Was Perplexity alles so über die Band weiß – What Perplexity knows about the band (February 2025)

Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C was a psychedelic rock band from Germany that was active from 1983 to 1992. The band was founded in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße and was mainly active in the Rhine-Main area.

Core members of the band were:

    Dominik Engel (keyboard and vocals)

    Mike Schröder, also known as Mike Floyd (bass and vocals)

The band went through various line-ups, with Engel and Schröder remaining the only constant members. They began as a school band and evolved over the years.

Musical style:

    Focus on psychedelic music of the 1960s

    Influences of hard rock from the early 1970s

    Inspiration from bands like The Doors, Pink Floyd, and The Temptations

Special features:

    The band emphasised their own compositions

    Live performances were organised as multimedia events with Super 8 films and psychedelic slide projections

    They played in youth centres, at local festivals and in underground clubs.

Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C released several cassettes during their active period. Their last live performance took place on 22 February 1992 at the Eledil in Darmstadt. The band disbanded during the recording of their first album, which was never officially released.

Posthumous releases:

  "Draw Down The Distance": An album of unreleased recordings, including tracks from the unfinished album from 1992

    "Rainfrontier": Another posthumous release

These releases give an insight into the band's music, which was only known to a limited audience during their active period.

Screenshots deutsche Version:

It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine: Interview

Klemen Breznikar hat ein superlanges Interview über Cloud Nine auf seinem exzellenten Musikblog It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine veröffentlicht. Er wollte etwas ganz Besonderes mit uns machen, ein Interview, das wirklich in die Tiefe geht – und das hat er bekommen!

Vielen Dank, Klemen, für dein Interesse!

Hier geht's zum Interview! 

Klemen Breznikar has published a super long interview about Cloud Nine on his excellent music blog It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. He wanted to do something very special with us, an interview that really goes into depth - and that's what he got!

Thank you, Klemen, for your interest!

Read it here!

A little Band history

Von Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C gab es insgesamt 6 verschiedene „MK-Versionen“ (also 6 verschiedene Besetzungen). Hier zum Nachlesen: – Band History –

Von den drei Gitarristen war Peter Schupp am längsten dabei. Leider wird er auf der LP und der 10" nicht zu hören sein, da die verwertbaren Aufnahmen erst nach seiner Zeit entstanden.

Auf dem Foto – vermutlich von 1989 – zu sehen (v. l. n. r): Mike, Dominik, Christof (Lightshow), Peter. Nicht auf dem Foto: der damalige Drummer (entweder Jens, oder wenn der da schon ausgestiegen war, Aushilfsdrummer Denner)

There were a total of 6 different "MK versions" of Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C (i.e. 6 different line-ups).

See here: – Band History –

 

Of the three guitarists, Peter Schupp was with the band the longest. Unfortunately, he will not be heard on the LP and the 10", as the usable recordings were only made after his time.
On the photo - presumably from 1989 - you can see (from left to right): Mike, Dominik, Christof (Lightshow), Peter. Not on the photo: the drummer at that time (either Jens, or if he had already left, temporary drummer Denner).

Cloud Nine - Evolution of a Psychedelic Rock Band (1983-1992)

Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C, live 1989

In the near future I will post some stuff of the german Psychedelic Rock/Jam Band named CLOUD NINE & THE VITAMIN C to show the evolution of that group, which started in late 1983 as a school band and ended in 1992 after many line-up changes as a promising Neo-Psych act in full flight...

Soon you will get the chance to hear some stuff of CNVC. Hopefully. I tried to post a collage of some of their, hmm ... greatest hits, that I had posted some time ago on my blog Homemade Lofi Psych, so that you could decide for yourself if you REALLY want to listen to this kind of stuff... be warned: THIS REALLY IS HOMEMADE LOFI PSYCH!!! – from a band that had great ideas and great ideals, but hardly the technical abilities (at least in the beginning) ... but ... sadly I can't find that collage at the moment.

"On the one hand we were 20 years too late in what we were doing, on the other hand 20 years too early. Right in the middle – in a musical desert."
(Quote of Peter Schupp, CNVC guitar player 1983-89, in the year 2007)

Peter S., Cloud Nine & the Vitamin C, live 1985
 

In naher Zukunft werde ich hier das eine oder andere von der deutschen Psychedelic Rock/Jam Band CLOUD NINE & THE VITAMIN C posten, um die Entwicklung dieser Gruppe zu dokumentieren, die Ende 1983 als Schülerband begann und 1992 nach vielen Besetzungswechseln als vielversprechender Neo-Psych-Act in voller Fahrt endete ...

Schon bald werdet ihr die Gelegenheit bekommen, etwas von CNVC zu hören. Hoffentlich. Ich habe versucht, eine Collage von einigen ihrer, hmm ... größten Hits zu posten, die ich vor einiger Zeit bereits auf meinem Blog Homemade Lofi Psych vorgestellt hatte, damit ihr selbst entscheiden könnt, ob ihr euch diese Art von Zeug WIRKLICH anhören wollt ... seid gewarnt: DAS IST WIRKLICH HOMEMADE LOFI PSYCH!!! – von einer Band, die große Ideen und große Ideale hatte, aber kaum die dazu nötigen technischen Fähigkeiten (zumindest am Anfang) ... aber ... leider kann ich diese Collage im Moment nicht finden.

"Einerseits waren wir 20 Jahre zu spät dran mit dem, was wir taten, andererseits 20 Jahre zu früh. Genau in der Mitte – in einer musikalischen Wüste."
(Zitat von Peter Schupp, CNVC-Gitarrist 1983-89, im Jahr 2007)

Cloud Nine & The Vitamin C – Band History
1. CNVC # 1 (ca. Nov. 1983 - April 1985)
Dominik Engel: vocals, keyboards; Peter Schupp: guitar; Michael Schröder: bass; Jens Schupp: drums; Björn Janetzky: sax, voice
2. CNVC # 2 (ca. April 1985 - Feb. 1986)
Dominik Engel: keyboards, voc.; Markus Bayerl: lead voc.; Peter Schupp: guitar; Michael Schröder: bass; Jens Schupp: drums; Björn Janetzky: sax, voice
3. CNVC # 3 (ca. Feb. 1986 - April 1989)
Dominik Engel: vocals, keyboards; Peter Schupp: guitar; Michael Schröder: bass, voc.; Jens Schupp: drums
4. CNVC # 4 (May 1989)
D. Engel: voc, keyb.; P. Schupp: g.; M. Schröder: bs, voc.; Daniel P. Cäsar: dr
5. CNVC # 5 (ca. March 1990 - Sept. 1990)
D. Engel: voc, keyb.; M. Schröder: bs, voc.; Andy Schulz: g.; Peter "Fuchs" Gündling: dr.
6. CLOUD NINE (CNVC # 6) (ca. June 1991 - Febr. 1992)
D. Engel: keyb,, voc,; Pete Hergo: g., voc; M. Schröder: bs, voc.; Chris: dr.