DARI (musician)
DARI , real name Darius Zander (born January 26, 1984 in Cologne ) is a German singer and songwriter .
Life
DARI grew up as an only child in an artist family in the Neuehrenfeld district of Cologne in a multi-cultural environment with his mother (painter) and stepfather (jazz musician). In 2004 he finished his school years with the Abitur at the Humboldt-Gymnasium. He then completed a dual course of study as a fitness economist at the German University for Prevention and Health Management in Cologne.
Artistic career
At the age of six, DARI played as a drummer in a punk band. Later, during his studies, he learned the piano and began to occupy himself with singing. In 2011 he founded the Darius Zander Band as a singer, u. a. together with the musicians Torsten Bugiel , Tobi Born and Rene "Ena" Schwiers (today musicians of the band Kasalla ). The band played mainly concerts in North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the following two years he worked, still under his real name Darius Zander, with the Cologne rapper Mo-Torres and wrote various songs with him. This was followed by appearances at the season opening and in the Rheinenergiestadion of 1. FC Cologne .
In 2016 he was part of the 6th season of the TV show " The Voice of Germany " and was surprised at his first appearance by singer Max Giesinger , with whom he performed the title " 80 million " as an encore . In December he was a guest in the Christmas edition of the Elton TV show at KiKa and he played his first own club show in the legendary Gloria Theater in Cologne .
In 2017 he played for the first time under his new artist name DARI as the opening act for the band PUR (including in SparkassenPark Mönchengladbach ) and on the cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 as part of the Sound Wave Festival together with PUR, Max Giesinger , Glasperlenspiel and Kerstin Ott .
In 2018 he wrote the World Cup single "Flutlicht" for Adel Tawil together with the producer and songwriter Fabian Zimmermann, the lyricist Sammy Labidi as well as Luca Schneider and the producer Christoph Siemons . In the summer DARI played his first open airs, u. a. in Lippe and at the Andernach Culture Night.
On April 26, 2019 the first single "Ideal" was released under his stage name DARI from the debut album "VLI", which was released on August 2, 2019. On May 24th, 2019, the second single "On your side" appeared.
On June 6, 2019, DARI will play in the opening act of the band PUR as part of their open air tour in the “Am Hünting” stadium in Bocholt in front of 15,000 spectators. On December 14, 2019, DARI won the German Rock & Pop Prize , which bands such as PUR, Juli and Yvonne Catterfeld had already won.
In January 2020 DARI was on tour with the comedian Michael Heeren and the singer Alex Rosenrot under the motto "Comedy meets Music".
On May 1st, 2020 his single "Bollwerk" was released. The music video for the single shows his emotional story. How he struggled, starting with the life-threatening premature birth, through the many ups and downs of life to become a musician.
Discography
Albums
| year | title
Music label |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | VLI
Blind Records |
First published: August 2, 2019 |
Singles
| year | title
album |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ideal
VLI |
First published: April 26, 2019 |
| 2019 | By your side
VLI |
First published: April 26, 2019 |
| 2020 | Bulwark
VLI |
First published: May 1st, 2020 |
Songs as a guest musician
| year | title
Music label |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5051
Somewhere inbetween |
First publication: 07/10/2015
Mo-Torres feat. Darius Zander |
| 2015 | Block pack
Somewhere inbetween |
First publication: 07/10/2015
Mo-Torres feat. Darius Zander |
| 2015 | My last shirt
Single track |
First published: 08/24/2015
Mo-Torres feat. Darius Zander |
| 2016 | homeland
Single track |
First publication: May 27, 2016
Mo-Torres feat. Darius Zander |
| 2016 | A thousand lives
Single track |
First publication: April 8th, 2016
Timeless feat. Darius Zander |
| 2016 | By your side
Single track |
First publication: 07/02/2016
Elements feat. Darius Zander |
Tours
2018 love your pub tour (guest at Mo-Torres)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Küpper, Bastian Ebel: “The Voice”: Darius from Cologne is making progress - and is now supported by this coach. October 21, 2016, accessed on July 12, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Editor: 7th Cologne Shopping Night in the City. In: CityNEWS. April 13, 2011, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ JRead: Mo-Torres feat. Darius Zander - My last shirt (VIDEO). In: Cologne Music. August 25, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Nina Klempt: According to online petition: Rapper Mo-Torres sings at the FC season opening. July 29, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ^ The Voice of Germany - Darius Zander. September 1, 2016, accessed July 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Simon Küpper: Kölner today in the "Battle": Darius Zander talks about his plans after "The Voice". November 20, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Simon Küpper, Bastian Ebel: “The Voice”: Darius from Cologne is making progress - and is now supported by this coach. October 21, 2016, accessed July 12, 2019 .
- ↑ "The Voice" candidate: Darius Zander (32) is playing a club show in Cologne's Gloria in December. October 21, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Christian Kreckel: "Oh Jonny": Battle-out for Cologne's Darius Zander (32) in "The Voice". November 20, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ KiKA children's channel from ARD and ZDF: KiKA - 7th episode. December 2, 2016, accessed July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ DARIUS ZANDER on December 11th, 2016 in the Gloria. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ With pop bands on a cruise: Ringelpiez with mooring. January 20, 2018, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Bastian Ebel: “Floodlight”: Bierhoff's nephew writes a new World Cup hit with Cologne - this star sings it. May 10, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Nadine Uphoff: The “Lippe Open Air” is followed by hits from Mallorca, rock and metal. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Culture Night in Andernach. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Culture Night enchants Andernach. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Norbert Ramme: Even as the opening act for PUR: Cologne-based “The Voice” participant publishes first album. July 27, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Pia Schulte: First album by the Cologne singer: DARI dreams: "The most horny thing would be ..." August 2, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Kaiser: DARI: The vocally strongest newcomer of the year. July 22, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Dari expands the opening act for the pure concert. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Tobias Schrader: Successor to Revolverheld and Pur: Cologne musician wins important pop music award. January 25, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Stephan Büllesbach: Culture House Zach in Hückeswagen: A mixture of comedy and music. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Comedy Meets Music Bremen: Schlager, Pop and Comedy for a good cause. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Aachener Nachrichten: KuBa: Rapper Mo-Torris surprises concert goers with new facets. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | DARI |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zander, Darius (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |