Glasperlenspiel

Glasperlenspiel (glass bead game) is the musician duo Carolin Niemczyk (vocals) and Daniel Grunenberg (vocals and keyboard).
Since 2003 the friends have been playing music together. Due to this they have become a good artist team and they can trust each other because of the strong bond forged between them.

Glasperlenspiel is rooted in the band project “Keine Zeit“. This band of seven people was founded in their hometown Stockach, Germany. “Keine Zeit” (No Time) won the Radio ENERGY Newcomer Contest 2009/2012 and so the guys got their first recording contract.

To do one´s own thing

“Keine Zeit” envolved into “Glasperlenspiel”, – the bearer of the name is the novella “Das Glasperlenspiel” from Hermann Hesse. „We thought the book´s aspects go with us. And finally it´s all about remaining true to oneself, avoiding dissembling and doing one´s own thing.“

In 2011 Glasperlenspiel ranked fourth at the Bundesvision Song Contest and in the same year their first album “Beweg dich mit mir“ was released. It was very successful in the charts as well as the singles in 2011 and 2012. The own Headliner Tour through Germany was sold out, a lot of fun and it has whetted their appetite for more!
Glasperlenspiel´s music style is electro-pop. The song´s lyrics have a clear message about virtues, friendship and authenticity. And their success proved them right.

No limits

In spring 2013 the second album “Grenzenlos” (no limit) was released and they were on tour.
In 2014 Glasperlenspiel sang the theme melody of a big German soap and one of their songs become the theme melody of a TV documentary soap.

In the following year Glasperlenspiel was the supporting act for Helene Fischer´s “Farbenspiel” tour. In March the third album “Tag X” (Day X) was released. In August Glasperlenspiel ranked 6th at the Federal Song Contest. In 2016 the band was on “Tag X Tour” and in October was the release of the Live DVD (3 new songs included).

Dare you

After the successful festival tour 2017/18, the current album “Licht & Schatten” was released. There was another song highlight in April 2020, because here they released not only their new song “Immer da”, but also “Trau Dich” by and with Kelly Clarkson.
In the same year Glasperlenspiel took part in the 1st Free European Song Contest. Due to Carolin’s Polish roots, they started for Poland and took 11th place.
The single “Gestört, aber geil” was released in 2021 and “Sunglasses” was released the following year.