Andy Holm

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Andy Holm (actually: Andreas Holm ) (born April 6, 1960 in Uetersen ) is a German-Australian filmmaker , composer , world music artist and didgerido musician .

Andy Holm Live in Concert at Taps Uetersen 2017

Life

Andy Holm's first maxi single " Alles Gute ", today a sought-after rarity.

Holm attended the Ludwig-Meyn-Gymnasium in Uetersen and worked as a deliverer for the Uetersener Nachrichten . In the late 1970s, Holm gave the first live concerts in Elmshorn and in the Uetersen "Klepper-Haus", which made him known regionally, as a keyboardist together with Karl-Heinz Boyke on drums and as a solo artist with keyboard and synthesizer . In 1982 he released his first maxi single " Alles Gute " under the name "Andreas Holm's Collage" with the songs " I don't stand on it " and " Bitterer Taste ", which was recorded in the "Container Records Studio" in Hamburg. This brought him his first success and is now a sought-after rarity. In Uetersen he made his first contacts with Indian music through the local hippie commune "Toscha-Family". Shortly before graduating from high school, Holm traveled to India, where he stayed for two years, including eight months in a music school in the north of the subcontinent. Holm studied North Indian music there.

The musical influences of the stay in India at that time are partly recognizable in Holm's music. During his stay in India he met an Australian woman and moved with her to Sydney , Australia . There he married his current wife Keinlynn in 1987. Holm lived with her and their daughter Maanee in Byron Bay , around 800 kilometers north of Sydney.

Holm's music is still inspired by the atmosphere there today. For this he learned to play the didgeridoo , the traditional musical instrument of the Australian natives. He also plays Australian flutes, Indian sitar , berimbau and kalimba . He has a total of 18 instruments plus percussion instruments, as well as Afrikaans or Swahili singing .

In 2000, he was hit with his motorcycle by a car that went through a red light and was seriously injured. He was broken 12 bones and had to spend a year in a wheelchair and another year and a half on crutches.

Holm celebrated his first major successes with his world music. His song "Deva Deva" on the CD "The Byron Re-Mix Album" was awarded in 2009 as the best "world music piece" in Australia. In Singapore he started a project with National Geographic . Holm also works as a filmmaker and composes for film productions.

In his career, Holm has made more than 650 live performances across Australia, Singapore and Germany. Because of his connections with National Geographic and the Singapore Film Society, he has composed music for several films and documentaries about Australia.

Holm was trained in the theater and composed music for the stage. He has his own studio near Byron Bay and was nominated for "Best Film Music 2004" for "Best World Music Song 2005". He won the NCEIA Music Award in 2006 for "Best World Music Song". His first short film "Brunswick River Beauty" (screenplay, camera, music) was the runner-up in the "Life On The River" competition in 2005.

In 2012 he appeared in the sixth season of Australia's Got Talent , where he reached fourth place in the eighth semifinals .

In the meantime, Holm moved from Australia to Thailand. He lives with his family on Ko Phangan , an island 60 kilometers northeast of the Thai mainland.

37 years after his first concert in Uetersen's “Klepper-Haus”, he gave his first German concert in 2017 in the legendary “Taps” music bar in his hometown.

Awards and nominations

  • Nomination "Best Film Music" 2004 Dolphin Awards
  • Nomination for "Best World Music Song" (2005), Dolphin Awards
  • Runner-up "Life On The River" Film Competition 2005 with his first short film "Brunswick River Beauty" (screenplay, camera, music)
  • Winner "Best World Music Song", (2006), Dolphin Awards
  • Winner of the "Dolphin Awards for best World / Reggae Music (2006)"

Discography

  • All the best (maxi single) (1982)
  • Blue Mountain Tale Australia (Dawn, Ancient, Bangari) (CD)
  • The Mystical Sounds of Jenolan Caves (Arriving, Lucas, Temple of Baal) (CD)
  • Music And Poems of the Hoffman Process (CD)
  • Music for Filmtheatre Documentary (Music for the Right Brain) (CD)
  • Byron Bay Collection (CD)
  • The Byron Re-Mix Album (CD)
  • Cafe de Bondi (CD)
  • Sunrise at Bondi Beach (CD)
  • Byron Bay Cafe (CD)
  • Byron Bay Collection Vol. 2 (CD)
  • TranceRelex 5 (Cool music to chill out on the beach) (CD)
  • The White Session Room (CD)

Films and film music

  • 5 Short Films (Film and Music by Andy Holm)
  • Singapore with Edmond Chen
  • Northern Rivers Community Legal Center 10th Anniversary November 2006
  • A couple of weeks in Australia
  • Brunswick River Beauty (Film & Music Andy Holm)
  • Dreaming about Jenny (Film & Music Andy Holm)
  • Freedom Dance
  • Rooted
  • How Much Bull can You Take?
  • Between Bush and a Iraq Hard Place
  • A Forgotten Journey
  • Jungle Bunny
  • Loose change
  • Mullum Madness (Film & Music Andy Holm)
  • Sweed Phoebe
  • Tashi Palthiel
  • The Entcounter
  • Thing About It!
  • Twins

swell

  • Music for the world - Andreas Holm, who was born in Uetersen, is a successful musician in Australia in Uetersener Nachrichten on July 25, 2009
  • A very special performance in Uetersener Nachrichten on August 16, 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Byron Shire News of April 13, 2012: Andy's talent shows (en)
  2. ↑ Uetersener Nachrichten of July 4th, 2012: From UeNa deliverer to super talent: Ex-Uetersener Andy (Andreas) Holm on "Australia's Got Talent"
personal data
SURNAME Holm, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holm, Andreas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Australian filmmaker, composer, world musician and didgerido musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Uetersen