 The group unites influences from dark wave with pop music and elements of avant-garde.Deine Lakaien was founded in 1985 by Ernst Horn and Alexander Veljanov.Ernst Horn had just quit his position as a conductor at the Statestheater of Baden in Karlsruhe, while keeping his freelance work as pianist and composer for dramas at the "Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel" in Munich being engaged in avant-garde music of the 20th century.