Carousel rock band
The band of generations
In 1976, Wolf Rüdiger Raschke and Reinhard Huth founded the band Karussell in Leipzig
Unmistakable and independent, the band sets itself apart and is characterized by
musical and lyrical profundity.
The band played successfully in various line-ups until 1989. This era comes to an end in 1990.
end.
It was not until 2007 that the son of the band's founder, Joe Raschke, succeeded in reviving Karussell.
to bring Karussell back to life.
This was followed by the first concerts and intensive creative work on new songs and lyrics.
This resulted in a harmonious coexistence between the generations.
The album "Loslassen" is released in 2011,
2014 the album "Karussell-Die größten Hits".
2015 The movie "Karussell-Vier Tage auf Hiddensee
2016 the DVD "Ehrlich will ich bleiben" and the double album "40 Jahre-40 Hits"
2016 The Leipziger Volkszeitung publishes a stamp and a first day cover with portraits of the musicians.
portraits of the musicians
2017 the documentary "Ela sings"
2018 the album "Erdenwind"
In the band's long history, Karussell has toured with 10 albums, film scores and videos
through Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia and South America, France, Denmark,
Finland, Sweden, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Uruguay, Cuba
and Belgium.
In 45 years of band history, hits such as:
Autostopp, Mc. Donald, Ehrlich will ich bleiben, Verrückter Vormittag, Wie ein Fischlein
under the ice, Als ich fortging, Oben sein, Loslassen, Wenn es hart wird, Meine Stadt,
Night Child, Give or Take, Earth Wind
The band is working on a new album in 2023
Quote Joe Raschke:
"We have grown so tightly together as if it had never been any different
ever been different. And that closes the circle of the past, friends, humanity
and music.
