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2008
january :
in studio with malte zorn
february
berlinale
2007:
transmediale h
berlinale
gigs and rehearsles with Halleluja Highway
took the bass again in the original line-up of
KURI AND THE HURICANS(right spelling)
made filmmusic with St.Clover for "Alles Mutter"
-a movie about a single-mom
living in Berlin-Friedrichshain
composed some music for 2 theater-events
dayjob as unit-manager at the Filmstudios Babelsberg
till the end of the year
during my "off-days" in studio-
recording some "cajun-esk"songs with Malte Zorn
will be on i-tunes in early 2008!!
SOME FRIENDS OF MINE-NOT HERE ON MYSPACE: my friend"pisti" horkay from budapest art
made some filmmusic for them - among others -
music online magazine from berlin dorfdisco
my friend ira schneider from NY Video Art in Berlin
Portraitcity nightlifepics from berlin taken by enzo mastrangelo
art by natalia e. woytasik natalie
looking for chords and tabs of your favorite songs?
click here: tabs
soundtrack: still moving
my favorite gallery das labor
The original MySpace Map! Click here to make your own!
Born in Berlin
Learned to play guitar and several other instruments.
Grew up in an american settlement in Berlin-Dahlem.
Maybe thats where my love for country,blues and jazz comes from.
My father was cantor and organist at the church.
My mother was music-teacher and still is singer in a profi-choir.
Took Lessons in classical composing-techniques.
Aswell in jazz-arrangements and composition.
Studied Germanliterature, Geography and Theater Science.
Played at school with a Rockabilly/Blues band-the Grapes of Wrath.
Had the pleasure to jam with Freddie King at the age of 15.
Also had the pleasure to play in one of Champion Jack Duprees backing
bands
at the age of 16.
Played late 70-ties and early 80-ties in several bands.
Cofounded "Final Curtain"1983 and "Jan van Cleef"in 1988.
Played with the nucleus of Jan van Cleef in Lysanne Thibodeaux’s Cajun
and Countryband,
Louisianna Rank Strangers.
Make filmmusic.
Worked as truckdriver,ordinary worker at the
assemblyline,roadie,livemixer,audioengineer and bartender.
in the Fine Art exhibition-management,
Also in the technical crew of filmmakers.
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epixmedia

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2006
Band Members: MALTE ZORN & ZZUP COMANCHE
CAJUN SAILOR
Vox:Malte Zorn

as malte thorsten on imdB
malte

Acc,Lapsteel,Piano:
Zzup Comanche

zzup

westerngit and
Fiddle solo:
Ed Csupkay ED
JAN VAN CLEEF-BUCCANEER:
Vox:Mike K.
Westerngit,E-Git,Banjo:Andre Giere
E-Git,Lapsteel,Piano,Sax:Zzup Comanche
Bass:Rumme Beck RummeDrums:Jens Malmsström

LOUISIANNA RANK STRANGERS
"LIVE"RECORDED
IN THE REHEARSLE ROOM WITH
TWO CHEAP MICS:
Vox, Washboard:Lysanne Thibodeaux
Lysanne on ImDb

Acc:Christian Langard
Acc:Kirsten Plateau
Westerngit.:Jackie Engelken

Jacky
on ImDb

Violin:Ed Csupkay
Leadgit:Zzup Comanche
Bass:Rumme Beck
Drums:Jens Malmström

JAN VAN CLEEF: PAPERMOON Vox:Mike K

Guitars:Zzup and Andre
Bass:Ufo Dorendorf

Drums:Jens

vibraphon:Andre

DARK FLOWERS
Demo recorded 1988 at the Hansa studio
vox:Mike
gits:Andre and ZZup
Hammond B 3:ZZup
Bass:Ufo
Drums:Jens
Refrain Backing Vox:Bambi Lee Savage

WHERE ARE YOU
recorded 1984 on TEAC-4-track(taken from an old tape)
Son Marquis:vox
Trash Purple .hammond B 3
ZZup Comanche:Git
G.Qu-ling:bass
Lello:drums



