Years active 1998–2012 Associated acts Jack of all Trades Active until 2012 | Labels Universal Website www.polarkreis18.de Origin Dresden, Germany (2004) | |
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Members Felix Räuber, Philipp Makolies, Christian Grochau, Uwe Pasora, Silvester Wenzel, Ludwig Bauer, Hans-Christoph Kotzsch Albums The Colour of Snow, Frei, Look, Polarkreis 18 Genres Pop music, Electropop, Electronic dance music Similar Nephew, Woods of Birnam, Madsen, Peter Fox, Christian Friedel Profiles | ||
Polarkreis 18
Polarkreis 18 was a German pop band from Dresden, Saxony. The bandmembers met at school, where they formed the Jack of all Trades ensemble in 1998. In 2004, they renamed their band Polarkreis 18. Its musical style can be described as pop, synthpop and indietronic. Their albums include Polarkreis 18 and more recently The Colour Of Snow. Their single "Allein Allein" (Alone Alone) reached the number one position on the German Media Control Top100 Singles chart from 31 October 2008 to 4 December 2008 for 5 consecutive weeks and another 8 weeks on position number 2. It is one of the most successful singles in that country of all time. It has also been in the top ten of several other countries throughout Europe. It also made the number 1 position for 5 consecutive weeks in Denmark with a remake version of the danish band Nephew. The band consisted of: Felix Räuber, Silvester Wenzel, Uwe Pasora, Philip Makolies, Christian Grochau and Ludwig Bauer.
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Singles
1 In Denmark, the Danish band Nephew remixed the song, it was called "Allein, Alene" (respectively German and Danish for alone). http://acharts.co/artist/nephew#songs
2 in Germany, the song was the 13th best-selling of 2008 and the 15th best-selling single of 2009. In the decade 2000–2009, it was even more successful, making it the fifth best-selling song of that decade.
Songs
Allein AlleinThe Colour of Snow · 2008
Unendliche SinfonieFrei · 2010
Allein AleneThe Colour of Snow · 2008