Crimer
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Crimer (bourgeois Alexander Frei , born November 20, 1989 ) is a Swiss pop musician . His songs are stylistically based on the pop music of the 1980s .
Life
Crimer grew up in Balgach and lived there until 2017. He began his musical career in a church choir. As a teenager he founded the band The Axxess and later the band BrefSunAjax . He worked in an advertising agency and did community service . Today he lives in Zurich .
He started his solo career under the name Batman . When the company DC Comics threatened a lawsuit, he changed his stage name to Crimer . His first EP, Preach , was released at the end of April 2017 . The single extracted from it was Brotherlove .
In 2018 Crimer won the Swiss Music Award for Best Talent and the North Vision Song Contest .
Discography
Albums
- 2018: Leave Me Baby
EPs
- 2017: Preach
Singles
- 2019: Bois Cry
- 2017: Brotherlove
- 2017: Follower
- 2017: Hours
Web links
- Official website
- Medium-cool , but full throttle (ZEIT Schweiz No. 41/2019, October 2, 2019)
- A middle parting conquers Switzerland (20 minutes, March 2, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c hitparade.ch
- ↑ Portrait of Crimer on burgdorf.ch
- ↑ a b Sandra Casalini: Crimer about brotherly love and parting . In: Schweizer Illustrierte . May 16, 2017 ( schweizer-illustrierte.ch [accessed on August 12, 2018]).
- ↑ Beat A. Stephan: Somehow out of date . In: DISPLAY magazine . May 17, 2017 ( display-magazin.ch [accessed August 12, 2018]).
- ↑ Andri Rostetter: "Maybe there are people who think: This Crimer is a complete idiot" . In: St.Galler Tagblatt . June 29, 2018 ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on August 12, 2018]).
- ↑ Swiss Music Awards: Crimer is “SRF 3 Best Talent” 2018 . In: Swiss radio and television . February 9, 2018 ( srf.ch [accessed August 12, 2018]).
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SURNAME | Crimer |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frei, Alexander (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pop musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1989 |