Tension Control - Zweite Jugend - Jäger 90 - Combat Company - Michael Matters

Members: Michael Schrader (Michael Matters)
Location: Osnabrück, Germany

Live Members: Eli van Vegas (as live support for selected shows)

Ex-Members: Marcel Lüke (Live Drums) - Founder of Zweite Jugend and drummer in Zweite Jugend, Jäger 90 (2015–2020), and Tension Control. Combat Company = Eli Van Vegas, Marcel Lüke

The 2016 founded project impresses with fat analogue synthesizers. Marching direction is EBM of the old school. All composings, sounds and lyrics were made by Michael Schrader, who’s based in Hamburg since 2018, is also the singer of TENSION CONTROL. The raw and pure minimalistic mixture through the different ways of traditional electronic music leads to the highest mood for those who love EBM

Website: https://www.tensioncontrol.de/
http://www.zweitejugend.de/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tension.control.ebm/
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.Matters.Official
https://www.facebook.com/ZweiteJugend/
https://www.facebook.com/jaeger90/
http://www.facebook.com/CombatCompany
Instagram: https://instagram.com/tension.control
http://instagram.com/michael.matters.official
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TENSIONCONTROL
https://youtube.com/channel/UCS1hxNkriJctv95jGA6Qgfw
Michael Matters https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93DGu5k7Pb00kAmzBUqZdQ
Zweite Jugend https://www.youtube.com/@ZWEITEJUGEND
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkg3RETKjkuUsmrSa-HfF2w
Jäger 90 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPMqBT7m9F_UQpN5cvLb0_w
Combat Company https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNRNKyeypa3NYbU7KiRt6w
https://www.youtube.com/@Eli1138
Bandcamp: https://tensioncontrol.bandcamp.com/
https://michaelmatters.bandcamp.com/
https://zweitejugend.bandcamp.com/
http://outoflinemusic.bandcamp.com/


TENSION CONTROL - Ton aus Strom // EBM from Germany // Album "Ton aus Strom" - Release 26.11.2021




TENSION CONTROL - Here We Go - Enjoy The Show // EBM // EP "Ton aus Strom" - Release 01.04.2022




TENSION CONTROL - Shut The Fuck Up // EBM from Germany // Album "Ton aus Strom"




TENSION CONTROL - Make EBM Great Again // Album "Fortschritt durch Technik" - Release 22.11.2019




TENSION CONTROL - Reaktanz // EBM from Germany // Album "Ton aus Strom" - Release 26.11.2021




TENSION CONTROL - Where's The Revolution? // Snippet // Release 2021




TENSION CONTROL - Big Black Boots




TENSION CONTROL - Digitaler Bürgerkrieg




MICHAEL MATTERS - Der Panther




MICHAEL MATTERS - Life Will End // Release 08.07.2022




ZWEITE JUGEND - Hoch Die Tassen! (Official Video)




ZWEITE JUGEND - Euroträume [Official Music Video]




ZWEITE JUGEND - Flucht von der Erde (Official Video)




ZWEITE JUGEND & LISS EULENHERZ - Die ganze Nacht (Official Video)




Jäger 90 - Muskeln




Jäger 90 - Stiefelblitz (Music Video)




Jäger 90 - Dein Stil (Videoclip 2014)




Combat Company - Warhead (Official Video)

Liebe f​ü​r alle
by Zweite Jugend




released September 15, 2023



Planetarium Of Broken Dreams
by MICHAEL MATTERS




planetarium of broken dreams

new stars will be born
dead stars will fade away

some are good
some are bad
some are illusions
some are dead

certainty is hiding
in ultraviolet and infrared

released September 15, 2023

Music & lyrics: Michael Schrader



Rusted Machines (Single 2023)
by TENSION CONTROL




released May 12, 2023



Alle wollen Geld
by TENSION CONTROL vs SYMPTOM ESKALATION




A joint work of SYMPTOM ESKALATION and TENSION CONTROL
--> drunkness.bandcamp.com
lyrics
1) We're standing here again and paying for our beer,
and also our heating, so that no one here freezes.
Another bill, another discount,
blinded by the advertising, we pay it in a good mood.

We like to pay in rhythm and via QR code.
Always have the card with you, otherwise we'll quickly see red.
Our numbers are also red, otherwise the tank remains empty.
We are happy to pay everything, we are happy to pay more.

R) Buy, buy even if you can't.
Make money on stocks, lose your mind.
Numbers, numbers control our world.
Pay! Pay! Because everyone wants money!

Buy, buy, even if you can't.
Make money on stocks, lose your mind.
Pay! Pay! How much does the world cost?
Pay! Pay! Give me your money!

2) Having and wanting, although nothing falls from heaven.
Debits and credits, the last banknotes quickly counted.
Buy, collect, hoard. Everything is full.
The algorithms get you and with them your money!

Must have, just because it's possible, immediately and unconditionally.
Dopamine from buying sprees, capitalism unvarnished.
Volatile paper, it flees from your greed,
be careful, otherwise the bailiff will be at the door!

released January 27, 2023

Der Wille zur Nacht
by Zweite Jugend





We as feeling and thinking beings were wrong. We do not live for the night, but the night lives for us. In the metaphorical sense of the word, night stands for the celebration of transience and decline. And this night has a name: Zweite Jugend.

Marcel (drums) and Eli (voice, production) are the two faces behind the band's minimalist music. "All tones are produced emotionally," according to the band. What do they mean by that? There is no reason not to create all instruments analog. And that is the irrefutable rule: ARP Odyssey, SH-101 and MS20 are the only sound generators that Zweite Jugend use in their songs, along with acoustic drums, a bit of percussion and of course the voices. And you can hear that too. The spirit of the late seventies resonates omnipresent, be it in the recordings or at the concerts. Of course, the works are modern and mixed with the zeitgeist of today.

Likewise, the well thought-out texts always appear fresh and up-to-date. "The textual content disguised as feelings are at the center of the work," says Eli. He paints pictures and emotions with his words, in many cases penetrating deep into the psyche of the audience, addressing love, life, the desire for something, but also astrophysics, science and things that appear sober. The human tendency to destroy the good is a common thread, sometimes more and sometimes less present. In fact, Zweite Jugend always write the lyrics first and then compose the instruments to match the lines. Marcel skillfully drums to the analogue sequences and directs the rhythm.

After the albums “Liebe ist Luxus” (2016) and “Elektronische Körpermusik” (2019), Zweite Jugend is now entering the final phase of an album trilogy: “Der Wille zur Nacht” is just around the corner. It is precisely this human urge to destroy everything that appears equal or even threatening to it. Be it a planet, a parallel culture or another species. But man keeps forgetting that he is his own enemy. This is true human nature, or in the reverse Nietzsche concept, the will to the night. That would mean consistently: "Life support through self-destruction".

It is said that all that glitters is not gold. Anyone who has already experienced Zweite Jugend live knows that both can apply. It should be clear that in addition to all the doomsday scenarios there is enough space for party hits and loud celebrations. Even bad things can be celebrated loudly, even if it's just an act of irony. So let's dive into the night and see what it entails.

released October 13, 2023

Industrielle Revolution (Album 2023)
by TENSION CONTROL




released November 3, 2023

Der Sheriff (Single 2024)
by TENSION CONTROL





released March 29, 2024