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Atlantic Popes are a virtual music project by Bernhard Lloyd, co-founder and long-time member of the German pop band Alphaville, and singer Max Holler.

The band produces emotionalising Electropop with an enormous variety of styles and soundscapes. The sound is hypnotic and moving, with lyrics that show a clear view of the world, often imbued with deep wisdom and always with a special kind of humour.

The band's name has a special meaning: Atlantic refers to the southwest of France, where the duo wrote most of the songs on their first album. Popes is meant jokingly. According to Bernhard, both musicians like the idea that everyone is a Pope and that „Popes“ has the word „POP“ in it.

History

Max and Bernhard met for the first time in Berlin in 1989. Max was looking for a producer for his then project "Echo Romeo" and Bernhard was somehow in the mood for adventure and a new musical challenge. He liked Max's voice and singing right from the start and was thrilled by the diversity of his songs. Max, for his part, was taken with a wealth of shared musical inclinations and preferences.

After they were clear about the most important prerequisites for a collaboration, they took some time off to work on the project on the southwest coast of France. After the creation phase in France, the first album was recorded in the legendary LunaPark Studio in Berlin and later finished in Bernhard's home studio. At the end of the 90s, they then gave their music project its name '„Atlantic Popes“. The first album entitled Atlantic Popes was released on 4 January 2001 and contains 14 songs, including Love and Ice also in French version. Marian Gold, the singer of Alphaville, participated in backing vocals on the song Games. For each song on the album, the bands produced short comic animation videos that can still be viewed on their website.

Da sie sich den Song aussuchen konnten, produzierte die Band eine Coverversion von Ceremony, einem Lied, das kurz nach Ian Curtis' Tod veröffentlicht wurde und das Bernhard Lloyd besonders mag. In 2001, Atlantic Popes were invited to participate in the album True Faith: A Tribute to New Order. Since they could choose the song, the band produced a Coverversion of Ceremony, a song released shortly after Ian Curtis' death and which Bernhard Lloyd particularly likes.

This was followed by an almost 20-year break from publishing, during which Max and Bernhard remained in friendly and creative contact without interruption. Many demo versions of songs were written during this time.

In May 2020, the Atlantic Popes returned with Hold on.

Since then, the band has been releasing new songs at regular intervals and is also very active on various social media channels (Facebook, YouTube and Instagram). The band's second album is currently in the works.

Band members

• Fotosession Atlantic Popes 2020
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  Max Holler (Vocals, Visuals)

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  Bernhard Lloyd (Keyboard, Sound)

Discography

Albums

• 2001: Atlantic Popes

Singles

• 05/2020: Hold On
• 05/2020: Tres (published in three versions: „Padre Mix“, „Figlio Mix“ und „Spirito Mix“)
• 07/2020: Morningson (the text refers to the youngest son of Bernhard Lloyd)
• 07/2020: Rhauder’s Enclaved Acid Mix
• 11/2020: Bars of Sevilla (a tribute to the Spanish city Sevilla and the impressive and fascinating art of the Flämischen)
• 02/2021: Man in the Moon (a song of an immersive atmosphere with a hypnotic and dense feeling, in which the moon witnesses situations that no one on earth really wants to see)
• 05/2021: Clouds and Years (a song with a more melancholic and subjective tone, intended to gently encourage reflection on (perhaps unattainable) dreams and life)
• 09/2021: Tres - Pascale Voltaire Remix (DJ Pascale Voltaire reinvented the May 2020 song Tres and turned it into a club anthem)

Special projects

• 2001: Ceremony (Cover) – True Faith: A Tribute to New Order

Cover of Atlantic Popes songs

• 11/2021: Clouds and Years (Cover of Dream Image)

Awards and nominations

• The Music video of the single „Hold On“, produced by Max Holler himself, won the Best Music Video Award at the Buddha Picasso Einstein Film Festival in September 2020. The video also received the predicate „Official Selection“ at the Gold Movie Awards UK 2021.

External links

• Official website
• AVNic1984/Artikelentwurf bei Discogs
• Atlantic Popes at Facebook
• Atlantic Popes at YouTube
• Atlantic Popes at Instagram
• Atlantic Popes Radio-Special – extensive radio interview on The Second Radio with Bernhard Lloyd about Atlantic Popes
• „My Personal Tracks“ Radio-Show with official guest Bernhard Lloyd – Interview and music of and with Bernhard Lloyd and The Second Sight at The Second Radio
• Atlantic Popes article on djsound.com.br – Article about Atlantic Popes in the most important electronic music magazine in Brazil
• Fan-Club-Interview mit Bernhard Lloyd – Interview with Bernhard Lloyd über Atlantic Popes, conducted by the Russian Alphaville fan club AlphaWhales (2001)
• Diskussions-Threat Atlantic Popes – Atlantic Popes as a discussion topic in the Alphaville fan forum „Dreamroom“

References

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