Boris Bukowski
Boris Bukowski , bourgeois: Fritz Bukowski (born February 5, 1946 in Gleisdorf ) is an Austrian musician.
Life
Bukowski is the son of a lawyer, grew up in Ilz and attended the Fürstenfeld high school. After graduation he studied at the Karl-Franzens University Graz Law and graduated in 1974 with a doctorate (Dr. iur.). During his high school and student days, Bukowski was a drummer in rock bands such as Music Machine , from 1972 with Magic 69 (later MAGIC ) and from 1977 a singer. In 1971 he performed with Music Machine at the Styrian music festival Popendorf 71 . Two rock albums with German lyrics were created, which were very well received by critics, but were only a respectable success commercially. In 1980 the third album, "Sick", with English lyrics was created, after which the band broke up after numerous concerts.
From 1979 to 1991 Bukowski ran the Magic Sound Studio together with Andi Beit. It was there that the recordings for “Cafe Passé” by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung , “Schwarze Energie” by Peter Weibel's Hotel Morphila Orchestra , albums from STS and Bukowski's first solo album were made. His single "Wear my love like a coat" was number 1 in the Ö3 charts three times . The album "100 hours a day" was awarded a gold record in 1990.
After eight years of absence, Bukowski has been back on the concert stage since 2001. His book “Unter bunt Hunden”, an autobiography in anecdotes, was published in 2013. He was the protagonist in the 90-minute documentary Fritze with the syringe by Markus Mörth , which premiered in spring 2017 at Diagonale.
On October 20, 2017, the studio album is there a life before death? . It contains articles and a. by Depeche Mode drummer Christian Eigner , Niko Stoessl, I-Wolf and ex sofa surfer Wolfgang Schloegl, Bukowski's live band Buntehund, the brass section by Parov Stelar and Ernst Molden.
Discography
- 1977: I'm tired (album)
- 1978: Fibrillation (album)
- 1980: Sick (album: with English lyrics)
- 1985: Boris Bukowski (album: with "Your Fritze with the syringe" and others)
- 1987: Intensive (album: among others with "Kokain", "hard and soft at the same time")
- 1989: 100 hours a day (album: with studio musicians such as drummer Curt Cress and bassist Tony Levin )
- 1991: Very popular (album: on bass Pino Palladino )
- 1992: Sampler hard and soft at the same time
- 1993: God is a Woman (Album)
- 1999: 6 (album: with which Bukowski repositioned himself by using loops)
- 2000: Best Of (album: released by EMI )
- 2002: striptease (live album)
- 2005: Bukowski + Friends (album)
- 2017: is there life before death? (Album, duet with Ernst Molden "in the name of God Amen")
Chart successes
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 AT
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| 1987 | Intensive |
AT12 (14 weeks) AT |
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| 1989 | 100 hours a day |
AT8th  (21 weeks)AT |
Sales: + 25,000
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| 1991 | Very much on the rise |
AT22 (10 weeks) AT |
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| 2017 | Is there life before death? |
AT25 (4 weeks) AT |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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AT
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| 1988 | Cocaine intensive |
AT18 (6 weeks) AT |
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| 1989 | Wear my love like a coat for 100 hours a day |
AT6 (9 weeks) AT |
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| 1990 | Fandango 100 hours a day |
AT10 (10 weeks) AT |
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| 1991 | I am tired. Very strong coming |
AT30 (2 weeks) AT |
Author participations and productions
| year | Title artist |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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AT
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| 1987 | Romeo and Juliet Carl Peyer |
AT5 (8 weeks) AT |
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| You are like a miracle Carl Peyer |
AT23 (2 weeks) AT |
Filmography
- In 1993 Boris Bukowski played a leading role in Peter Patzak's feature film "Luck is in Waikiki".
literature
- Monika Kornberger / Georg Demcisin: Bukowski, Boris. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- 2013 Among Colorful Dogs (autobiography)
Web links
- Boris Bukowski's sound carrier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Boris Bukowski website
- Boris Bukowski in the SR archive of Austrian popular music
- Boris Bukowski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Author participations and productions at austriancharts.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ BORIS BUKOWSKI. Retrieved November 9, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.meiniertel.at/graz/ People / Boris-bukowski-als-graz-noch-schnarchte- d1510097.html
- ↑ http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/steiermark/oststeier/4182626/Sommergespraech_Haette-nicht-in-Osterreich-bleiben-sollen
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Styrian "Woodstock". ORF , June 27, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Awards: AT
- ↑ Nina Müller: "Fritze with the syringe": A portrait of Boris Bukowski. In: kleinezeitung.at. Kleine Zeitung , April 1, 2017, accessed on May 23, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: AT
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bukowski, Boris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bukowski, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenfeld |