Punk, Neue Deutsche Welle, techno and electropop: For decades, Inga Humpe has been one of the most innovative musicians in Germany. With 2raumwohnung, for twenty years now, together with Tommi Eckart, she has continuously been developing an excitingly intense and simultaneously laid-back sound. Her first book takes us along into her universe.
In songs like “Wir trafen uns in einem Garten” (“We Met in a Garden”), “Sexy Girl” and “Ich und Elaine,” Inga Humpe writes about the longing for life and love that characterizes an entire generation’s attitude toward life. In addition to song lyrics and previously unpublished photographs, this book includes a story by Inga Humpe about her childhood in a small town in the Sauerland region, from which she later set out for the West Berlin of the 1980s.
Based on numerous conversations with Inga Humpe, Helene Hegemann has contributed an atmospherically rich text about the early years of 2raumwohnung.
