Gleis 8

Gleis 8 is a German pop group from Berlin and Hamburg that was formed in 2012. Their debut album Bleibt das immer so (2013) reached No. 7 in the German albums chart.

History

Gleis 8 was formed by AnNa R., the singer from German pop duo Rosenstolz, and musicians Lorenz Allacher, Timo Dorsch and Manne Uhlig. The initial idea to work together came at AnNa R.'s birthday party in December 2011, and the four band members had their first music session in January 2012. They already knew each other for a long time prior to the formation of the band. Because AnNa R. and Allacher live in Berlin and Dorsch and Uhlig live in Hamburg, they named their band Gleis 8 (Platform 8), the platform at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin main station) from which trains to Hamburg depart.

AnNa R. has described the music of Gleis 8 as being pop music in the broadest sense. She has also stated that the band's music differs from that of Rosenstolz in that it is more upbeat and multifaceted and uses more guitars and real instruments. The band's debut album Bleibt das immer so, which was produced by Dorsch, was released in May 2013 and charted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.