Bosses (musicians)

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Axel Bosse , also called Aki Bosse (born February 22, 1980 in Braunschweig ) is a German guitarist , songwriter and rock singer in German-speaking indie pop . The band that supports him with recordings and live performances is also called Bosse .

Life

Axel Bosse grew up in Hemkenrode in Lower Saxony . He went to the Kleine Burg grammar school in Braunschweig, but left it before graduating from high school. He is married to the actress Ayşe Bosse , with whom he has a daughter.

Axel and Ayşe Bosse at the 1LIVE Krone 2014

music

At the age of 17 he signed his first record deal with the major label Sony Music Entertainment with his then band Hyperchild . The first single was already in the charts, but the band broke up after two years due to creative differences. As the singer of Hyperchild, he had his first television interview with Mola Adebisi on Viva. After the band broke up, he started a solo career and called himself bosses from 2003 onwards . At this point, drummer Björn Krüger, guitarist Thorsten Sala and bassist Theofilos Fotiadis (ex-members of Uncle Ho and Heyday) joined them and, together with pianist Tobias Philippen ( PeterLicht ), formed the core of Bosses live band. The current line-up (2016) consists of Thorsten Sala (guitar), Theofilos Fotiadis (bass, bass ukulele), Stefan Lenkeit (keyboards), Chris Heiny (drums, percussion), Niklas Hardt (cello), Martin Wenk (trumpet, French horn , Guitar) and Valentine Romanski (backing vocals, keyboards).

Bosses with band at the Kosmonaut Festival 2014

In 2005 the EMI label released their debut album Kamikazeherz and Bosse played with his band as the opening act for Such a Surge , Madsen and Mando Diao . In 2006 the second solo album Guten Morgen Spinner followed , which was recorded together with producer Moses Schneider in just seven days. In the following year, Bosse parted ways with the label. At the beginning of 2009 he released the album Taxi himself in cooperation with his management Scoop Music and the distribution of Rough Trade Distribution . Three singles were released from the cooperation with Jochen Naaf ( PeterLicht , Polarkreis 18 ). Afterwards, Bosse worked with the electronic DJ Oliver Koletzki . The song U-Bahn was also released in 2009 on Koletzki's record label Stil vor Talent .

The album Wartesaal , on which Bosse had written twelve songs, was released in early 2011; the song Frankfurt / Oder , a duet with the actress Anna Loos from the band Silly , was recorded earlier. With this title, Bosse entered the 2011 Bundesvision Song Contest for Lower Saxony and took third place. The cover version Zoutelande , recorded by the Dutch band Bløf together with the Flemish singer Geike Arnaert , reached number 1 in the mega top 50 and Dutch top 40 and number 3 in the Dutch charts in January and February 2018 .

With the title Anyway , he competed again for Lower Saxony in the 2013 Bundesvision Song Contest . With 153 points he succeeded in winning ahead of Johannes Oerding and MC Fitti .

On March 8, 2013, his fifth album, Kraniche, was released. Philipp Steinke was involved in the production and also produced for the Duo Boy . Bosse wrote some songs in Istanbul , where he spent several months with his wife and daughter. In Umbria Steinke set up a music studio in a country house, where the album was partially recorded. Influences of his trip to Istanbul and Umbria can be seen, for example the Saz is used in the song Istanbul . Compared to his two previous albums Taxi and Waiting Room , the arrangements are more extensive, for example choirs and trumpets are used.

After a break in 2015, the sixth album Engtanz was released on February 12, 2016, on which Axel Bosse, as a songwriter, deals with connections to others and himself. Among other things, there was a collaboration with Casper for the song "Krumme Symphonie". The album reached number 1 in the German charts as the first Bosse album.

In 2018, Bosse released the song Alles ist Jetzt , announcing his upcoming album of the same name.

Trivia

Since 2010, Bosse has been playing regularly as part of the traditional charity game Kicken mit Herz in the FC St. Pauli Hamburg Allstars team against the Placebo Kickers medical team from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf .

On September 3, 2011, Bosse played together with Philipp Poisel , Wir Sind Helden , Clueso , Kraftklub , Marteria , Andreas Bourani and Max Prosa at the festival Die neue DeutschPoeten on the IFA site in Berlin.

