Oliver Gottwald (born 27 September 1978) is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was the frontman of Anajo, but is now pursuing a solo career.
Life
editOliver Gottwald grew up in Schwabmünchen near Augsburg. In 2000 he and his band Anajo won the Augsburg young talent competition "Band of the Year". He signed a contract with the music publisher Warner/Chappell[1] and the band released several EPs. In 2004 the Hamburg indie label Tapete Records signed the band.[2] There they released four albums.
In the autumn of 2014, the band announced that they would "go their separate ways".[3][4] Oliver Gottwald then worked on a solo album that also appeared on Tapete Records in February 2015 under the title 'Zurück als Tourist'.[5][6]
In late 2016 he founded his own label with his partner called Lieblingslieder Records,[7] on which the singles Mustangmann, Stadt Land Fluss and Halluzinationen have already been published. All three songs are part of the EP Lieblingslieder. Gottwald has also recently started working with a new permanent band, consisting of Samuel Heinecker (keyboard), Fabian Schlegel (drums) and Ralph Stachulla (bass).[8]
The single Stadt Land Fluss is the title song of the eight-part youth series "Stadt, Land, Bus" on KiKA, which was first broadcast in November 2017.[9][10]
In addition to his own music career, He was part of the juries of the "Newcomer Contest Bayern"[11] and the "John Lennon Talent Award" several times.[12]
On March 12, 2018 the rapper Errdeka released the album "Solo", on which the song "Funkeln feat. Oliver Gottwald" can be found.[13]
Oliver Gottwald was nominated for the Augsburg Media Prize 2018 in the category Sound.[14]
Discography
editSolo
editAlbums
edit- 2022: 2. OG (Lieblingslieder Records)
- 2015: Zurück als Tourist (Tapete Records / Indigo)
- 2017: Lieblingslieder (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
Singles
edit- 2014: Freunde fürs Leben (Tapete Records / Indigo)
- 2016: Mustangmann (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
- 2017: Stadt Land Fluss (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
- 2017: Halluzinationen (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
- 2019: Zukunftsmusik (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
With Anajo
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.warnerchappell.com:Oliver Gottwald
- ^ http://www.tapeterecords.de: Oliver Gottwald
- ^ Anajo.de. Official website, accessed March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Musiker Oliver Gottwald - Leiser Abschied, neuer Anfang". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ Zissler, Miriam. "Ex-Anajo-Sänger Oliver Gottwald ist zurück". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Oliver Gottwald: Schluss mit frischem Geld". TagesWoche (in German). 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "GVL Label Recherche". labelcode.gvl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Lauter Lieblingslieder". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ KiKA - Children's channel of ARD and ZDF (2017-12-11). "KiKA - City, country, bus" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ "Oliver Gottwald von Anajo aus Augsburg schreibt Titelsong für KiKA". www.trendyone.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ Jury of the Newcomer Contest Bayern 2014 Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine on newcomercontest-bayern.de
- ^ John Lennon Talent Award Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on itzehoer.de
- ^ "DIFFUS | Online-Magazin für Musik". diffusmag.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ "Der Text macht die Musik: Oliver Gottwald und die Inspiration in den kleinen Dingen - Augsburger Medienpreis 2018". Augsburger Medienpreis 2018 (in German). 2018-04-06. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
External links
edit- Oliver Gottwald discography at Discogs
- Offizielle Website von Oliver Gottwald
- Oliver Gottwald bei Tapete Records
- Ex-Anajo-Sänger Oliver Gottwald ist zurück auf augsburger-allgemeine.de
- Solonummer – Oliver Gottwald in City Club auf a3kultur.de
