Turbostaat was formed in January 1999 from members of the punk rock bands,
Exil,
Zack Ahoi and
Unabomber. Following the move of the band members from Husum to Flensburg, the album
Flamingo was released in 2001 and the album
Schwan in 2003 on the label
Schiffen. The performances of Turbostaat included appearances as a warm-up act for
Beatsteaks, with whom the band worked on a German language lyric cover of the
Fu Manchu song
Hell on Wheels, which was called
Frieda und die Bomben. This appeared on the Beatsteaks single
Hello Joe in 2004. In May 2004, Turbostaat toured
Norway,
Sweden and
Finland with finish punk band Manifesto Jukebox. At the end of 2006, after label
Schiffen stopped releasing new records Turbostaat changed to the newly established label
Same Same But Different and recorded the album
Vormann Leiss at the end of March 2007, which was released on 17 August 2007. It marks the start of the since 2007 ongoing work and friendship relationship with berlin based producer
Moses Schneider, who recommended the band to capture their live sound recording their albums live as well, what the band has adopted to their way to record/produce music unchanged until now. In February 2008, the band announced that they were recording in a studio again, and at the 2009 Highfield Festival near
Hohenfelden, the album was announced for the beginning of 2010. The band played the new songs
Surt + Tyrann and
Strandgut at festivals that summer. The band's fourth album,
Das Island Manöver was released on 9 April 2010, and
Surt + Tyrann was released as a free download on the band's web site. - the album was recorded with producer
Moses Schneider at chez cherie berlin The band's fifth album,
Stadt der Angst, was released as a double vinyl on 5 April 2013 on Clouds Hill Recordings. A cd version with bonus tracks which are not on the vinyl record exists. Less than three years later, on 29 January 2016, Turbostaat released their sixth album,
Abalonia through
PIAS. The record was recorded at
Hansa Tonstudios berlin with
Moses Schneider and
Tim Tautorat. The limited bx-set contains a 7" with previously unreleased track
Der Sturm photoprints from the studio sessions and a bandana, The live record
Nachtbrot was recorded on three days in Leipzig with
Moses Schneider and was released on 11 January 2019 through PIAS. The double vinyl is embedded in a hard cover book containing photos taken over 4 years by constant roadcrew member and photographer
Andreas Hornhoff. Uthlande released 17 January 2020 through PIAS and was recorded at
Hansa Tonstudios berlin with
Moses Schneider and
Tim Tautorat. The album was listed 6th in the German top 100 charts. == Side projects ==