Reptiphon

Reptiphon is an independent music label and audiobook publisher based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1999 by Marco Vanselow and Heiko Werning. Since 2007, Heiko Werning has been the sole managing director. The label operates a sub-label called Popappeal, which has released recordings by acts such as Die Grätenkinder and Superpunk. Reptiphon's catalog focuses on German-language spoken word, cabaret, and literary audio productions, often tied to Berlin's reading-stage (Lesebühne) scene. Artists who have released with the label include Martin Goldenbaum, Jan Koch, Sebastian Krämer, Manfred Maurenbrecher, and Marco Tschirpke. Notable releases include the double CD accompanying Falko Hennig's "10 Jahre Reformbühne Heim & Welt: Die historischen Tondokumente" (2005), the audiobook double CD of the Berlin reading stage Die Brauseboys titled "Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser!" (2006), and the 2007 live reading-stage audiobook "Live im Wedding – Der Frühschoppen. Die Lesebühne" recorded on 19 and 20 January 2007. The label's official website is currently under construction, but its releases are documented in the catalog of the German National Library and on Discogs.

Reptiphon was founded in 1999 in Berlin by Marco Vanselow and Heiko Werning as a music label and audiobook publisher. The label emerged from and remained closely associated with Berlin's vibrant reading-stage (Lesebühne) scene, a literary performance movement that gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2007, Heiko Werning became the sole managing director. The label also operates a sub-label called Popappeal, which has released recordings by acts such as Die Grätenkinder and Superpunk. Over the years, Reptiphon has released works by numerous German spoken-word and cabaret artists, including Martin Goldenbaum, Jan Koch, Sebastian Krämer, Manfred Maurenbrecher, and Marco Tschirpke. Notable releases include the double CD accompanying Falko Hennig's "10 Jahre Reformbühne Heim & Welt: Die historischen Tondokumente" (Merenberg, 2005), the audiobook double CD of the Berlin reading stage Die Brauseboys titled "Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser!" (2006, edited by Volker Surmann, Nils Heinrich, Robert Rescue, Hinark Husen, Frank Sorge, and Heiko Werning), and the 2007 live reading-stage audiobook "Live im Wedding – Der Frühschoppen. Die Lesebühne" recorded on 19 and 20 January 2007, featuring Hans Duschke, Horst Evers, Andreas Scheffler, Sarah Schmidt, Dr. Seltsam, Hinark Husen, and Jürgen Witte. The label's releases are archived in the German National Library and cataloged on Discogs. As of the latest available information, the official website is under construction.

• 2007

  Heiko Werning becomes sole managing director. Release of "Live im Wedding – Der Frühschoppen. Die Lesebühne" recorded on 19–20 January 2007.

• 2006

  Release of audiobook double CD of Die Brauseboys' "Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser!".

• 2005

  Release of double CD for Falko Hennig's "10 Jahre Reformbühne Heim & Welt: Die historischen Tondokumente".

• 1999

  Reptiphon founded in Berlin by Marco Vanselow and Heiko Werning.

Independent niche label specializing in German-language spoken word, cabaret, and literary audio productions, closely tied to Berlin's reading-stage culture.

• 2005

  10 Jahre Reformbühne Heim & Welt: Die historischen Tondokumente

• 2006

  Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser!

• 2007

  Live im Wedding – Der Frühschoppen. Die Lesebühne

1. 1Reptiphon official websitereptiphon.de
2. 2Reptiphon on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Reptiphon on German Wikipediade.wikipedia.org