Björn Gögge

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Björn Gögge (born October 2, 1991 in Würselen ) is a German musician, author and slam poet .

Life

After passing the Abitur at the Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium in Broich , he studied English, history and philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen . Gögge lives and works in Berlin .

music

After working as a bassist with the hardcore / southern rock band Lavatch, among others , Gögge's first piano album Oktaves was released in December 2015 , which can be stylistically assigned to neo-classical music . Half a year later, in May 2016, the EP high / low was released . In September 2017 he won the newcomer competition for the sampler Music Made in Krefeld , the corresponding publication with 23 contributions (including Gögges Á Trois ) from the Krefeld music scene appeared in November of the same year. In the fall of 2018, his album Cracau was released on the Ton Zonen Records label , for which he was inspired by paintings and music. Cracau was released on CD and in a limited edition on vinyl . In 2019 the EP Epos followed , which is more likely to be assigned to the genre of electronica , as well as the subsequent single Encore , which was released in the same year.

literature

Gögge has been successfully performing on poetry slam stages since 2013 . In 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 he managed to reach the finals of the North Rhine-Westphalian championships. In August 2016, Gögge won the poetry slam at the MS Dockville Festival in Hamburg in front of several thousand spectators. Together with Rainer Holl , Gögge appeared as the Beard & Breakfast slam team . His texts have appeared in various anthologies and in the literary machine . Gögge also appears as a moderator of literary and cultural events. As a comedy writer, he wrote for the funk format Walulis and the stand-up program How to Human? by Jan Philipp Zymny with.

Publications (selection)

  • Octaves (2015)
  • high / low EP (2016)
  • Cracau (2018, Ton Zonen Records )
  • Epic (2019)
  • Encore (2019)
  • Tom's Tuk Tuk (2020)

Post on

  • Music Made in Krefeld (2017, Krefeld change of perspective)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kai: Lavatch - Interview on the album 'Mammoths Of Cold Souls'. In: burnyourears.de. November 18, 2011, accessed May 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ A music lover outside the mainstream | compulsory reading. Accessed November 27, 2017 (German).
  3. ^ Jan Popp-Sewing: 14 Krefeld bands on the racetrack: Festival 'Music made in Krefeld'. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Interview with Bjoern Goegge - Hippiesland.de. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Björn Gögge - Modeled. Accessed April 11, 2019 .
  6. ^ Björn Gögge - Encore. In: Le Visiteur Online. September 24, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Thomas Krügler: Poetry slammers faced serious issues | Detmold . In: Detmold . ( lz.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
  8. ^ Fritz: Poetry-Blue Moon with Julian Heun and Björn Gögge (April 13, 2017). April 13, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Ten years of MS Dockville: What a wonderful birthday break! In: noisiv.de . August 31, 2016 ( noisiv.de [accessed November 27, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: That was the team poetry slam by power words in the Hanover Opera - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. Accessed November 27, 2017 (German).
  11. ↑ DerWesten - derwesten.de: Essen's poetry slam scene in the concrete salon . ( derwesten.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
  12. ↑ goeggson. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Gögge, Björn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German slam poet, author and musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Würselen