Verdacht themselves in 2000 before being picked up by Tapete Records a

couple years later. Their sound and style consisted of an Indie rock guitar
sound, and they arranged their songs in a post rock way.
The record company Tapete Records from Hamburg distributed their album in
2002 and published an EP with five new songs. Tapete Records published as well
their second album  Wovon sollen wir leben in 2004. This album contains
mainly German pop songs with background stories in the texts. In the majority of
cases the texts deal with the individual every day life, often with respect to their
love affairs. Tele's music resembles that of the 1980s, but not necessarily in an
intentional, retro-fashioned way. This is due to the use of keyboard-
arrangements and synthesizer-wind instruments.
For their third full-length LP, Wir brauchen nichts, Tele began experimenting
with different sounds, taking inspiration from the 1940s, lullabies, and choir
music. The album was produced by sound engineer Patrik Majer, who also
arranged the productions for the band Wir sind Helden. Lead singer Fransceco
Wilking featured on Wir sind Helden's third album Soundso, singing an exchange
with Judith Holofernes. To date, Wir brauchen nichts is Tele's most
commercially successful record due to the success of the single Mario, which
Tele used to represent the state Baden-Württemberg at the Bundesvision Song
Contest. The song ranked at number 10 after viewer votes