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About Me

............................................... park was formed in 1994 after david taught himself how to strum the guitar, but actually park is existing already forever and ever since ............................................... the first written song was "i'm down", followed soon by "lady suburbia", "call me arthur", "busstop girl" and "low temperatures" in 1995.. ............................................... first recordings were released on tape:........ ..............................................."wir hÃ¶ren stereo" (1995)......................"lady suburbia" (1995)........................."towerblock love" (1995)(various incarnations of this tape are out since and it is still in the making for a real release)................. ...............................................the first recordings on cd:.................... ...............................................reality? (1999)................................1.reality (cover).............................. 2.short acquaintance........................... ............................................... are we alone? (2001)........................... ............................................... "call me arthur" and "low temperatures" found their way on the dogma-sampler................. ...............................................public performance (2005)......................the berlin recordings (2006)................... ............................................... live shows, besides busking here and there, include supports for:briskeby (nor),jeansteam (berlin),antenna (hannover/dÃ¼sseldorf),the thrills (irl),edson (swe),st.thomas (nor),paris (swe),superpanzer (kiel),radio ados (hamburg),knarf-rellÃ¶m-trinity (hamburg),vega 4 (uk),osni (fr)liechtenstein (swe)...............................................

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2007
Band Website: discogs.com/artist/park+(2)
Band Members: david:guitar and singing....................... dj patex:drums................................. nikken:bass.................................... ............................................... so far park was a band with david as the only constant member, except for some friends who help out on recording the music from time to time. in the past john harten (shuttle bitch, etc.), helge mÃ¶ller (helge mÃ¶ller, etc.), friedrich paravincini (lou reed, etc.), dirk wittenberg, amo meier and jan theilmann (antenna) gave their genius touch to benefit the songs of park.............................. ............................................... any other people applying for band-membership should carry one of the following names or the like: andy, vicky, stavroz, silas, paul, anne.. ............................................... most recently you should be able to know, play and love the following named instrument quite well: synthasizer.............................. ...............................................
Influences: tv, public transport, tom wood, music, boredom, roskilde festival, concrete, good scotch, yesterday, white vine, art, parks, francois truffaut tea, coffee, yearning, k.m., music, landscapes, tomorrow, red vine, j.d.salinger, decay, books, mettenhof, supermarkets, a good hot curry, weather conditions............................. ............................................... apart from that park is influenced by or said to remind of the following: the times, jona lewie, pavement, wings, blur, leonard cohen, new order, magazine, franz ferdinand, the kinks, elastica, the cure, tv personalities, blumfeld, sonic youth, popnoname, david bowie, elvis costello, graham coxon, kraftwerk, madness, wire, housemartins, grauzone, the who and more...
Sounds Like:music
Record Label: truetone records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

jetzt neu: park die band! 17.8. dockville, 14.30 uhr, wäldchenbühne

dj patex: schlagzeug + nikken: bass + david: gesang und gitarre =parkdie proben liefen bisher super und die songs klingen toll! wir freuen uns!zu sehen dann am nächsten sonntag hier:www.dockville.de...
Posted by park on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:07:00 PST

summerhit for a rainy day

hello my dear listeners,since summer seems to taken a rest since i arrived in hamburg yesterday,it might be the appropiate time for a little catchy ditty:call me arthur!and it's brandnew among my tune...
Posted by park on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:41:00 PST

enjoy fantastic sound anytime, anywhere: tape n°1

dedicated listeners,here it is, finally: my first compilation within 8 years!surprisingly it's totally blur-free, though now i seem to concentrate on orange juice instead. it's best to be listend to o...
Posted by park on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:01:00 PST

videoclip: f.s.k.

things that happen: you walk haphazardly in your favourite club, bump into an old aquaintant and director and then you end up in a video. for about a blink of an eye, at least. so try to spot me! F...
Posted by park on Tue, 13 May 2008 03:07:00 PST

vierzehntes stockwerk

der vertrocknete strunk irgendeiner balkonpflanze im blumenkasten weht im wind. schön, hier oben sind es nur die wolken, der himmel, aber am liebsten verlier ich mich in den wiegenden wipfeln einer b...
Posted by park on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:56:00 PST

berlin, hast du eine wohnung oder ein zimmer für mich?

hallo leute!ich suche weiterhin eine kleine ein-zimmer-wohnung oder ein schönes zimmer in einer zwanglosen, aber netten wg hier in berlin.eine warmmiete von 200¬ bis 250¬ wäre toll, dadrüber geht no...
Posted by park on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:56:00 PST

neue probleme out now - read more about the new read!

hey folks!the second issue of "neue probleme" is out now!the bilingual pastime read featuring hot stuff like an interview with jenny wilson, another with jens lekman and something about erlend oye; a...
Posted by park on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:37:00 PST

park press release

park press releasedue to physical exhaustion, too much touring and an unhealthy, glamorous lifstyle the singer and guitarist of park, david orth, has decided to check in a rehab-clinic in south france...
Posted by park on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:53:00 PST