German electro-pop duo
Glasperlenspiel, named after the
Hermann Hesse novel (The Glass Bead Game), have appeared as an opening act for
Ich + Ich and gathered much attention with their single "Echt," which debuted at number nine in the German singles charts, and with which the band reached the fourth place in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2011. On their first album,
Beweg Dich mit Mir, the two 20-year-old musicians Daniel Grunenberg and Carolin Niemczyk deal with relationships ("Magnetisch"), romance ("Herzschlag"), and friendship ("Freundschaft"), all packaged in a glossy rock/dance hybrid sound. ~ Christian Genzel