix) – Gringo Records/Intercord
1999: Das Department – Heimaudioattacke – P-Pack Records
2000: Audioplay – Hüttenkäse (Author: Tim Staffel, Director: Paul Plamper)
2000: Audioplay – Stopper (Author: Tim Staffel, Director: Paul Plamper)
2000: Die Erben Der Scherben – Keine Macht Für Niemand 2000 – BigPop Records
2001: Das Department – Besondere Kennzeichen: Keine – V2 Records
2001: Das Department – ...Und Abgehda – V2 Records
2001: Das Department – Brennstoff – V2 Records
2001: H-Blockx – C'mon – BMG/Gun Records
2002: H-Blockx – Get in the Ring – BMG/Gun Records
2002: Mellow Mark – Feuer/Hunger – Rap.de Records
2003: Bruder&Kronstädta – Guerillero – P-Pack Records / Freispiel
2003: Theatre – Woyzeck (Director: Paul Plamper) – Sophiensaele (Berlin)
2004: Daddy Freddy – Hardcore – POT Music
2004: Bruder&Kronstädta – Probably Yeah EP – P-Pack Records/Freispiel
2006: FAU Soli Sampler – Soundtrack Zur Revolution – FAU/IAA
2007: Tribaldata – Relaxodoc (OMC No. 3 "By Perseverance the Snail reached Art") – OMC
2007: Audioplay – NSG-Idiotenclub Vol.1 – HR2
2007: Audioplay – Sickurity – HR2
2008: cre8radix – Haus No.1 (OMC No. 4 – "Thistleblower") – OMC
2009: Raziel Jamaerah – Convert (Free!Music!Sampler – "Musik klarmachen zum Ändern" der Musikpiraten)
2010: Theatre – Hass (Directed by: Tamer Yiğit und Branca Prlic) – HAU2 (Berlin)
2010: Raziel Jamaerah – RE:ZEN – The Quantum Allstars – Vol.1 – P-Pack Records / Tribalradix
2010: Raziel Jamaerah – Wicked – P-Pack Records / Tribalradix
2011: Audioplay – Kain Schwarz Sieht Rot – HR2
2011: Theatre – ONKELZ (Regie: Tamer Yigit und Branca Prlic) – HAU2 (Berlin)
2012: Soulparlor feat. Raziel Jamaerah – Don't Stop – Tokyo Dawn Records
2012: Raziel Jamaerah – The Squadron – P-Pack Records / Tribalradix
2013: Raziel Jamaerah – The Ooze – C3S:: Ignition-Mix
2014: Petting – Joli Garçon – Petting / Twang Records
2014: Raziel Jamaerah – Yes, Indeed... – Pass The Mic! (C3S / Jamendo)
2015: Soulparlor feat. Raziel Jamaerah – The Groove Is On – Tokyo Dawn Records
