EES (rapper)

Eric " Ees " Sell ( also ees -y EES or EeS; born October 5, 1983 in Windhoek, Namibia ) is a Namibian musician and producer of German origin ( Deutschnamibier ). Sell ​​represents a mix of the music genre Kwaito, Afro-pop, reggae and hip -hop which he refers to as " NAM Flava Music" ( Namibian influenced music ).

Eric Sell is active as a musician and producer since 2001. He finished in 2003 training as a sound engineer in the South African Cape Town. 2004 moved Ees to Germany to further his career and make Namibia and the Namibian modern music in the German speaking known. His songs are very popular especially among the youth of Namibia also due to its typical German - Namibian language. He lives in Cologne and in Windhoek.

Ees is the owner of the music production company "EES Records (YES - YES Music) " and the fashion label "EES WeaR " in Namibia.

Awards

Eric Sell won the " Listener 's Choice Award " at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009. He also won in 2009 the award for Artist of the Year ( Best Artist ) 2008 and the award for Best Rock / Alternative as the best in Rock-/Alternativ-Künstler Namibia, awarded at the Sanlam NBC Music Awards. In 2011 he won at the Namibian Annual Music Awards in the category "Best artist on the international stage ."

Sell ​​2010 was nominated for the African Music Awards as " Best Southern African Artist".

2012 won Ees along with Mandoza for the song Ayoba the "Channel O Africa Music Video Award ", one of the most important musical awards in Africa.

With the song Satisfaction with Khetama Inusa Dawuda and reached Ees in February 2013 # 7 on the Polish charts.

Publications

Albums

  • 2002 - Straight from NAM
  • 2003 - Bio - Lyrical Warfare (South Africa)
  • 2003 - Yes - Yes ( The Album)
  • 2004 - Odyssey Cru
  • 2004 - 061 for LIFE!
  • 2005 - Where is the Coolbox?
  • 2007 - Sharp, Sharp!
  • 2008 - Awee!
  • 2011 - Megaphone Ghazzie
  • 2012 - Since We Gehn ( Free Album)
  • 2012 - The Remixes
  • 2013 - If Not, Why Not!

Others

EES wrote, produced and sang with Again ' n Again the official song of the FIFA World Cup 2010 by Image Online. In addition, he was the World Cup of the on- road show. Also wrote to the Football World Cup in 2010 and sang Ees the song " Hands up ," the official World Cup song of the radio station WDR 2

Sell ​​had numerous concerts at major events in Namibia among other appearances at the Keup Charity Event Festival 2004 Summer Festival and Bremerhaven as well as the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

He turned 14 music videos that have been published primarily on MTV Base, NBC and One Africa Television Namibia.

In June 2011, EES participated in the VOX Retransmission The perfect dinner and won with a friend at the ZDF show Rescue the million! 275,000 euros. In January 2014, he took her by the sat.1 ProSieben show some millionaire choice and reached the final of the top seven.

  • Eric Sell: Esisallesoreidt, Nam Släng - German, German - NAM Släng. EeS Records Namibia, 2009, ISBN 9-789994-56-8 ( ISBN formally wrong ).

Movies

  • EES - music documentary - Namibia, Germany, 2009
  • Yes - Yes! The Kwaito Documentary, 2011
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