Thees Uhlmann

Thees Uhlmann ( born April 16, 1974 in Hemmoor ) is a German musician and author. He is a founding member and lead singer of the band from Hamburg Tomte and he is also active as a solo artist.

Life

Already at school Uhlmann founded in the late 1980s the band, should emerge from the 1994 Tomte. After graduating from high school Warstade Hemmoor in 1993 Uhlmann began in 1996 a teaching degree in the subjects of politics and English at the University of Cologne. After two years he moved to the University of Hamburg. After the first successes with Tomte 2000 he broke off his studies.

In 1999, Thees Uhlmann accompanied the band Tocotronic befriended on tour and wrote about the book, we could be friends. The Tocotronic tour diaries. In addition, he wrote among other things, Intro, Spex, Visions and Music Express.

Together with the Kettcar musicians Marcus Wiebusch and Reimer Bustorff In 2002 he established his own label Grand Hotel van Cleef ( GHvC ).

In 2005 he was No songs about love along with Jürgen Vogel and Heike Makatsch front of the camera for the film. He played the guitar the first fictional Hansen Band, which was in the same year on tour and released an album.

6 May 2011 published by Tapete Records, a tribute album for the band Super Punk, for the Uhlmann contributed the song A little bit of soul. In summer 2011, Thees Uhlmann played with his band at numerous festivals, including Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, Hurricane Festival, Area4 and on the Highfield Festival. Mid-June 2011 published on the occasion of a mini - tour of Canada, a 7 "single, on the Uhlmann together with the Canadian band Imaginary Cities has recorded two of his songs in English and French and also the song Hummingbird covert this band.

On 26 August 2011, the self-titled solo album Thees Uhlmann appeared at the Grand Hotel van Cleef. With the first single to spawn and die pull the salmon up the river came Uhlmann for Hamburg in the Federal Vision Song Contest 2011 and finished in 8th place. Live Uhlmann occurs together with Tobias Kuhn (guitar), Nikolai Potthoff (guitar ), Julia Hill (keyboards ), Markus Perner (drums) and Hubert Steiner ( bass) on.

On August 30, 2013, the second solo album was released under the name # 2.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Guest appearances and compilations

  • 2004: We move us not budge on The universe is too far from the star
  • 2007: We Raven on excess Express from Plemo feat. Torsun ( Egotronic )
  • 2010: This is a game ( Naki Edit) on the sampler St. Pauli hundred
  • 2011: A bit of soul Oh, this sound - Stars play Superpunk the tribute album for the band Superpunk
  • 2011: XOXO XOXO on Casper
  • 2012: Me & You duet with Alba Rohrwacher on the soundtrack album of the film Luck

Awards

  • 2011: HANS - The Hamburg Music Prize - Hamburger Artist of the Year
  • 2011: 1LIVE crown - Best Plan B Act
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