Oliver Gottwald Explained

Oliver Gottwald (born 27 September 1978) is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was the frontman of Anajo, but is now pursuing a solo career.

Life

Oliver Gottwald grew up in Schwabmünchen near Augsburg. In 2000 he and his band Anajo won the Augsburg young talent competition "Band of the Year". He signed a contract with the music publisher Warner/Chappell[1] and the band released several EPs. In 2004 the Hamburg indie label Tapete Records signed the band.[2] There they released four albums.

In the autumn of 2014, the band announced that they would "go their separate ways".[3] [4] Oliver Gottwald then worked on a solo album that also appeared on Tapete Records in February 2015 under the title 'Zurück als Tourist'.[5] [6]

In late 2016 he founded his own label with his partner called Lieblingslieder Records,[7] on which the singles Mustangmann, Stadt Land Fluss and Halluzinationen have already been published. All three songs are part of the EP Lieblingslieder. Gottwald has also recently started working with a new permanent band, consisting of Samuel Heinecker (keyboard), Fabian Schlegel (drums) and Ralph Stachulla (bass).[8]

The single Stadt Land Fluss is the title song of the eight-part youth series "Stadt, Land, Bus" on KiKA, which was first broadcast in November 2017.[9] [10]

In addition to his own music career, He was part of the juries of the "Newcomer Contest Bayern"[11] and the "John Lennon Talent Award" several times.[12]

On March 12, 2018 the rapper Errdeka released the album "Solo", on which the song "Funkeln feat. Oliver Gottwald" can be found.[13]

Oliver Gottwald was nominated for the Augsburg Media Prize 2018 in the category Sound.[14]

Discography

Solo

Albums

Singles

With Anajo

References

  1. http://www.warnerchappell.com:[http://www.warnerchappell.com/composer-songs/GOTTWALD+OLIVER+%28CA%29 Oliver Gottwald]
  2. http://www.tapeterecords.de: Oliver Gottwald
  3. http://www.anajo.de Anajo.de
  4. Web site: Musiker Oliver Gottwald - Leiser Abschied, neuer Anfang . Deutschlandfunk . de-DE . 2018-07-26.
  5. Web site: Ex-Anajo-Sänger Oliver Gottwald ist zurück . Zissler . Miriam . Augsburger Allgemeine . de . 2018-07-26.
  6. Web site: Oliver Gottwald: Schluss mit frischem Geld . 2015-04-22 . TagesWoche . de-DE . 2018-07-26.
  7. Web site: GVL Label Recherche. labelcode.gvl.de. 2017-01-07. German.
  8. Web site: Lauter Lieblingslieder . Allgemeine . Augsburger . Augsburger Allgemeine . de . 2018-06-12.
  9. Web site: KiKA - City, country, bus. 2018-01-12. KiKA - Children's channel of ARD and ZDF. 2017-12-11. German.
  10. Web site: Oliver Gottwald von Anajo aus Augsburg schreibt Titelsong für KiKA . www.trendyone.de . de-de . 2018-07-26.
  11. http://www.newcomercontest-bayern.de/jury/ Jury of the Newcomer Contest Bayern 2014
  12. http://www.itzehoer.de/de/metanavigation/presse/pressemeldungen/pressemeldung_17475.jsp John Lennon Talent Award
  13. Web site: DIFFUS Online-Magazin für Musik . diffusmag.de . de . 2018-06-12.
  14. Web site: Der Text macht die Musik: Oliver Gottwald und die Inspiration in den kleinen Dingen - Augsburger Medienpreis 2018 . 2018-04-06 . Augsburger Medienpreis 2018 . de-DE . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053336/http://augsburger-medienpreis.de/der-text-macht-die-musik-oliver-gottwald-und-die-inspiration-in-den-kleinen-dingen/ . 2018-04-07 . dead .

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