Claudia Bridges
Claudia Brücken (born December 7, 1963 in Berching in the Upper Palatinate ) is a German singer.
Career
Bridges, who grew up in Düsseldorf , was a frequent visitor to the trendy bar Ratinger Hof and, together with her friend Susanne Freytag, joined the synthpop band The Tripolinas at the age of 16 . Three years later, Freytag and Brücken were signed by the English record label ZTT Records to sing for the synthpop band Propaganda by frontman Ralf D Körper and producer Trevor Horn . The head of ZTT was Paul Morley , who later became Brücken's husband. Propaganda was used to build bridges through hits like Dr. Mabuse , Duel and p: Machinery known to a wide audience. Her chilled singing was compared to that of Marlene Dietrich and Nico . She also starred in the 1991 song Run from Love with Jimmy Somerville. But according to Brücken, Freytag, like her, were only seen as “replaceable, smiling dolls”, whereupon she left the band in an argument.
According to propaganda , in 1987, Brücken founded another ZTT band called Act with the English keyboardist Thomas Leer , but they only played for one year. After having a child with her husband Paul Morley but later divorcing, she left the music business in 1991 to "be a single mother".
After years of comeback attempts by propaganda had been smashed, Brücken founded the band Onetwo with her partner Paul Humphreys in 2004 and worked here a. a. with Martin Gore ( Depeche Mode ), later also with Andy Bell from Erasure . In the computer game LA Noire (2011), Brücken gave the character Elsa Lichtmann her voice for three songs.
Life
Bridges have a child with her ex-husband Paul Morley . Later she was in a relationship with Paul Humphreys , the keyboardist of the synthpop band OMD and her partner at Onetwo . That relationship ended in 2013.
Band membership
- The Tripolinas (1979-1982)
- Propaganda (1982–1985)
- Act (1987-1988)
- Onetwo (since 2004)
Discography (selection)
Albums
- 1991: Love: And a Million Other Things (Island Records)
- 2012: The Lost Are Found (There Music)
- 2014: Where else ... (Cherry Red)
Singles
- 1991: Kiss like Ether (Island Records)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Why does it hurt when my heart misses a beat? , holymoly.com
- ^ Breaking Free From The Past: An Interview with Claudia Brucken , The Quietus
- ↑ MUSIC INTERVIEW: Claudia Brucken, Propaganda
- ↑ One, two, here comes OneTwo ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , discover.de
- ↑ "Claudia Brücken Interview (2005)" ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2011 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. , erasureinfo.com
- ↑ LA Noire - Review , gaminglives.com
- ↑ http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/kultur/wir-kuemmern-uns-umanders;art178480,1090990
Web links
- FAZ January 23, 2013: CD of the week ('The Lost are found')
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bridges, Claudia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berching , Upper Palatinate |