Albert Frey (musician)
Albert Frey (born May 29, 1964 near Ravensburg ) is a German singer , songwriter and music producer of Christian pop music , especially worship music .
Career
As the son of a music teacher and church musician, Frey received musical training at an early age. At the age of seven he began to learn the recorder and piano , later followed by the clarinet and guitar , with which he played in school bands. He came to his Christian faith in the early 1980s while doing a charismatic Catholic youth work in Ravensburg . Shortly afterwards he joined the Christian rock band Effata .
He completed the early 1990s, his studies as a graduate - sound engineer , and made off with its own recording studio independently. Since 1989 Albert Frey has been involved in his self-founded Immanuel worship workshop in Ravensburg as a composer, producer and worship leader in the Christian music scene. Since the mid-1990s he has worked as a producer for the CD and songbook series celebrates Jesus! responsible. He has published more than 120 compositions and has contributed to over 50 CD productions. Frey also produces CDs for other artists, for example Conny Reusch , Andreas Volz or Christoph Zehendner .
Frey has been married to the singer Andrea Adams-Frey since 2001 and works as a speaker and author for the Christian magazine “Aufatmen”. The couple live in Wüstenrot . In 2009 he started, together with his wife, the pastoral care congress “First Love”, which will be continued in 2011 under the title “Alive”.
In March 2011 Albert Frey received the Impala Silver Award for his productions For the King , Anchor in the Time and Land of Tranquility, due to the sale of 20,000 units each.
Discography
| year | title | Label | information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Until you come - songs for worship | D&D media | |
| 1998 | 24/12 Christmas in motion | Hänssler publishing house | |
| 1998 | Our father | Projection J | |
| 2000 | I don't want anything anymore - Albert Frey live | Schulte & Gerth | Live recording as part of the Jesus 2000 Congress in Nuremberg, May 1999 |
| 2001 | Levite Camp Live | Loop publisher | with Lilo Keller , Don Potter , Lothar Kosse , Peter Helms |
| 2002 | Between heaven and earth | Gerth media | |
| 2003 | Song of heaven - Worship from Germany | Gerth media | |
| 2004 | Anchor in Time - Praise Songs 1992–2004 | Gerth media | Compilation |
| 2006 | for the king | Gerth media | |
| 2006 | Land of calm | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2008 | Loved first | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2009 | Who is a god like you - the highlights | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2010 | Original sound | Gerth media | First release as a limited edition in the form of a double album with the album Lebendig by Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2012 | In the name of the father | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2013 | See deeper | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2016 | Come to the source | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
| 2017 | Wild & Wise | Gerth media | Solo album, especially for men |
| 2018 | Sing My Soul - Praise Songs 2004-2018 | Gerth media | Compilation (DCD) |
| 2020 | So that we have life | Gerth media | with Andrea Adams-Frey |
bibliography
- Pray with songs. Inspirations for the design of praise and adoration (ed. Ulrich Eggers ), R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2005, ISBN 978-3-417-24479-3 .
- For the king. On the way to the whole man , SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten 2011, ISBN 978-3-417-26439-5 .
- In the name of the father: liturgical prayers - rediscovering old treasures , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2012, ISBN 978-3-417-26505-7 .
- Draft, prayers and impulses for young people , Gabriel Verlag , Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-522-30366-8 .
- Worship in truth and in the spirit , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2019, ISBN 978-3-417-26876-8 .
Web links
- Works by and about Albert Frey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Albert Frey in the German Digital Library
- Albert Frey at Discogs (English)
- adams-frey.de
- Songs by Albert Frey on www.evangeliums.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Frey: about the person at the DNB
- ↑ Outstanding success of German independents at the IMPALA Sales Awards. Press release of the Association of Independent Music Companies, March 31, 2011, accessed on December 22, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, music producer and worship leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Ravensburg |