
Photo: Henryk Schmidt · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · credits
Timeline
1990s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Look
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
Biography
Polarkreis 18 was a German rock band from Dresden, Saxony. The bandmembers met at school, where they formed the Jack of all Trades ensemble in 1998. In 2004, they renamed their band Polarkreis 18. Its musical style can be described as rock, synth-pop and indietronica. Their albums include Polarkreis 18 and more recently The Colour of Snow
The Colour of SnowSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Tourist3:222Allein Allein4:003Prisoner4:424Untitled Picture2:085The Colour of Snow3:426130/703:527Rainhouse3:498River Loves the Ocean5:139Name On My ID4:4710Happy Go Lucky5:19. Their single "Allein, Allein" (Alone Alone) reached the number one position on the German Media Control Top100 Singles chart from 31 October 2008 to 4 December 2008 for 5 consecutive weeks and another 8 weeks on position number 2. It is one of the most successful singles in that country of all time. It has also been in the top ten of several other countries throughout Europe. It also made the number 1 position for 5 consecutive weeks in Denmark with a remake version of the Danish band Nephew.
The band consisted of: Felix Räuber, Silvester Wenzel, Uwe Pasora, Philip Makolies, Christian Grochau and Ludwig Bauer.
Singles
1 In Denmark, the Danish band Nephew remixed the song, it was called "Allein, Alene" (respectively German and Danish for alone).
2 in Germany, the song was the 13th best-selling of 2008 and the 15th best-selling single of 2009. In the decade 2000–2009, it was even more successful, making it the fifth best-selling song of that decade.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:19
1Somedays, Sundays3:522Chiropody4:323Look4:004Comes Around4:565Ursa Major4:346Operation Sun4:297Two-Armed Headcrush4:088La Craiche5:099Poem3:1910Story About3:202007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:12
1Intro0:242Dreamdancer4:253Chiropody4:454Somedays Sundays4:165Crystal Lake4:366Comes Around5:107Stellaris4:368Look4:029After All, He Was Sad2:0510Ursa Major4:5111Under This Big Moon4:022008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:54
1Tourist3:222Allein Allein4:003Prisoner4:424Untitled Picture2:085The Colour of Snow3:426130/703:527Rainhouse3:498River Loves the Ocean5:139Name On My ID4:4710Happy Go Lucky5:192010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:22
1Frei3:272Unendliche Sinfonie3:523All That I Love3:254Deine Liebe3:185Evergreen3:076Letting Go3:397Small Space Between2:018Sleep Rocket3:489Dark and Grey3:3710Elegie5:08
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Allein alleinSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 23:161Allein allein4:03 2Operation Sun4:29 3Allein Alene (reworked by Nephew)5:03 4Allein allein (Bodi Bill remix)5:09 5Allein allein (ZPYZ remix)4:32 | 30 September 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Allien AlleinSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:481Allein Allein (radio edit)3:44 2Allein Allein (instrumental)4:04 | 2009 | ||
| 2009 | The Colour of SnowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 29:511The Colour of Snow3:35 2River Loves the Ocean (piano version)4:37 3Mother Sky7:51 4The Colour of Snow (Carsten Heller mix)3:36 5Allein allein (Schiller remix)10:12 | 13 February 2009 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Polarkreis 18 head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Grochau | — | present | |
| Felix Räuber | — | present | |
| Hans-Christoph Kotzsch | — | present | |
| Ludwig Bauer | — | present | |
| Philipp Makolies | — | present | |
| Silvester Wenzel | — | present | |
| Uwe Pasora | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pk18_band.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90b18d97-718b-4a95-982d-b14019d084c0discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90b18d97-718b-4a95-982d-b14019d084c0core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695121genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695121seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarkreis_18biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarkreis_18
Why this artist is in the database
- List of German musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Henryk Schmidt · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q695121 · MusicBrainz: 90b18d97-718b-4a95-982d-b14019d084c0
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