Tonbandgerät was formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2007 by siblings Isa
Poppensieker and Sophia Poppensieker together with Ole Specht; the trio later
expanded with Jakob Sudau on drums. Their early years were marked by local
performances and the release of the EP Du nennst es Tetris, ich nenn es Alltag
in 2009. The breakthrough came with the single "Irgendwie Anders" in 2012,
followed by the debut album Heute ist für immer on 19 April 2013, which entered
the German charts at number 31. In 2013 they signed with Universal and released
the single "Halbmond" and "Auf drei". The second a...