V.A. EINE STADT WIRD BUNT: Hamburg Hip-Hop History 1989-1999 (3LP+96-page booklet) (04.04.2025)

The triple vinyl is accompanied by a 96-page booklet that tells the story of the early years of hip-hop, rap and DJing in Hamburg. The work is presented by the publishers of the book and the curators of the museum exhibition EINE STADT WIRD BUNT in co-operation with the Hamburg music label Platin Mukke.

In addition to the four editors of EINE STADT WIRD BUNT Oliver Nebel, Frank Petering, Mirko Reisser and Andreas Timm, the team behind the triple vinyl includes three proven experts on the German hip-hop scene. Oliver Herbst, once DJ of the hip-hop band City Nord, now runs the music label Platin Mukke, on which the record is released, and was able to make many old contacts during the course of the research. Also on board: the long-standing editor-in-chief of the hip-hop magazine Backspin Dennis Kraus and the music journalist and presenter Falk Schacht.

Over a period of more than two years, the team went on a research trip. They contacted bands, rappers, DJs and producers who were active in and around Hamburg in the 1980s and 1990s. They sifted through and archived countless hours of radio shows, tapes, demo DATs and live recordings and conducted interviews with hip-hop pioneers from the Hanseatic city.