Gisbert zu Knyphausen

Gisbert zu Knyphausen ( born April 23, 1979 in Wiesbaden; Complete name: Gisbert Wilhelm Enno Freiherr zu Innhausen and Knyphausen ) is a German songwriter, singer and guitarist from Eltville - Erbach in the Rheingau Hesse.

Career

After a stay in Berlin Knyphausen studied music therapy in Nijmegen, Netherlands. In August 2005, he founded with Philip Heintze the indie label Omaha Records. In the following autumn he entered for the first time under his own name alone publicly, now he prefers the dynamics of a full band in most of his appearances. His debut album Gisbert zu Knyphausen appeared on 25 April 2008 at PIAS Germany. It contains both solo as well as accompanied with band songs. Knyphausens texts have a melancholy, but mostly hopeful character. As a musical and lyrical influences called Knyphausen ClickClickDecker, Sharam and Element of Crime. 2009 Knyphausen was awarded the HANS as the best hamburger artists. From October 2006 to April 2010 Knyphausen lived in Hamburg, then he moved to Berlin.

On 23 April 2010 he released his second album Hooray! Hurrah! So do not. , Which debuted at number 12 in the German album charts. On 29 October 2010 published Knyphausen together with Nils Koppruch a split-single containing the song bones and meat that had previously appeared on a compilation in favor of Hamburger Straße magazine Hinz & Kunzt. On 3 March 2011 Captain appeared on the label plate Bielefeld another split 7 "single with the band lights on the covers, they are mutually exclusive. Knyphausen played Lichters Empty room and lights interpreted Mirror Mirror.

In the 2011 released movie Stopped on Track by Andreas Dresen Knyphausen can be heard at summer day in the credits. In 2011, he joined some concerts together with Francesco Wilking and Moritz Krämer and their project The Highest Railway, also appeared on the 2012 EP Unhappy he was in the song Heaven is represented blue with a vocal part. In 2012 he worked until his death with Nils Koppruch. Under the name Kid Kopphausen they founded a band and release the album I.

2013 he participated in the fairy tale project There once was and if they do not, reading a The frog king or Iron Henry The for this double CD.

Reception

Knyphausens debut album received positive reviews: As a stand-out publication of the early summer of 2008 was certified him, with sparse instrumentation to tell often laconic and with brittle wit cranky betextete stories. Knyphausen density in the diction of the last century and still talking to a very young clientele. In some moments, the album recall the work Sven Regener's. The WDR editor Heiko Behr recognized one of the songs inherent Weltschmerz, the leave yet believe in a morning.

Discography

Albums

  • To Knyphausen Gisbert - 2008
  • 2010 - Hurrah! Hurrah! So do not.

Singles & EPs

  • 2006 - Mirror, Mirror / summer EP
  • 2008 - summer day
  • 2010 - Melancholy
  • 2010 - The view, split single with Nils Koppruch
  • 2011 - Empty Room / Mirror, Mirror ( split single with lights)
  • 2011 - GZK vs CCD ( Split EP with ClickClickDecker )

Live albums

  • 2009 - Gisbert zu Knyphausen live @ Temporary buildings ( as a supplement to Rolling Stone magazine (May 2009 ), not available in stores)
  • 2012 - Gisbert zu Knyphausen & Band - Live at the Konzerthaus Dortmund 2011 (limited to 8000 copies)

Albums with the band " Kid Kopphausen " (with Nils Koppruch )

  • 2012 - I
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