Moses Pelham

Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in Frankfurt) is a German rapper, singer and producer.

In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band Glashaus.

Works

Albums

1989: Raining Rhymes
1992: The Bastard Lookin' 4 the Light (1992 produced, but first published in 2000)
1994: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Direkt aus Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
1995: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Live aus Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
1996: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Zurück nach Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
1998: Geteiltes Leid I
2004: Geteiltes Leid II
2012: Geteiltes Leid III
2017: Herz
2020: Emuna
2021: Nostalgie Tape

Singles

1988: Ay-Ay-Ay (What We Do for Love) (with Rico Sparx)
1988: Twilight Zone
1989: Can This Be Love
1989: Raining Rhymes
1990: Muscles (with Harold Faltermeyer)
1998: Hartreim Saga
1998: Schnaps für alle
1999: Skillz (with Illmat!c & Xavier Naidoo)
1999: Mein Glück
2000: Bonnie & Clyde 2000 (with Cora E.)
2004: Ein schöner Tag
2004: 77 Minutes of Strugglin (with Illmat!c & Kool Savas)
2006: Gott liebt mich
2009: Strugglin' (2009 ISAS Remix) (with Illmat!c, Kool Savas & Cassandra Steen)
2012: Für die Ewigkeit
2019: Notaufnahme
2020: Weiße Fahne
2020: Wunder (with Faiz Mangat)
2020: Juli
2020: Emuna (acoustic) (with Stefanie Kloß)
2020: Backstein
2020: Du
2021: Lappen wie Du

Lawsuit with Kraftwerk

Pelham used for his 1997 song "Nur mir" a two-second sample of Kraftwerk's "Metall auf Metall" from 1977. As a result, Kraftwerk sued Pelham for copyright infringement. The case continued for over 20 years, with Pelham ultimately losing in 2020.^[1] However, as copyright law changed shortly afterwards, the ruling doesn't apply to the current law, and the lawsuits for the use of the sample after June 2021 continue.^[2]

References

^ BGH, Judgment of 30.04.2020, I ZR 115/16 (‘Metall auf Metall IV'), DE:BGH:2020:300420UIZR115.16.0
^ Legal Tribune Online: Kraftwerk-Fall geht noch mal zum EuGH (in German)

External links

ImGlashaus.de (in German)

[1] BGH, Judgment of 30.04.2020, I ZR 115/16 (‘Metall auf Metall IV'), DE:BGH:2020:300420UIZR115.16.0

[2] Legal Tribune Online: Kraftwerk-Fall geht noch mal zum EuGH (in German)

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