The tape recorder revolutionized the recording technique, has been replaced, overhauled, but never forgotten. 57 years later, a band was founded, who took its name and carries it into the world since then. Hamburg four-piece Tonbandgerät have a penchant for melodic bass lines, rhythmic guitars, ambitious lyrics, diverse beats and children's keyboards. They sing in German - not because that's what they do Hamburg, but because it simply works better for them.