Achim Reichel
Achim Reichel is a German singer, musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg. He is known for his 1991 hit single Aloha Heja He, and serving as the frontman for the 1960s beat group The Rattles, who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on their last tour of Europe in 1966.
In 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic pop group Wonderland, which also included English ex-patriate Les Humphries who would soon start his own Les Humphries Singers. In 1971, Reichel left the group for his own progressive Krautrock solo project, A. R. & Machines, of which the first album Die grüne Reise was critically acclaimed and likened to bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.
Since 1975, Reichel has taken a keen interest in recording traditional German songs and classic poetry as modern-style music, which includes such albums as Dat Shanty Alb'm, Klabautermann, Regenballade, Fledermaus, Wilder Wassermann, and Volxlieder.
In 2021, Aloha Heja He went viral in China after thirty years of its original release.
Discography
Dat Shanty Alb'm Klabautermann Regenballade Heiße Scheibe Ungeschminkt Blues in Blond Nachtexpress Eine Ewigkeit unterwegs Fledermaus Was Echtes Melancholie und Sturmflut Wahre Liebe Nachtexpress Große Freiheit Oh ha! Herz ist Trumpf – Das Beste von Achim Reichel Entspann dich Wilder Wassermann – Balladen & Mythen 100 % Leben Volxlieder Michels Gold Solo mit euch – Mein Leben, meine Musik, gesungen und erzählt Raureif- ''Das Beste''
With A.R. & Machines
Die grüne Reise Echo AR3 AR IV AR5 Autovision- ''Erholung ''