In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, Bosse was a guest on the television program Circus HalliGalli . On December 21, 2015 he played there in Das Duell um die Geld against King Boris , Jeannine Michaelsen , Sido , as well as Klaas Heufer-Umlauf and Joko Winterscheidt .

In 2013, Bosse starred in a short film directed by Franz Dinda for its publication Kavalier an Dame: 12 passionate poet cards .

On October 11, 2015 he sang both solo and later a song together with the band Sportfreunde Stiller as part of the concert Wir. Voices for refugees in Munich on the Königsplatz . 300 refugee helpers were invited to the “Sunday break” in 2016, and the band and crew played free of charge. The proceeds of 31,200 euros were donated to Pro Asyl and Hanseatic Help .

On July 26, 2019, Bosse played in front of the approx. 500 participants in the Fridays for Future demo before his appearance at the Kulturarena in Jena .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2005	Kamikazeherz EMI Records	-	-	-	First published: April 22, 2005
2006	Good morning Spinner EMI Records	-	-	-	First published: July 27, 2006
2009	Taxi Fuego / Scoop / RTI	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: February 6, 2009
2011	Vertigo Records waiting room	DE16 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 25, 2011
2013	Cranes Vertigo Records	DE4th gold (38 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: March 8, 2013 Sales: + 100,000
2016	Close dance Vertigo Records	DE1 (25 weeks) DE	AT28 (1 week) AT	CH92 (1 week) CH	First published: February 12, 2016
2018	Everything is now Vertigo Records	DE1 (17 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 12, 2018

Awards

• Bundesvision Song Contest
  • 2013: Winner with the song So oder so

• German music author award
  • 2014: in the category "Text Pop / Rock"

• HANS - The Hamburg Music Prize
  • 2013: in the category "Hamburg Artist of the Year 2013"
  • 2013: in the category "Hamburg Song of the Year 2013"
  • 2013: in the category "Outstanding Hamburg Artist Development 2013"

• Pop culture award
  • 2016: in the category "Favorite Solo Artist"

• Paul Lincke Ring
  • 2019:

• Radio Rainbow Award
  • 2019: in the category Newcomers of the year 2018

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1. ↑ The wild child comes back. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung. Retrieved June 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Singer Axel Bosse in the talk • WOMAN.AT. In: WOMAN.AT. Retrieved March 22, 2016 . 
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6abXZYj1L8
4. ↑ Bosses at kammgarn.de .
5. ↑ Just as dreary as Frankfurt / Oder? , Malte Pieper on tagesschau.de , February 21, 2018
6. ↑ Mega Top 50, January 27, 2018
7. ↑ Dutch Top 40, February 3, 2018
8. ↑ Dutch Single Top 100, February 24, 2018
9. ↑ Bosse is Hamburg's Bruce Springsteen . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . (Interview)
10. ↑ kickenmitherz.de.
11. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: Fritz - Die neue DeutschPoeten. In: programm.ARD.de. Retrieved March 17, 2016 . 
12. ↑ CIRCUS HALLIGALLI - Season 1 - Episode 10. In: www.prosieben.de. Retrieved March 17, 2016 . 
13. ↑ CIRCUS HALLIGALLI - Season 3 - Episode 11. In: www.prosieben.de. Retrieved March 17, 2016 . 
14. ↑ CIRCUS HALLIGALLI - Season 7 - Episode 3. In: www.prosieben.de. Retrieved March 17, 2016 . 
15. ↑ YouTube video Axel Bosse in 'Kavalier an Dame' by Franz Dinda.
16. ↑ SpotOn: Free concert in Munich: special broadcasts on Erste and BR. In: focus.de. Helmut Markwort, Uli Baur, October 9, 2015, accessed on October 13, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Bosses - Dear people !! Due to the political situation ... | Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Bosse announces income from the “Sunday break”. In: scoop-music.de. Retrieved April 6, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Jens Henning: Jena Friday demo ends with the performance of musician Bosse. July 27, 2019, accessed on July 28, 2019 (German). 
20. ↑ Bosse wins three times at the "Hans" music award. In: Süddeutsche.de. November 28, 2013, accessed August 25, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Singer Bosse receives the Paul-Lincke-Ring

Web links

Commons : Bosses  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Bosse at Discogs (English)
• Literature by and about Bosse in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bosses at laut.de
• Axel Bosse in the Internet Movie Database (English)