der eremit

the project «der eremit» was brought to life in 1995 by der gian, to realise his own personal vision of music. previously he had been active as a bass player in several death metal bands. by april 97 the debut mini «stümpermusik», which included solely electronic arrangements, was released as a limited edition. a year later, the first full-length album «blend-werk» was completed. for the first time «real» instruments were used and the material incorporated some metal influences. this album featured der gian on voice and bass, while other instruments like guitar, cello, violin and didgeridoo were played by session musicians.

shortly after that, dirk (guitar) joined the project as a permanent member. together they produced the subsequent albums «fiebertraum» (99) and «magma-prana» (01). once more they worked with session musicians on violin and cello. meanwhile pat fuse was recruited as the band's live drummer. at this point, songwriting for the album «das» commenced. the band took their time to optimise the new line-up, focussing on the implementation of guitar, bass and drums in a more band-oriented way, even more so when mormegil (also playing with knowhere) joined as an additional guitarist. the new album took almost three years to complete. to bridge this gap, the double volume remix album «besserwisser» was released.