The Glue

Infobox musical artist |
Name = The Glue


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Origin = Flagicon|SUI Basel, Switzerland
Genre = A cappella
Years_active = 1997- Present
Label = RecRec Medien AG (?-present)
Associated_acts = Basel Boys Choir
URL = [http://www.theglue.ch/ theglue.ch]
Current_members = Oliver Rudin Jonas Göttin Tumasch Clalüna Gregor Beermann Florens Meury
Past_members = Daniel Raaflaub Stefan Raaflaub Daniel Recher Martin Vischer Adrien Jaccottet

The Glue is a Swiss a cappella vocal band from Basel, founded in 1997.

Band history

The Glue's first public appearances took place at private events, such as birthdays or weddings. In 1998 they won the second place in a Basel newcomers contest called "Strampoln", which made it possible to record a first demo CD called "Laora L [ist] tot", featuring cover versions of known pop songs.

The band's regional breakthrough happened in 2001, when they participated in the successful charivari musical "Sternestaub"; The Glue's first album "mundwerk" was released in summer 2001, featuring own compositions and cover versions as well.

In 2002, when The Glue had performed their mundwerk program on stage about 100 times, the second commercial release, the single "Shy", headed the stores and a new stage program called "maulwurf" was introduced to perform on stage. With the maulwurf program, the band seemed to become more professional, and they attempted to record a live performance of their maulwurf program. The result was the release of the live album "maulwurf live" in 2003.

In 2004 The Glue became nationally well-known and also gained some success in Germany due to appearances at open-air festivals. In April 2005, the band performed the maulwurf program for the last time; the concert was filmed and a live DVD was later released. In October 2005 The Glue released its second studio album called "BOCA JUNIORS"; the BOCA JUNIORS program had its stage premiere in January 2006.

On September 22, 2007, The Glue celebrated their 10-year jubilee with their own vocal festival "Lala Blabla Pomme d'Adam" at the Stadtcasino Basel. International vocal and a-cappella stars of various music genres performed in two subsequent concerts, amongst them Tuvinian throat singing stars Huun-Huur-Tu, the Irish folk band White Raven, the Zimbabwean group Insingizi, Swiss opera diva Noëmi Nadelmann along with the ensemble "Voices", and the Basel Boys Choir as well as The Glue including all former band members.

Discography

Albums & Singles

* [Laora L ist tot|Laora L [ist] tot] (1998) (demo CD release)
* mundwerk (2001)
* Shy (2002) (single release)
* maulwurf live (2003)
* Boca Juniors (2005)

Videos

* maulwurf live (2005) (DVD release)

External links

* [http://www.theglue.ch/ The Glue's official web site]