Lali Puna is a German, Munich-based electropop band
History
Valerie Trebeljahr, the lead writer and singer, comes from
Busan,
Korea. The name of the band, meaning
Valerie from Busan, references this, as
Lali is a diminutive form of
Valerie, and
Puna is a childish spelling of Busan (which is often transliterated
Pusan). She also lived ten years in
Portugal before moving to Germany, and that's reflected in some of her songs, featuring lyrics in Portuguese.
Valerie played in an all-female band called L.B.Page, until 1998, when she released a 7" called Safe Side under the moniker Lali Puna. She was later joined by Markus Acher, already lead singer and guitarist of The Notwist and Tied & Tickled Trio (with whom she was also romantically involved
In 2002 Florian Zimmer left for Hamburg to work on Iso68,
In 2017, before the release of the Two Windows album, Markus Acher left the band.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
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I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed, and B-Sides (2005)
EPs
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Clear Cut (2001) with Bomb the Bass
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Left Handed (2003)
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Silver Light (2012)
Singles
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"The Safe Side" (1998)
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"Snooze" (1999)
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"Nin-Com-Pop" (2001)
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"Common Ground" (2002)
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"Micronomic" (2004)
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"Remember" (2010)
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"Move On" (2011)
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"Machines Are Human" (2014) with Trampauline
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"Deep Dream" (2017)
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"The Bucket" (2017)
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"Two Windows" (2017)
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"Being Water" (2019)
Remixes
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Two Lone Swordsmen - "It's Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix)" from Further Reminders (2001)
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Dntel - "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Lali Puna Remix)" from "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" (2002)
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Boom Bip - "Awaiting an Accident (Lali Puna Remix)" from Corymb (2004)
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