How things became ...

At present the band only consists of the solo artist Moub Dee Pythagoras, being responsible for song writing, keyboards, drums and vocals. A specific foundation date of the band is not known, it is said during the attempts in 1999 to connect a keyboard with a computer in order to sequence, a little bit the first songs were composed. That material was produced on a Kurzweil PC-88 and was release under the title Release One.

During the recordings of „A black shoe exhibition“ the sequencer drums were replaced by real drums, the sound edge became harder, however the music solely remained instrumental. This phase did not take long until the songs were completed by rap vocals. The classic tracks „Bummelant“ (=engl. The lows one) and „Skatbrüder“ (=engl. brothers in gaming) derive from this phase. (Release 2.0)

„Magerstufe“ (Release 3.0) marked the point when the sound was created, which still is today’s brand of MDP. Fat Drums, soft harmonic keyboard layers, solo parts with synthesizer guitar arrangements and contemporary lyrics, which require full attention of the listener. Unfortunately all initial attempts to sign a record deal with one of the major label failed, however this album set a perpersonal milestone for MDP.

 

The concept of release 3.0 was consequently continued in „Shredderzeit“ (Release 4.0). The proven mixture of English- und German lyrics builds an energetic flow throughout the whole album, from the opener Moubisfuaall to trenchant single release Konfirmandenanzug (= engl. suit of the candidate for confirmation ) (regrettably this was never known to lots of people) to the anthem D-Mut (= engl humbleness), which evokes with appearing sacral sarcasm reference to the years of the 80ies..

 

The following long player „Nein Danke“ (= engl  no thanks) (Release 5.0) demonstrates once again the exuberant creativity of MDP and foils by its album title the obvious lack of interest of the record companies management regarding an non mass conform music. Critique Gunther W. expresses: „ This guy loves SAGA, you can hear it with every chord. However momentarily this doesn't sell“. 

That’s how it is. The fate of the famous artist is the fate of the offspring as well.

The songs „Odd World“, „FFU“, „Pensionär“ and „Procrastination“ permanently hint at the main motive “no thanks” symbolizing rejection and the songs deal with this topic by using various musical styles.

 

During the third quarter 2001 the best of album „Meilensteine“ was produced without any external resources and published by the label Billepalast in larger pressing batch size. It contains samples of all previous studio albums and offers three songs from each period including two previously unreleased bonus tracks. The compilation i serves as a “musical” business card, that allows to make the music known to a larger audience.. 

 

After a short break the new album „KAPPA“ (Release 6.0) was released in May 2002. MDP considers this the next level of evolution. At this point of time the artist Moub Dee Pythagoas reaches maturity; a unique, alluring sound with very determined characteristics making fans wait for further material. The Songs „Wurstsalat“ (sausage salad), „Das rechte Maß (The right degree)“  „The distance“ und „Ana Logger“ document this in an formidable way.

 

Recordings for „Seckbach“ (Release 7.0) were finished November 2003. The new album offers a more electric downside of sound and more dark mood. The changes in the sound are brought about by the new generation of virtual analog synthesizers „Virus“ made by the vendor Access. The sound becomes even more dense, exceptional and remarkable to be heard in the singles „Decisions“ and „Lustlosigkeit Part I“ (Boredom part I) The last mentioned song also makes use the beloved vocoder effect) and rounds up the phonetic piece of art..

 

Beginning in early 2003 MDP started to take a break from his recording activities to inspire himself with new elements from China. Friends and colleagues close to the artist consider this to be an analogy to Peter Gabriel’s efforts to build a platform for “world music” unifying different cultures and perspectives. To collect new ideas he build up and established a local music label with the working title sãn bâ Xíâotíqín (= three violins).

 

 

Recordings from the long player number eight named „one – seven –eight“, have started in early 2006 and finished in December 2006. The dense sound of the past album was refined and the sound moved into more pop oriented territory. New production methodology was used and the entire album was a virtual production in the computer without utilising any studio. The style of the new tracks ranges from soft pop to as expected from earlier Albums complex rock, but also offers instrumentals or ballades, which are untypical for MDP. Since the recordings were done in quite a long timeframe the overall CD displays a potpourri of MDP’s works.

 

June 2008 saw the release of the ninths long player titled “Aircon”. The album features 14 tracks with a focus on modern electronic sounds and style. The series of four instrumental tracks “acupuncture part I to part IV underline the interest of the artist in this genre. The album contains acoustic, rock and electronic songs and can be considered a natural continuation of the pervious album.

Fans and critics have welcomed the album, but also stated in recent reviews that the album can not consistently keep the high level of composition. The B-side features a couple of filler tracks, which have not whole heartily convinced the community.

 

A second best off CD at the beginning of 2009 summarised the period of 2002 to 2008. Release date was 1.4.2009. This CD contains an overview of the works between 2001 (starting with Kappa to Aircon). Two bonus tracks feature the new single “overtaking lane” and a remastered version of  the 2000 classic “Konfirmandenanzug”. This CD is not available anymore.

Production of the new studio album named “External dog is” was completed in December 2009…

The style continued in the pop territory.

Then Moub Dee fell asleep and he kept on sleeping for more than 10 years. However in 2022 he woke up again. That time is now. And this time its played load.

Lets rock!