Giraffenaffen – which translate to “Giraffe Monkey” in English – is an album of children’s music recorded by popular recording artists in Germany. Each song on the album has corresponding music video that features “Giraffenaffen”, a puppet character who was built and performed by Norman Schneider (hit the link to see some behind-the-scenes photos on Norman’s blog).
You can see some of the videos from Giraffenaffen after the jump… This is the video for a version of the traditional German children’s song Hey Ho, Hitch Up the Cart (“Hejo, spann den Wagen an”) by German-Nigerian rising star Chima:
…and a cover of Mahna Mahna by German rapper Dendemann:
You can watch more Giraffenaffen music videos on YouTube. The full album is available on Amazon.
Via Tom.
