Hellmut Hattler
Hellmut Hattler ( born April 12, 1952 in Ulm ) is a German jazz and rock bassist.
Biography
Kraan
Hattler played with 16 years of bass in a school band, among others with Jan Wolbrandt on drums and Johannes Pappert on sax. When Peter came to Wolbrandt, he switched to bass guitar. For this quartet in 1971, the jazz-rock band Kraan. After the meaning of the name of the band interviewed, explained its inventor Hattler: ". It sounds good because it forwards hard, aggressive starts and rear soft stops " This duality considered in a musical context, henceforth became the hallmark Hattler's and his various projects. His music liked the one hand, a groove-oriented audience, while others considered him for the German bassist par excellence. After six albums and hundreds of concerts with Kraan Hellmut Hattler released, supported by a German all- star cast, his first solo album Bass Ball.
1975-1981 and 2008, he played the way under the pseudonym Karla Maria mad at Guru Guru.
The band Kraan lived in the years of its existence, among other things together for financial reasons. Although after seven years emerged first resolution plans, they created with Flyday 1978, according to its critics one of the most outstanding plates of her career. This was followed by three more albums until the band was finally dissolved in 1983.
End of the 80 one was back for some years active, the trumpeter Joo Kraus took over doing the part of keyboardist Ingo Bischof. In summer 2000 's gave a highly acclaimed comeback in Ulm and then on the Burg Herzberg Festival ( Cast: Peter Wolbrandt Jan Fride Wolbrandt, Hellmut Hattler and Ingo Bischof ). 2001 Hattler celebrated its 30th anniversary on stage with Kraan and released a new CD Live in 2001. Since then the band released new productions and is also heard live again.
Tab Two
After a short stint with the group Fehlfarben Hattler met in 1986 on the Ulmer trumpeter Joo Kraus. Together with guitarist Torsten de Winkel, which can be heard in the following period on all tab -Two albums as a guest, the CD de - angle Hattler was - Humanimal Talk. After de angle emigration to the United States Hattler and Kraus 1991 produced as their first duo Tab Two - plate, Mind Movie. To unite For the initial experiments, jazz and hip -hop were the pioneering German acid jazz formation, with its seven albums had great success. Flagman Ahead became the long-running American radio stations; the duo composed for Tina Turner. Nevertheless, Tab Two ended after many worldwide tours cooperation and broke up.
Since 2011, the two musicians worked together on the best-of album Two Thumbs Up, which was released in April 2012. After a first appearance at a festival to Hattler's birthday in 2012 they played 12 concerts. In 2013 there were two appearances as Tab Two & Friends, with the former guest vocalist Sandie Wollasch and Oli Rubow on drums and Ralf Schmid to keyboards.
Hattler
With the inspiration of young musicians who deliberately incorporate electronics into their style of play, Hattler presented in 2000 his latest project Hattler on the legs, which set a new impetus with the album No Eats Yes. No Eats Yes was awarded in March 2001 with the German Record Prize ECHO.
Even with the project Deep -Dive -Corp. he has shown electronic, and from 2000 - recorded five albums of 2006, followed by a best-of album.
Since 2006 Hattler is heard in tapered cast with Fola Dada, Torsten de Winkel and Oli Rubow on the CD The Big flow and on tour.
In 2001, Hattler record label Bassball Recordings.
Hellmut Hattler has released two bass books, on the one hand, on the other hand, the song represents the Hattler songbook of its various projects in tablature and music notation school hip bass, which deals mainly with the developed Hattler even plectrum technique.
Hattler about yourself
1971 Hattler said about himself: "We have no steady jobs in this society. We concentrate on the music. We try to make out of this situation is largely a music that separates us from the usual pop cliché. We strive for a closed music experience that touches all spheres of our life areas. We have no role models -. , We make our own music "
Textbooks
- Hip Bass 1995 AMA -Verlag, ISBN 9783927190344
- Hellmut Hattler Song Book 2009, Bosworth Music, ISBN 9783865434340
Discography
With Kraan
- Kraan (1972)
- Wintrup (1973 )
- Andy Nogger (1974 )
- Live (1975 )
- Let it out ( 1976)
- Goodbye (1977 )
- Flyday (1979 )
- Tour (1980 )
- Night Ride (1982 )
- Kraan "X" ( 1983)
- Live 88 (1988)
- Dancing In The Shade (1989 )
- Soul Of Stone ( 1991)
- Live 2001 (2001)
- Berliner Ring (2002)
- Through (2003)
- Psychedelic Man ( 2007)
- Diamonds ( 2010)
With Tab Two
- Mind Movie (1991 )
- Space Case (1992 )
- Hip Jazz ( 1994)
- Flagman Ahead (1995 )
- Belle Affaire (1996 )
- Sonic Tools ( 1997)
- Zzzipp ...! (2000)
- Two Thumbs Up (2012 )
- Zzzipp ...! extended ( 2013)
Hattler
- Bass Ball ( 1978)
- No Eats Yes (2000)
- Remixed Vocal Cuts ( 2002)
- Mallberry Moon (2003)
- Bass Cuts ( 2004)
- Surround Cuts DVD video (2005)
- The Big Flow ( 2006)
- Live Cuts ( 2007)
- Gotham City Beach Club Suite (2010)
- The Kite (2013 )
- Live in Glems (2013, MP3)
With Siyou'n'Hell
- Hellmut Hattler meets Siyou (2010)
- Two2one (2012 )
Ali Neander
- Ali Neander feat. Hellmut Hattler (2010)