CHILDREN
CHILDREN
Steffi Frech and Laura Daede, together the musicians, make up the band CHILDREN, which produces German-language pop music with the help of shimmering retro-synthesizers, melodic bass lines and catchy hooks. They have known each other since their childhood in a town in Mecklenburg and have been producing their Future Retro Pop in Berlin for the last ten years. After releasing their album HYPE in 2020 via Herbert Grönemeyer’s label GRÖNLAND RECORDS, the ladies are currently working on their third album.
The two post-reunification kids know what change feels like: “We learned from our socialization in rural former East Germany that freedom isn’t to be taken for granted; improvisation is part of it, and all the rest remains. This mindset also helps us in the current crisis” (Kurier 14.2.2020).
JÖRG BRÜGGEMANN
(*1979, Herne) 2001–2008 studied integrated design at the Bremen Academy of Arts. Member of OSTKREUZ since 2009 and its co-managing director since 2019. For his photos he has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the BFF-Förderpreis (2009), the PDN Photo Annual Award (2013) and the VG Photo Art Scholarship 2010 and 2014. His photography has been shown in various exhibitions, accompanied by publications. Published in 2020 were FREUNDSCHAFT (Friendship), together with Tobias Kruse, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, and AUTOBAHN by Hartmann Books, Stuttgart; his solo exhibition WIE LANGE NOCH (How long still), to be seen at ZEPHYR in Mannheim, will be extended until 24.5.21.