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| Location: | Berlin, |
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| Last Login: | Oct 9, 2008 (418 days back) |
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| CD JO..N", "RISE & FALL", DMG 2002 IS AVAILABLE BY:
TOCA Records CD JO..N, "SWEET NOTHINGS", DMG 2004 IS AVAILABLE BY: TOCA Records PAINTINGS and "BLIND" DRAWINGS copyright by Johanna Faßbender www.johannafassbender.com Jo..N is a singer/performer/songwriter/professional artist The languages in which she sings are German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Russian. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MORE PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS/PICTURES AT www.myspace.com/johannafassbender AND www.johannafassbender.com. THE STORY: Born in Cologne...childhood in Bavaria...ABBA - the first big musical love...school choir...then Leonard Cohen...back to Cologne...Mozart..s "Requiem" in a church choir...Peter Gabriel, The Doors, John Cale...a turn to the fine arts...studies in art...in her early twenties Big Label-Contract as bassplayer and backing vocalist...again fine arts...Francis Bacon...discovery of Eric Satie, Dead Can Dance...speech training, studies in classical and jazz-singing...Lead- Singer of a Big-Band...development of her first own songs...together with the musician and producer Markus Apitius: the birth of "Jo..N"...concerts with various musicians...a short trip to Drum..n Bass... Lead-Singer of a Jazz/Bossa Nova-Group...first exhibitions..."blind nudes and self portrait drawings"...big and abstract oil-paintings...1999 beginning of the work on "Rise & Fall"...piano lessons...engagement with New Music...Iannis Xenakis... Strasberg-Training ...Performances...2002 "Rise & Fall"...cooperation/ concerts in Cologne/Bonn with Markus Apitius, guit., voc., Robert Gasper, piano, voc., Mike Haarman, drums...2004 "Sweet Nothings"...moving from Cologne to Berlin...trips to the north cape, to Alaska... slowly arriving at Berlin...studio in Berlin-Weissensee ...Santiago de Compostela...and again concerts...CD "two steps" with kara deniz... trips to Scandinavia and Russia...concerts in Greece, singing old pontiac songs together with EUDOUSIN..."Jo..N"-concerts with Joro Gogow "City" and Ilya Kurtev in Berlin...interpretation of Georges Brassens-Chansons...trip to France..."Johanna Fassbender & Band"...trip to England...trip to the USA...participation in Georges-Brassens-Festival, Berlin... May 2008 beginning of the work on her new album "LA VIE TROUVÉE"... Some references of Jo..N/Johanna Fassbender as musician/artist: WDR, Deutschlandradio, BR, HR, Theater im Ballsaal (Bonn), Deutsche Welle, Internationaler Presseball, Museumsmeile Bonn, BUND, RWE, Kammermusiksaal des Beethovensaals Bonn, IGNIS (Cologne), Kantine (Cologne), Crowne Plaza, Stadtgarten (Cologne), Palace Hotel (Berlin), Siemens, Kölner Bank, Auswärtiges Amt, Bayer Leverkusen, WABE (Berlin), Georges Brassens-Verein (Berlin), LUXOR (Cologne), Festival Créole (Dortmund), Mylos (Thessaloniki), Festival St. Stefano (Athen), Rickenbacker..s (Berlin), PodcastOper (Berlin), Haus der Sinne (Berlin), Tour d..Atélier (Düsseldorf), ARTheater (Cologne), Filmhaus (Cologne), Köln Klang 2000 (Cologne), Jazzmeile (Cologne), Harmonie (Bonn), Theater 89 (Jüterbog), Arcadas Theater (Cologne), Studio672 (Cologne), BlueShell (Cologne), MTC (Cologne), BerlinGuitars (Berlin), ECC (Berlin), Löhrer Hof (Hürth), Schokoladenmuseum (Cologne), Kulturhaus Mitte (Berlin), Bungertshof (Königswinter), Domforum (Cologne), Rhein in Flammen (Cologne/Bonn), Schlot (Berlin), Englischer Garten (Berlin) |
