björn ehrich - drums
christoph hallmann - guitar
arne kristott - keyboards
alexa rose - transverse flute / keyboards
lars schneider - guitar, vocals
frank schwesig - bass guitar
Influences
wimp, shoegaze, spacepop, slow-rock
''Balloon'', the opener of their brand new album, is unbelievable beautiful indie pop rock!!! ''Bruxelles'' and ''Heroine'' have the same spirit, while the others (especially ''Wavesofwater'') are again Sarah influenced guitar pop and the loops & melodies will make you dream again. Fantastic album! (Indie Pages, Feb. 2006).
Sounds Like
RMX - new album by the sodastream free download at www.thesodastream.de
the soda stream live in hamburg and munich. they play a repetitive kind of pop music and rehearse on a former business park. CDs have been published on marsh-marigold records since 1997.
release dates so far:
2007 RMX (11 tracks, marsh-marigold)
2005 all the things you are (9 tracks, marsh-marigold)
2004 grains of sand; serenade (on marsh-marigold-review vol.3)
2001 7/8 (on pop you like a hurricane, pittiplatsch 3000-compilation)
2000 hotel pacific (11 tracks, marsh-marigold)
2000 convoy (on little darla has a treat for you vol. 15, darla-compilation)
1998 7/8 (on proud and wild forever, marsh-marigold-compilation)
1997 grapefruit ep. (5 tracks, marsh-marigold)
1997 not long ago (on trestle set, low voltage-compilation)
1997 mary (on yesterday follows you, fieberkurve-compilation)
if you have more time: the soda stream in 25 lines
in retrospect, the soda stream were not founded consciously. as time passed by, we realised that a band had started to exist and that every single one of us was part of it. first there were lars and frank, which were unable to record their songs on a 4-track. that’s why they asked christoph to help them out with some technical equipment and to add some guitar parts.
these three recorded a 3-track-tape called 'grapefruit-EP', that was going to be released under the same title on marsh-marigold records. at that time alexa joined the band. she played a marvellous flute on an unfortunately never released bonus-track. at the end 1996 arne and björn joined the soda stream because we needed someone to play the keyboards and drums for the annual marsh-marigold christmas-festival.
in the winter of 1999/2000 the soda stream started the recordings of their first long player. 'hotel pacific' contains 8 songs and three exclusive remixes by optique and clubkraft. at the time we used to rehearse on a former speedway racetrack, where we had car races, barbecues and endless sessions till we finally thought it was time for another album.
'all the things you are' (2005) originated within a time frame of two years and comprises nine songs, which have been worked on in hamburg, munich, lyons and paris. contrary to the first album the band was in charge of most of this production process. therefore the album contains a studio and furthermore homely atmosphere.
noticing the wide range of influences on the album (guitar pop meets traditional rock-riffs, electronica amalgamates with transverse flute and trombone, drifty beats reach out to unwound rhythms) we had the idea of using the tapes for a proper remix-album. we spoke to a couple of friends about the project and fortunately almost everyone accepted to do a remix.
the result is our third album, called 'RMX'. it features contributions by das b-team, dr. burnzen, clubkraft, herztechnik, optique, saar07 and spruce!
and unlike most remix albums, this one is for free!
you can download the music and artwork on our website www.thesodastream.de.
DOCKVILLE 3-Tage-Festival für Musik und Kunst vom 15. bis 17. August auf der Elbinsel Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
* über 50 Spitzenbands (Dockville-Player auf der Webseite) auf 2 Bühnen * Headliner spielen in voller Konzertlänge * außergewöhnliche Kunstinstallationen auf dem gesamten Festivalgelände * fulminantes Nachtprogramm garantiert lange Nächte! Unter anderem mit: DJ Feadz (Ed Banger), DJ Phono, DJ exel. Pauly (Fettes Brot), Egotronic, MIT * 3 Tage Urlaub auf der wunderschönen Elbinsel incl. Campingareal im Grünen! * vergünstigte Tickets noch bis zum 15. Juli!
GUTEN ABEND THE SODA STREAM! Thanks for the add I saw you playing into 97 with the christmas party in hamburg for the festival marsh-marigold it was really a very good evening moreover the singer carried a shirt of football vintage of the team of France, very nice. still thank you stephane
Hi The Soda Stream,
Thanx 4 being friends and a wunderful 2008.
Have a nice Day and enjoy the life!!
Greetinx
Tim
P.S.
Soularia performed their unreleased Track "Life Is Unbelivable"on a 2 square meter balcony on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Click here for the video, and if you like, leave a comment and / or rate it on the utube site
Neulich nannten wir es noch Sommerpause, aber tatsächlich waren wir einfach mal nicht da und sind auch nicht ans Telefon gegangen... Aber am FREITAG ist es wieder soweit in der PRINZENBAR, endlich wieder THIS IS POP! und die Lederjackenjungs werden wieder rüberlächeln zu den Mädels mit den Neonleggins.
hey!! ihr seid also doch hier! nach meinen (erfolglosen?:0) versuchen euch zu finden, freu ich mich besonders!euch allen noch ein gutes 2007 und auf ein wiedersehn! glg, miss alaska
