The blue unicorn
The blue unicorn | |
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The Blue Unicorn at the German Evangelical Church Congress 2007 in Cologne |
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General information | |
origin | Dresden , Germany |
Genre (s) | Folk |
founding | 1991 |
resolution | 2013 |
Website | www.dasblaueeinhorn.de |
Founding members | |
Paul Hoorn | |
Andreas Zöllner | |
Christoph Bellmann | |
Dirk Hessel (until 1991) | |
Last occupation | |
Singing, accordion, trumpet, chalumeau |
Paul Hoorn |
Guitar, electric guitar |
Andreas Zöllner |
Double bass, belly violin , tuba
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Dietrich Zöllner (since 1993) |
Violin , double bass |
Florian Mayer (since 2006, also in the Dresden Salon Orchestra ) |
former members | |
double bass |
Tino Scholz (1997-2001) |
double bass |
Michael "Schnorke" Burkhardt (2001-2006) |
The Blue Unicorn was a band from Dresden founded in 1991 . Her repertoire included chansons , klezmer , Roma songs , tango , rembetiko and fado .
Band history
Paul Hoorn and Andreas Zöllner founded the band in 1991 together with Christoph Bellmann and Dirk Hessel with a concert against the Gulf War . From 1993 Dietrich Zöllner was a member of the band, the fourth man changed more often. In the last line-up, three of the four band members were studied musicians; the fourth, Andreas Zöllner, also works as a sound engineer. The last concert of the Blue Unicorn took place on November 23, 2013 in the old slaughterhouse in Dresden and was partially broadcast by coloRadio . The paths of the band members have since separated.
Appearances
The band was on stage several times a week, and their venues were spread all over Germany . The Blue Unicorn often played in churches.
Discography
- Maljarkiza - Sounds from Europe (1996)
- Vida nocturna - Music from the streets (1997)
- Songs from Lost Gardens (1999)
- Life dance - songs, chansons and dances between limping and flying (2002)
- Will Be Music - The Blue Unicorn Plays To Dance (2003)
- My dove in the cleft of the rocks (2003)
- I saw 3 suns in the sky (by Paul Hoorn and Andreas Zöllner, 2004)
- Dream with Snakes (2005)
- Sell your horse - songs about holding and letting (2007)
- Where do I find my soul - Songs of War and Peace - Mikis Theodorakis (2009)
- TRANSFER - chants on unsteady ground (2009)
- The tightrope walker is expecting a child - Advent and Christmas carols (2011)
- Arrival in Paradise - Playing and Singing with Hope (2012)
Award
In 1999 Das Blaue Einhorn was awarded the German Folk Promotion Prize.
Web links
- Official website
- Works by and about Das Blaue Einhorn in the catalog of the German National Library