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Karat

Karat
Photo: Patrick Baumbach · Public domain

About

Karat is a German rock band founded in 1975 in East Berlin, emerging from the jazz-rock group Panta Rhei. Known for melodic progressive rock with prominent keyboards and orchestral arrangements, they became one of the few GDR bands to chart in West Germany before the fall of the Wall - their 1982 album "Der blaue Planet" was a top seller on both sides of the border. Since 2005, Claudius Dreilich - son of longtime frontman Herbert Dreilich, who died in 2004 - has led the band, which continues to tour and release new material after more than 50 years.

12M+
Records sold worldwide
5000+
Concerts performed in career
246.6K
Spotify monthly listeners
1.3M+
Copies sold of album "Der blaue Planet" (1982)

Tour

BremenNeuruppinBerlinHamburgLeipzigDresdenErfurtMagdeburgRostockChemnitzHallePotsdamCottbusFrankfurtKarlsruheBernau

Tracks

Über sieben Brücken musst du geh'nsignature anthem, Grand Prix winner 1978, covered by Peter Maffay and many others
Der blaue Planettitle track of their 1982 bestselling album, still frequently heard on German radio
Albatrosseven-minute progressive rock epic with orchestral midsection, gold record in West Germany 1984
König der Weltdebut hit from 1978, established Karat's signature melodic progressive rock style
Hohe Himmel2025 anniversary album, all-new songs recorded live without digital tools

Upcoming · 33

Past · 1

Where they play · 12

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