The Fantastischen Vier have re-recorded their breakthrough single “Die Da!?!” and announced the upcoming record “The Liechtenstein Tapes”, consisting of 15 new interpretations, for January 13th.
The production was recorded with an eight-piece live band in the Liechtenstein-Austrian “The Little Big Beat Studios”.
Old vs. new: “Die Da!?!” 1992 and 2022
The song received criticism from the scene in the 90s, which said that the song was too commercial and did not correspond to underground values. Elsewhere, the play has been criticized for using explicit gender stereotypes. As a result, Die Fantastischen Vier did not play “Die Da!?!” live for years because they said they had distanced themselves from the song. Here are our top 10 hip-hop acts that shaped the scene in the 90s – including Die Fantastischen Vier.
Michi Beck recently told the “Wiener Zeitung” about the story behind the track: “We haven’t played the song for a long time and only dared to do it again four years ago. The time difference was good because the song is now so old and a classic that we deal with it more relaxed today.”
In terms of sound, the 2022 version sounds fuller, and horns have also been added. The punctuation marks of “Die Da !?!” (1992) to Die Da?!? (2022).
The music video of the new interpretation including insights into the creation process:
The video clip from 1992:
The reissues for the album
Band member And.Ypsilon can be quoted as follows in the press release on the background of the work: “Our aim was to record the pieces that we have recorded over the many years using very different recording methods as a whole work in a uniform instrumentation with the today’s possibilities of analog and digital technology.”
It goes on to say that the production will contain the “greatest songs from very different eras the way they have to sound today, in 2022”. “The original studio version meets the best of the live version.”
The record should include interpretations of “Harvest What We Sow”, “She Is Gone”, “Day by the Sea”, “Endzeitstimmung” and “Warrior”.
The Fantastic Four 2022 and 2o23 live
In the summer of 2022, Die Fantastischen Vier traveled through Germany with their “Forever 30 YEARS LIVE” anniversary tour, which was postponed by two years. On December 23, the musicians will give their end-of-year concert “All Years Die Da”, tickets are available among others here.
- December 23: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart
The following date has been confirmed for 2023 so far:
- August 18: Schlossgarten Open Air, Osnabrück
The Fantastischen Vier will soon also be on screens: the four-part documentary “Die Fantastischen Vier – Helden des Hip-Hop” will start on December 6th on RTL+, which will be broadcast on VOX on January 7th in one go.
Listen to the second studio album “4 wins” here, on which “Die Da!?!” was also released:
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