Advanced Chemistry is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg, a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. Advanced Chemistry was founded in 1987 by Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD (Mike Dippon) and MC Torch. Each member of the group holds German citizenshhip, and Toni L, Linguist, and Torch are of Italian, Ghanaian, and Haitian backgrounds, respectively. .
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- Advanced Chemistry is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg, a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. Advanced Chemistry was founded in 1987 by Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD (Mike Dippon) and MC Torch. Each member of the group holds German citizenshhip, and Toni L, Linguist, and Torch are of Italian, Ghanaian, and Haitian backgrounds, respectively. . Influenced by North American socially conscious rap and the Native tongues movement, Advanced Chemistry is regarded as one of the main pioneers in German hip hop. They were one of the first groups to rap in German (although their name is in English). Furthermore, their songs tackled controversial social and political issues, distinguishing them from early German hip hop group "Die Fantastischen Vier" (The Fantastic Four), which had a more light-hearted, playful, party image. . The rivalry between Advanced Chemistry and Die Fantastischen Vier has served to highlight a dichotomy in the routes that hip hop has taken in becoming a part of the German soundscape. While Die Fantastischen Vier may be said to view hip hop primarily as an esthetic art form, Advanced Chemistry understand hip hop as being inextricably linked to the social and political circumstances under which it is created. For Advanced Chemistry, hip hop is a “vehicle of general human emancipation,”. In their undertaking of social and political issues, the band introduced the term "Afro-German" in to the context of German hip hop, and the theme of race is highlighted in much of their music. With the release of the single “Fremd im eigenen Land”, Advanced Chemistry separated itself from the rest of the rap being produced in Germany. This single was the first of its kind to go beyond simply imitating US rap and addressed the current issues of the time. Fremd im eigenen Land which translates to “foreign in my own country” dealt with the widespread racism that non-white German citizens faced. This change from simple imitation to political commentary was the start of German identification with rap. . After the reunification of Germany, an abundance of anti-immigrant sentiment emerged, as well as attacks on the homes of refugees in the early 90's. Advanced Chemistry came to prominence in the wake of these actions because of their pro-multicultural society stance in their music. Advanced Chemistry's attitudes revolve around their attempts to create a distinct "Germanness" in hip hop, as opposed to imitating American hip hop as other groups had done. Torch has said, "What the Americans do is exotic for us because we don't live like they do. What they do seems to be more interesting and newer. But not for me. For me it's more exciting to experience my fellow Germans in new contexts... For me, it's interesting to see what the kids try to do that's different from what I know. " Advanced Chemistry were the first to use the term "Afro-German" in a hip hop context. This was part of the pro-immigrant political message they sent via their music. While Advanced Chemistry's use of the German language in their rap allows them to make claims to authenticity and true German heritage, bolstering pro-immigration sentiment, their style can also be problematic for immigrant notions of any real ethnic roots. Indeed, part of the Turkish ethnic minority of Frankfurt views Advanced Chemistry's appeal to the German image as a "symbolic betrayal of the right of ethnic minorities to 'roots' or to any expression of cultural heritage. " In this sense, their rap represents a complex social discourse internal to the German soundscape in which they attempt to negotiate immigrant assimilation into a xenophobic German culture with the maintenance of their own separate cultural traditions. It is quite possibly the feelings of alienation from the pure-blooded German demographic that drive Advanced Chemistry to attack nationalistic ideologies by asserting their "Germanness" as a group composed primarily of ethnic others. The response to this pseudo-German authenticity can be seen in what Andy Bennett refers to as "alternative forms of local hip hop culture which actively seek to rediscover and, in many cases, reconstruct notions of identity tied to cultural roots. " These alternative local hip hop cultures include Oriental hip hop, the members of which cling to their Turkish heritage and are confused by Advanced Chemistry's elicitation of a German identity politics to which they technically do not belong. This cultural binary illustrates that rap has taken different routes in Germany and that, even among an already isolated immigrant population, there is still disunity and, especially, disagreement on the relative importance of assimilation versus cultural defiance. According to German hip hop enthusiast 9@home, Advanced Chemistry is part of a "hip-hop movement [which] took a clear stance for the minorities and against the [marginalization] of immigrants who... might be German on paper, but not in real life," which speaks to the group's hope of actually being recognized as German citizens and not foreigners, despite their various other ethnic and cultural ties.
- Advanced Chemistry (AC) ist eine 1987 gegründete Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus Heidelberg, der heutzutage häufig die Pionierfunktion des deutschen Hip Hops zugesprochen wird. Auch wenn die Fantastischen Vier bereits 1991 zwei Singles und ein Album auf einem Majorlabel veröffentlichen konnten, gilt die Heidelberger Gruppe bei vielen als erste deutschsprachige Hip-Hop-Erscheinung. Ihren Durchbruch schafften sie mit der 1992 erschienenen Single „Fremd im eigenen Land“, die erstmals für eine breitere Wahrnehmung der Hip-Hop-Kultur außerhalb der noch überschaubaren Szene sorgte. Grund für den Status von Advanced Chemistry in der Hip-Hop-Szene als „Urväter“ des deutschen Rap ist die ablehnende Haltung gegenüber den schon vor „AC“, wie die Heidelberger Gruppe auch genannt wird, kommerziell erfolgreichen Fantastischen Vier, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch keinen ausreichenden Rückhalt in der deutschen Szene gefunden hatten. Vielen Aktivisten gilt Torch als der „Erfinder des deutschen Rap“ (wie er 1999 auf einem Album betitelt wurde), da er der erste auf den Bühnen war, der Mitte und Ende der 1980er begann, das auf Deutsch auszuprobieren, was allgemein als Rap anerkannt wird. Abschließend lässt sich sagen, dass sowohl Advanced Chemistry als auch die Fantastischen Vier auf unterschiedliche Weise Pionierstellungen im deutschen Hip Hop einnehmen. Wie zur damaligen Zeit im deutschen Hip Hop üblich, beeinflusst vom amerikanischen Conscious Rap und der Native-Tongue-Bewegung, waren die zentralen Themen von Advanced Chemistry politisch und intellektuell motiviert und drehten sich überwiegend um ihre Identität als Deutsche ausländischer Herkunft und den Platz der Hip-Hop-Bewegung in der Welt. Advanced Chemistry wurden als eine der wenigen deutschsprachigen Hip-Hop-Bands Mitglied der Zulu Nation, die von Afrika Bambaataa ins Leben gerufen wurde. Mitglieder der Band waren Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD und Torch, die teilweise auch heute noch musikalisch aktiv sind. Toni L veröffentlichte zuletzt „Funkanimal“ (2007), Torch sein Solo-Debütalbum „Blauer Samt“ (2000). Beide veröffentlichen zur Zeit eine Reihe von Maxis auf ihrem Label 360° Records.
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- Advanced Chemistry is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg, a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. Advanced Chemistry was founded in 1987 by Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD (Mike Dippon) and MC Torch. Each member of the group holds German citizenshhip, and Toni L, Linguist, and Torch are of Italian, Ghanaian, and Haitian backgrounds, respectively. .
- Advanced Chemistry (AC) ist eine 1987 gegründete Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus Heidelberg, der heutzutage häufig die Pionierfunktion des deutschen Hip Hops zugesprochen wird. Auch wenn die Fantastischen Vier bereits 1991 zwei Singles und ein Album auf einem Majorlabel veröffentlichen konnten, gilt die Heidelberger Gruppe bei vielen als erste deutschsprachige Hip-Hop-Erscheinung.
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