Tele (band)

Tele
Tele live (2007)
Background information
Origin	Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, now: Berlin, Germany
Genres	rock, pop
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Tapete, Universal Music
Associated acts	Wir sind Helden, Die höchste Eisenbahn
Website	www.telemusic.de
Members	Francesco Wilking (vocals) Tobias Rodäbel (guitar) Martin Brombacher (guitar) Stefan Wittich (percussions) Jörg Holdinghausen (Electric upright bass) Patrick Reising (keyboard)

Tele is a German Rock/Pop-band from Freiburg (now Berlin).

Tele produced their debut album Tausend und ein Verdacht themselves in 2000 before being picked up by Tapete Records a couple years later. Their sound and style consisted of an Indie rock guitar sound, and they arranged their songs in a post rock way.

The record company Tapete Records from Hamburg distributed their album in 2002 and published an EP with five new songs. Tapete Records published as well their second album Wovon sollen wir leben in 2004. This album contains mainly German pop songs with background stories in the texts. In the majority of cases the texts deal with the individual every day life, often with respect to their love affairs. Tele's music resembles that of the 1980s, but not necessarily in an intentional, retro-fashioned way. This is due to the use of keyboard-arrangements and synthesizer-wind instruments.

For their third full-length LP, Wir brauchen nichts, Tele began experimenting with different sounds, taking inspiration from the 1940s, lullabies, and choir music. The album was produced by sound engineer Patrik Majer, who also arranged the productions for the band Wir sind Helden. Lead singer Fransceco Wilking featured on Wir sind Helden's third album Soundso, singing an exchange with Judith Holofernes. To date, Wir brauchen nichts is Tele's most commercially successful record due to the success of the single Mario, which Tele used to represent the state Baden-Württemberg at the Bundesvision Song Contest. The song ranked at number 10 after viewer votes.

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