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marius goldhammer

bassplayer from cologne, germany

About Me

i am a session bassplayer from cologne/ germany, bassteacher at the music university in cologne and i'm currently working with several bands and producers/ studios all over germany, including "cosmicspacedrift", "christina lux", "koenigwerq", "der ring-musical", "midnight mover" and loooots of other acts.
find more information at : www.mariusgoldhammer.de
only some of the people i've been fortunate enough to work with (live/ studio):
Marla Glen, Gloria Gaynor, Jocelyn B.Smith, Randy Crawford, Sandy Reed, Joe Sample, Kathy Kelly, T.M. Stevens, Laith Al Deen, Pe Werner, Joo Kraus, Angie Brown, Micha L., Frank Nimsgern, Aino Laos, Nippy Noya, Patrick Nuo, Serge Maillard & the slow motion, Lene Marlin (MTV Award 99), EBI, The Supremes, Heinz-Rudolf Kunze, Weather Girls, SoulCats, Katy Karrenbauer, Asanisimasa, Karl Frierson, Pat Appleton, Charles Simmons, Gracia Baur, Leon Delray & Busy Body Band, Al Bano, Nubya, balduclub, Les Mc Cann, FranckBand, J..rg Kn..r, David Hanselmann, Hiram Bullock, Gagey Mrotzek, Imaani (Incognito), Jeff Cascaro, Christoph Lindner, Natasha Wright, Edo Zanki, Regy Clasen, Guildo Horn, Finn Martin Group, Bonita Louw, Danny Harrison (George..s son), Nicole Da Silva, Chris Isaak, Tv Total/Heavytones, Cosmo Klein/Phunkguerilla, Juliette Schoppmann, Michelle, Andru Donalds, Declan and Nadja Benaissa (No Angels).
i am endorsed by Aguilar Amps, EBS, Lakland Basses/ Strings, DR Strings, LeFay Basses, Fischer Amps, Taranaki Guitars and Asics Shoes.
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
Band Website: mariusgoldhammer.de
Band Members: there ain't enough space to add them all!
Influences: will lee, pino palladino, miles davis, jaco, meshell ndegeocello, david hungate, sting, stanley clarke, tim lefebrve, shawn colvin, marcus miller, jimmy haslip, tommy sims, pieter douma, weather report, chaka khan, stevie wonder, john mayer, james jamerson, my family, friends, the musicians i play with, bassguitars in general, students and all kinds of bands/ artists/ music; way too many to mention here.
Sounds Like: me.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

some information about the songs here

"musik" is a song from the upcoming album of one of my bands, "asanisimasa".it was recorded 2007 and features wolf simon on drums, cornelius borgolte ..s, mickes lücker on guitar and myself. we wrote ...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:20:00 PST

it’s a fine line between "art" and "commercials"

...but people that know me know that i like to play both! it is a little strange sometimes. just when i thought "oops, i've gotta do some commercial gigs to earn some cash", the phone started ringing....
Posted by marius goldhammer on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST

for all you bassgearheads, here is the list

since i get asked about my equipment a lot these days, a short list of what i am using mostly.basses:lakland 55/ 94 5-string with dr fatbeams, maple neck, bartolini pu'slakland skyline hollowbody with...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

update, check out the new photos!

hi everybody,some news in short terms:-the declan album and the single "ego you" is out, see it on youtube. just add "declan+ego you" and you can hear the track, feat. myself on bass and my buddy patr...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:21:00 PST

it’s cosmic

hi everybody,touring was a little crazy during the last weeks. played gigs with all kinds of bands, some shows in the east with königwerq, gigs with frank nimsgern (feat. xaver fischer, mario garrucci...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:57:00 PST

my personal minibassday today

1. at 10 in the morning, i received an email from hardy kurandt, who builds excellent amps and cabs in cologne. he invited me to check his stuff in his little basement workshop in the center of cologn...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

german drummers tribute!

here is a short list of the drummers i love to play with. i get the most inpiration either from a great tune and/ or a great drummer. so here are some of those guys i would highly recommend listen to....
Posted by marius goldhammer on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:37:00 PST

almost a holiday

well, i've planned to stay at home for a couple of weeks in july/ august, but it didn't work. but almost! i spend some days with my lovely family, did a lot of practicing, went to a nice workshop with...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:06:00 PST

summer is coming

...and i finally will have some free time for my family! nice!!!work is pretty slow in july but until then, i've got some gigs to play. we rehearsed with my friends from "asanisimasa" for the last 2 d...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:50:00 PST

go, go, go!

lots of stuff going on, as i said in the last blog. i had some very nice gigs in the last 2 weeks, but spent some serious kilometers on the road.i've been in the east part of germany 3 times last week...
Posted by marius goldhammer on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:53:00 PST