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Music:Member Since: 3/12/2007Band Website: jo-n.de Band Members: Jo..N: vocals, guitar, bass Markus Apitius: guitar, vocals Robert Gasper: piano, vocals Concerts in Berlin at the moment with Lutz Keller (Double Feeling, Hoover Brothers): guitar, vocals Gloria Marcela Dias Dits (Berliner Sinfonieorchester): violin Berlin, 14.11.07 and 31.01.08 with Joro Gogow, "CITY": guitar Ilya Kurtev: bajan CD "Rise & Fall", DMG 2002 and CD "Sweet Nothings", DMG 2004 are produced by Markus Apitius Cello on "Rise & Fall" and "Sweet Nothings": Vera Junker Drums & percussion on "Sweet Nothings": Mike Haarman Jo'N Add to My Profile | More Videos Influences: Kinderlieder, geistliche Lieder, deutsche Schlager, ABBA, Wolfgang Ambros, Konstantin Wecker, Leonard Cohen, Dire Straits, Simon & Garfunkel, BJH, Kate Bush, Georges Moustaki, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Marillion, Suzanne Vega, Edie Brickell, John Cale, Billy Joel, The Stranglers, XTC, Björk, Angelo Branduardi, Kristin Hersh, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eric Satie, Wim Mertens, Soup Dragons, Dead Can Dance, OREGON, John Denver, Billie Holiday, Des´ree, Paolo Conte, Joan Armatrading, Latin Quarter, Yma Sumac, Antonio Jobim, Gilberto Gil, Edson Cordeiro, David Bowie, The Doors, Laliya, Anouar Brahem Trio, L.T.J. Bukem, Cinematic Orchestra, Ketil Bjoernstad, Igor Vdovin... Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Yves Klein, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon, Emil Schumacher, Per Kirkeby, Georgia O´Keefe, Rembrandt, Jackson Pollock, August Macke, Joseph Beuys, Edvard Munch, Marc Chagall, Caspar David Friedrich, Wols, Jean Fautrier... ERICH FROMM, Alice Miller, Pascal Mercier, Thich Nhat Hanh.... Sounds Like: "...a singer with a charismatic voice...". BONNER GENERALANZEIGER "Music for the Golden October." Peter Limbach, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER "...artistic multitalent...a light, powerful voice with a touch of Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Jewel and Kristin Hersh...". Jürgen Kisters, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER "Songs Without a Date"... "The singer with the intense voice reminds with her profound songs that energy and warmth are still unbeatable attributes in rock. And that songs without fear of melancholy touch every audience...". Philipp Wurm, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER "GREAT". Lothar Trampert, GITARRE & BASS "...sensitive feeling for harmonies and elegant composition...". FOCUS-ONLINE "Some of the most memorable songwriting, vocal work and musicianship I..ve heard in years...a gigantic talent who deserves to be discovered in this country...". Willard Manus, LIVELY ARTS MAGAZINE, Los Angeles Record Label: DMG Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other / Pop / Experimental) |
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God, Mirza, Markus Apitius, Robert Gasper, ABBA, LAZAR, FRANCIS BACON, kara deniz, Komitas Vardapet, EARTH, EUDOUSIN, Independent Female Artist Promotion, Jeanette Sollén, Peter Knoll, Fl:o), Patrick Dorobisz, Friends of the Dalai Lama, Dead Can Dance, John Cale, Hermano Fuego, richard horowitz, brian lee sebastian, Charlie Beresford, Randi Russo, Art Of Empathy, Empress, saxagogo, PanSmo, Anthony Deaton, Black Henbane, Mister Ice, Deeper Waters Records, Berlin, Doug Edmond, PATTYSPLANET, helene gehin, Sons Of Albion, LPSOUND ORKESTRA, Umnachter, Anita Camarella & Davide Facchini Duo, nia, Gods Wonderful Railway, They Drove Me To It, Joe DeRenzo, JoEllen, libre, Benjamin Tais, Stephane Bertrand, Davide Facchini, T.C.O., Highpower, Jelby, JoJo Zawawi, Tony Chancellor, United Music Artists, Yves Touati, Andreas Nagels, Paola Sebastiani, Rita Charbonnier, Beatriz Diaz, Anders Berg, Mr Moonwing, musicisart, Eleni Vitali, Reza Saleh, O-Bri+Cielo de Judas, süleymanmusic
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