Max Herre
Maximilian "Max" Herre ( born April 22, 1973 in Stuttgart ) is a German rapper, singer- songwriter, producer and A & R at the record label Four Music.
- 3.1 albums
- 3.2 Singles ( selection)
Biography
Max Herre grew up in his native city. His first experience with ( American ) hip-hop he made in school. After hearing Advanced Chemistry, he decided to make itself hip-hop in German. His first band Seedless Jam, he founded at the age of 15 years, his first hip hop project Agit Jazz four years later with the instrumental music producers Philippe A. Kayser ( Don Philippe ). To be able to perform their pieces live, they formed in 1993 together with the Stuttgart producer DJ Friction ( Martin Welzer ) the band Maximilian and his friends. In the same year Max co-founded with other artists the Stuttgart kolkhoz.
Friends
After the three friends in 1997 at the newly founded label Four Music of the German rap pioneers The Fantastic Four signed, they succeeded with ANNA musical and commercial breakthrough. As one of the great love anthems of the 1990s hit reached the 250.000er brand in sales, surpassing all expectations. The renamed in circle of friends band was all the rage, and their frontman Max stood in the spotlight. The debut album Squaring the circle was sold a total of 170,000 times.
1999 appeared the second album with the same name Esperanto as single extraction. With more than 300,000 copies sold, this marked the high point of the band. Later, the double live album En Directo FK Allstars appeared. The album is a live recording of four concerts from the December 1999. Services includes pieces from the circle of friends as well as new interpretations by the Allstars.
After the circle of friends had given his time last concerts in 2000, the band was again seen at several festivals in 2007, including. Stuttgart, the home town of the band, where they celebrated their 10th anniversary at the festival MTV HipHop Open
FK Allstars
Max Herre, the concept of FK- Allstars, a consortium of more than 15 artists, including Gentleman, Afrob, Sékou, Dena Joy Lane and Brooke Russell developed. In 2000, this played on some of the biggest festivals in Central Europe as Rock im Park, Rock am Ring or the Splash ago up to 70,000 visitors. After the tour, he left the band as an active member.
Producer
Under increasing pressure from its growing prominence Herre pulled from the public largely hype back and took care of after the birth of his first son mainly to the production of his wife, Joy, Dena Lane of the debut album. 2002 Mamani was finished. The top 10 album sold 130,000 times and was three times nominated for the Echo.
Solo career
Nearly five years after their last studio album of friends - Max Herre published its called according to his own solo album on which he mixed a variety of different genres together in September 2004. With this concept album Herre shows his openness and his musical range. It thereby combines soul and reggae but also rock elements flow. Herre's debut album was commercially very successful. In April 2006, Herre, Joy Dena Lane, Götz Gottschalk and Sophie Raml founded a new label called Nesola ( Esperanto: not alone ').
On 11 August 2006, the second produced by Herre Dena Lane album Born & Raised appeared on Four Music.
On August 24, 2012, he released his third album Hello world!. Earlier, the Freetrack Every day was too much with Antonino of Mega! Mega! and the single cloud 7, a duet with Philipp Poisel published. This has established itself at # 6 of the Media Control Charts. It is the first top 10 hit single for Max Herre.
Max Herre worked as a coach in 2013 with the third season of the talent show The Voice of Germany the station grouping ProSiebenSat.1. His protege going Andreas won the show.
The third German Hip- Hop Act in accordance with the Fantastic Four and Sido Max Herre released an album of the MTV Unplugged series called MTV Unplugged Kahedi radio show. To track list in addition to current songs also included songs from his former band of friends. For the album, he received at the Echo Awards 2014, the award for hip- hop artist of the year.
Private
Looking for a singer for the single With You Herre 1999 Dena Joy Lane got to know who he later married. In 2001, Herre's first son. 2002, while the production of his wife's album, Herre moved for family and career to Berlin. In 2003, his second son was born. The couple separated in February 2007, but since 2011 dating again. Max Herre is also the father of a daughter born in 2008, this he dedicated the song Vida his album Hello world!
Influences
Among his influences counts Max Herre artists such as Jay -Z, as well as Black Thought, Bob Marley Natty Dread on Al Green's Let's stay together, the British 70s rock band Free, Ostbeat musicians such as Hansi Biebl and the singer / songwriter Nick Drake. Musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, this includes as well as Udo Lindenberg, who is considered to be probably the strongest influence.
Discography
For publications with Friends see there.
Albums
- 2004: Max Herre
- 2009: A Gifted Day
- 2012: Hello world!
- 2013: MTV Unplugged Kahedi Radio Show
Singles ( selection)
Numerous collaborations with artists such as Curse, Afrob, Beginner, Massive sounds, Samy Deluxe, Dendemann, Dennis Lisk, Udo Lindenberg, Clueso, John Legend, Nosliw, Shurik'n of IAM and much more.
Awards
- ECHO Pop 2014: in the category " artists / artist / group Hip Hop / Urban ( national) " ( MTV Unplugged Kahedi radio show )