Released in 2011,
Basta Macht Blau is the sixth album by the five-piece a cappella group
Basta from Cologne, Germany. Produced by
Erdmöbel member
Ekki Maas, the album presents 15 new tracks that showcase the band's vocal stylings and humorous, ironic lyrics. For the first time, the band only performs original compositions, which were mostly written by bandleader
William Wahl, sometimes in collaboration with other writers (bandmember Thomas Aydintan on "Frühstück Bei Stefanie,"
Oliver Gies from fellow a cappella group
Maybebop on "Sei Mein Feind"). ~ Christian Genzel