Carsten Bohn

Carsten Bohn ( born August 18, 1948 in Hamburg, Username CeBee ) is a German musician from Hamburg and former drummer of the City Preachers and one of the founders of the popular in the 1970s band Frumpy. He is known primarily for its music older European radio plays.

Carsten Bohn runs the record label BigNote records; his son Dennis Bohn is the producer of the German Dance lineup Brooklyn Bounce. Among other things, Dennis runs the record label Mental Madness Records.

• 3.1 Frumpy
• 3.2 Various projects
• 3.3 Carsten Bohn's Bandstand
• 3.4 music for television ( selection)

Hörspielmusik

Carsten Bohn composed 1979-1983 98 pieces of music for the Miller International label Europe, of which 78 compositions in their known radio drama series ( Famous Five, TKKG, The Three Investigators, HG Francis The horror series ( neon ), Larry Brent, Macabros, Flash Gordon, Edgar Wallace, The radio - foxes, Pizza gang were used, and others). Carsten Bohn sings the theme song of the Famous Five series radio play ( "We are the Famous Five, Julian and Dick, Anne and George ...").

1986 was researched that listening to 172 radio plays of Europe, the music of Carsten Bohn (a total of 2006 sequences with an average of 3:38 min. Per episode ).

2008 Carsten Bohn composed exclusively new radio play music for the radio play label canora media and their implementation of the pulp novel series Professor Zamorra made ​​by Bastion -Verlag.

Dispute with BMG -Miller

The songs were published in Europe at that time, inter alia, under the law stemming from Miller International pseudonym Bert Brac. More created by Miller International Sammelpseudonyme are Ralph Bonda, Phil Moss and Betty George. These pseudonyms were used by Heikedine Körting and Andreas E. Beurmann. This was the reason for disputes relating to the Tantiemenvergütung between the composer and the former production company Miller International (now Sony Music). Since then, the radio drama episodes with the music of Carsten Bohn may no longer be sold. Since 1986, the relevant consequences, with the old blends of radio plays have been replaced with remixes of songs from other musicians. In the three? This relates, for example, the sequences 1 to 39, wherein the sequences 1 to 33 TKKG

The original tapes or records with the old music mixes have therefore partly a considerable sentimental value, especially published in 1982 Episode 29 from the three-? Series (Catalog 929.1 115 (LP ) and 515 929.6 (MC ) ) and the following 15 Horror Pop sounds from the neon HG Francis horror series.

The Five Friends theme song was sold as a product lump sum including all patent rights and is therefore still in use today.

" Brandnew Oldies "

In October 2004, Carsten Bohn published with Brandnew Oldies Volume 1, the first CD on which he has re-recorded with his band 18 old pieces for the first time in full length. Was accompanied publication of a two-hour live performance by Carsten Bohn's Bandstand on October 2, 2004 at verdigris in Hamburg. A film recording of the concert was released in 2006 as a Special Fan Edition on DVD. On April 4, 2007, this live DVD (including live - CD) was officially released as part of a concert in Hamburg Mandarin Kasino. At the marketing of Brand New Oldies Vol 1 by Saturn, a 45-minute live concert in Hamburg's Saturn store on Moenckebergstraße took place on 6 May 2005. The Brandnew Oldies Vol 2 was released in December 2005.

On 31 October 2009, the Brand New Oldies Vol 3 was released. Carsten Bohn's Publication concert of Brandnew Oldies Vol 3 in Delphi Showpalast Hamburg - To mark the occasion was held on the same day - following the appearance of the Three Investigators spokesman in Hamburg's Color Line Arena.

The current Bandstand Cast ( 2009) is: Carsten Bohn (drums / vocals), George Kochbeck ( E-Piano/Keyboards/Orgel ), Bernd Schultze ( E-Piano/Keyboards/Orgel ), Frank Fischer ( bass), Carola Kretschmer ( electric guitar ), Frank Stehle ( electric guitar ), Corinna Ludzuweit (percussion).

Instruments

During his time at Frumpy Carsten Bohn played drums for the brand Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl in the finish and configuration: 22 " bass drum, 13" hanging tom, 16 " floor tom, 5" × 14 " Snare, hi-hat and three pools. This set was identical to that of its color pattern and the drum forth with the number of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles.

Discography

Frumpy

Various projects

Carsten Bohn's Bandstand

Music for television ( selection)

• 2001: Kiss Me, Tiger! ( inter alia with Uwe Ochsenknecht, Director: Jan Růžička )
• 2005: love as the first day
• 2005: Holidays at last!
• 2008: Anna's secret
• 2008: The wife of the barber
• 2009: Hope for Kummerow
• 2010: The days of life!
• 2011: pilgrimage to Padua

Awards

Carsten Bohn was 31 October 2009 awarded for his radio play music, composed in the 1970s and 1980s for the Label Europa with 62 Golden and four platinum records at once. This has never happened before in this form in Germany.

• The three? 29 × Gold
• 3 × Platinum