Steinkind, a German electrona and alternative rock music group formed in Leipzig in 2006, consisted of Sandor F. and Phil J., who met after a concert altercation in 2005. The duo recorded their first demo CD, Kind in Scherben, in 2006, distributing it at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival. Their breakthrough came with the single "Deutschland brennt", released by Vail Records in 2006 and later as a maxi-CD in 2007, featuring remixes from Haujobb and Xotox. Steinkind's debut album, Vom Hier im Jetzt, followed in 2007 on Vail Records, with subsequent albums including Galle, Gift & Größenwahn (2009) and Etappe 011 (2011), released under Danse Macabre.