Label

Rockradio

Cajunradio
countrynews
Influences: Merle Travis,Chet Aitkins,
Wes Montgomery,Kenny Burrell
Speedy West,Django Reinhard
Coco Schumann,Herb Ellis
Taj Mahal,John Little John,
Campion Jack Dupree
Josh White,Zachary Richard
Clifton Chenier
Patsy Cline,Hank Williams
Woody Guthrie,Tom Paxton
Sonnyboy Williamson,
Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
John Lee Hooker,Howling Wolf
Robert Johnson,Muddy Waters,
Doc Watson,Tennessee Ernie Ford,
ELVIS
Rolling Stones,John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Vanilla Fudge,Dr,John
Steamhammer,Pentangle
Van Morrison,
Ventures,Shadows,
Johnny Rivers,Crispian St.Peter,
Roy Orbison,Eddie Cochran
Ars Nova,Earth Opera,Peter Rowan,
Velvet Underground,Sunny Sky Saxon
Clearlight,MC 5,,Seeds
,Willie Nelson,Frankie Laine
Ray Charles,John Legend
Charlie Rich,Dave Dudley
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Kentucky Headhunters,Texas Tornados,
Pirates of the Mississippi,
Vince Gill,George Strait,
Robert Earl Keen jr,Dwight Yoakam,
Dolly Parton,Bobbie Gentry,Patsy Montana
Byrds,
Motown,Stax and Volt,
Leiber-Stoller,Bill Withers
Sex Pistols,Clash,Wire
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Saints,Monochrom set,
Blondie,Television
Milkshakes,Chris Isaac,
Jam,Merton Parkas,Ian Dury,
Julie Driscoll,Dusty Springfield,
Peter Green,Mick Taylor,Paul Kossoff
Snakefinger,Dr.Feelgood,Beatfarmers
Genya Raven and the Ten Wheel Drive
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap,
Asleep At The Wheel,
Only Ones,Kursaal Flyers
Einstürzende Neubauten,Malaria,Kraftwerk
Can,Lolitas,Evil Kids,,Credo Nero,
Freddy Fender,JOHNNY CASH
Musik deutscher Zigeuner
(=music of german gypsies)
Schnuckenack Reinhard
Hänsche' Weiss Quintet
Prinzo and Betsi Winterstein
Ziroli and Holzmanno Winterstein
Attila Zoller,Toto Blanke,
Bully Buhlan,
Ralf Bendix,the Boots
Gabor Szabo
Sam Cooke,Booker T. and the MG's,
the Peddlers
Electric prunes,
Mink de Ville,Moon Martin
Elmore James,
Clint Black,Johnny Paycheck
Marty Stuart,,Junior Brown
Scott Walker,
Arto Lindsay,Jeff and JaneHudson
K.D.Lang,
Blondie,Stranglers,Tubes,
Remains,13th floor Elevator
The Action,Move,Pretty Things,
Yardbirds,Groundhogs,
Don Fardon,Redbone,J.J.Light,
Tinneri,Vandaalit,
Top rank(SF),Fallen Angels(SF)
Gene Vincent,Eddie Cochran,
Johnny Burnette,Carl Perkins,
Earl Hooker,CCR,Tony Joe White,
Sir Douglas Quintet,
Kinky Friedman,
early Ultravox,Punishment of Luxury,
DB's,Rubber City Rebels,Bloodless Pharaohs,
Bizarros,Rubbermaids,
? and the Mysterians,Charlatans,
Motor Boys Motor
Mindbenders,Psychedelic Furs,

Billie Holiday,Sarah Vaughn,
JoePass,Antonio Carlos Jobim,Gypsy Kings,
Maria Bethania,Astrud Gilberto,Charlie Bird,
Oscar Peterson,Miles Davis,Sonny Rollins,
Coleman Hawkins,Stanley Turrentine,
Sidney Bechet,Louis Armstrong,
Jimmy Smith,Fatha Earl Hines,Duke Ellington,
Modern Jazz Quartet,
Ella Fitzgerald
Imrat Khan,

Andres Segovia,Rey de la Torre
J.S.Bach,F.Chopin,Brahms,
Debussy,Ravel,Liszt,Scriabin
Strawinsky,Rachmaninov,Prokofiev,
Satie,Scarlatti,Grieg,
Sibelius,,J.Cage,
Penderecki,Poulanc,J.Adams,
Isaac Albeniz,Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Alban Berg,Joaquin Rodrigo...
Sounds Like:
the ex & pop-bambi lee savage gig

with mo wolpert(jever mountain boys)&jochen arbeit(Die Haut)

with pandera & friends

my greatgrandpa
with his band
Type of Label: None

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